August 2016

Is IACS The Clinton Foundation Equivalent?: What’s Going On In There?

Is IACS The Clinton Foundation Equivalent?: What’s Going On In There? By Leonard Zwelling          I have been struck by the huge amount of discussion in two spheres.          The first is over the Clinton Foundation—the good it does vs. the questions surrounding whether it became part of a play-for-pay scheme at the State Department. […]

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Buyers’ Remorse Vs. Gratitude: What Feelings Do The MD Anderson “Redline” TV Commercials Engender In Patients?

Buyers’ Remorse Vs. Gratitude: What Feelings Do The MD Anderson “Redline” TV Commercials Engender In Patients? By Leonard Zwelling          If you want to really learn about cancer, forego the Internet and grand rounds. Talk to a patient. Nothing can engage me more than a discussion with a cancer patient who describes his or her

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It’s Still All About Money

It’s Still All About Money By Leonard Zwelling          As if anyone at MD Anderson needed to be reminded of the primacy of money in any discussion about health care, Reed Abelson wrote a piece in the NY Times on August 13 that reports how this fact is undermining any benefits derived from ObamaCare. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/13/business/cost-not-choice-is-top-concern-of-health-insurance-customers.html?_r=0

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What Is It About Conflict Of Interest They Don’t Get?: Trump, Clinton, DePinho Et Al

What Is It About Conflict Of Interest They Don’t Get?: Trump, Clinton, DePinho Et Al By Leonard Zwelling          To my limited intelligence, this seems like a simple concept. If, in one’s mind, there are competing interests where what is good for one interest (more money) may not be good for the other (fulfilling a

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Extreme Vetting: A Trump Idea That Makes No Sense In Some Contexts And Lots Of Sense In Others

Extreme Vetting: A Trump Idea That Makes No Sense In Some Contexts And Lots Of Sense In Others By Leonard Zwelling          Of course the idea of some sort of profiled clearance of Muslims to allow their entry into the United States is ridiculous. I am assuming that the US government clears everyone similarly for

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Homeostasis, Allostasis, And The Truth: What Explains The Persistence Of Hypertension, Cancer, And Nonsense

Homeostasis, Allostasis, And The Truth: What Explains The Persistence Of Hypertension, Cancer, And Nonsense By Leonard Zwelling          When I cared for the ill for a living, I was a firm believer in disorder in homeostasis as an explanation for malfunctions of the body. Hypertension, for example, was a response to internal stress that re-establishes

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Kakistocracy: Government By The Worst Persons

Kakistocracy: Government By The Worst Persons By Leonard Zwelling          In Saturday’s Wall Street Journal (AUG 6-7, p. A13) Peggy Noonan, my Republican voice of rationality, wrote a piece called “The Week They Decided He Was Crazy.” Obviously, this was an essay about Donald Trump and the seemingly endless missteps, misspeaks, and mistakes he continues

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