June 30, 2023 – Treatment of hard-to-manage type 1 diabetes with transplanted pancreatic cells is moving forward on two fronts, with one product newly approved and the other making headway in a clinical trial. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune…
Year: 2023
BY MIKE MAGEE If there is a silver lining to the Trump assault on decency and civility, it is our majority response to this “stress test” of our Democracy, and the sturdiness (thus far) of our Founders’ vision. It was,…
The child, a 4-year-old with autism, kept munching the dog food. Even when her parents began feeding the dog at night, the child persistently found her way to the animal’s bowl to grab the crunchy pellets. A dietitian figured out…
June 29, 2023 – What should ulcerative colitis patients know about cholesterol management? It’s estimated that 200 out of every 100,000 Americans have ulcerative colitis, or UC. And that’s a figure that’s doubled over 2 recent decades. UC is an inflammatory bowel…
Hi friends! Just a quick note to let you know I posted a number of giveaways on Instagram this week, on the posts I shared related to the Feel-Good Summer Bundle, and today is the last day to enter to…
Well, all good things must come to an end, and that time has come for the Feel-Good Summer Bundle Sale. Before I give you one last reminder of all this spectacular bundle has to offer… I’ve always believed in the…
By MIKE MAGEE Last weekend’s New York Times headline, The Moral Crisis of America’s Doctors, spotlights that there is growing concern that the monetarization and corporatization of nursing and medical professions by hospital and insurance power houses, have seriously undermined…
BY KIM BELLARD Two new books have me thinking about healthcare, although neither is about healthcare and, I must admit, neither of which I’ve yet read. But both appear to be full of ideas that strike me as directly relevant…
Calder Wedding BY HAYWARD ZWERLING Synopsis: After a 3 decade career in a solo private practice the healthcare environment shifted As an employed physician, my institution’s policies hindered my ability to care for my patients The consequent moral injury left…
Historically, if you were an adult with an average risk for colorectal cancer (colon and rectal cancer), also known as colon cancer, you would need to start getting colonoscopies when you turned 50. But in May 2021, the U.S. Preventive…