Chest pains — where do you go?
Over the last several years we’ve been bombarded with advertisements for hospitals and health clinics. This one welcomes Dr. Sawbones, …
Category Archives: Health & Medicine
The Price of a Medical Miracle
Whenever I think about the cost of healthcare, I can’t help but going over this in my mind: Suppose there …
My Father’s Death with(out) Dignity
The subject of “death with dignity” came up around here a little bit ago. Depending upon your point of view, …
Condoms in Schools (Followup)
The local school board finally voted on this issue, and decided that condoms should be made available in the high …
Should Schools Hand Out Condoms? (Followup)
This is a followup to my previous post on this subject. As of this writing, the School Board is almost …
Obamacare
Perhaps sometime in the future “Obamacare” won’t be an epithet.
Having a Heart Attack?
I’m bemused by those ads touting one or another hospital as offering better treatment for heart attacks or strokes. If …
What Are Your “Implicit” Attitudes?
Psychologists know that people often don’t know what their subconscious attitudes are, or if they conflict with their conscience attitudes. …
Caduceus vs. Staff of Asclepius
Yeah, I’m a crank, but it really bothers me when people confuse the caduceus of Hermes with the staff of …
“Magical” Medicine
I mentioned in my previous post that there are undoubtedly herbs and animal derivatives that are affective in treating various ills. …
Schwartz Chronicles 