November 2015

Cheering Muslims in New Jersey; Cures For Cancer; Big Lies

Cheering Muslims in New Jersey; Cures For Cancer; Big Lies By Leonard Zwelling          It should no longer be a surprise to anyone that men like Hitler and Stalin could rise to power while lying to their people. Donald Trump and Ben Carson are giving it a try here in the USA.          Dr. Carson’s …

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The Right To Try Is Not the Answer. Greater Access to Less Rigid Trials Is

The Right To Try Is Not the Answer. Greater Access to Less Rigid Trials Is By Leonard Zwelling http://www.wsj.com/articles/winning-the-right-to-save-your-own-life-1448574113          The Wall Street Journal on Friday, November 27 published an op-ed by Darcy Olsen of the Goldwater Institute advocating greater access of patients to on-demand, potentially life-saving, but yet to be approved therapies outside the …

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Mr. Admiral Chancellor: With All Due Respect, National Defense Is No Longer Your Field

Mr. Admiral Chancellor: With All Due Respect, National Defense Is No Longer Your Field By Leonard Zwelling http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/nation-world/nation/article/McRaven-advocates-U-S-led-coalition-troops-on-6647550.php          I do not disagree with Chancellor McRaven’s opinions about ISIS and the role of the United States in leading the ineluctable war against these religious zealots (see above). I do, however, believe that his comments in …

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Saving Me: The Reason I Went To Medical School

Saving Me: The Reason I Went To Medical School By Leonard Zwelling          Picture this.          On the 6th floor of the Durham VA Hospital in July of 1975, next to the nursing station of the government issue brick building, was a small room where the Duke interns and residents on internal medicine floor 6A did their …

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EXTRA: Paris

Paris By Leonard Zwelling          In an extremely thoughtful piece in the NY Times on Saturday, Frank Bruni advocates for allowing the dust to settle and the blood in the streets of Paris to congeal before the United States determines what an appropriate response to the carnage is to be: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/14/opinion/the-exploitation-of-paris.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=0          This is very …

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