Health Care
Ronnie Brown Gaffe May Have Saved Harrison’s Life
Ronnie Brown’s bonehead play in the red zone against the Niners a few weeks ago may have been a miracle for Lions running back Jerome […]
Maybe Sarah Palin Was Right About Death Panels
Sarah Palin warned of government “death panels” on her Facebook page and was nationally ridiculed. Politifact.com awarded Palin with the “Lie of the Year” for […]
Acupuncture Cures a Skeptic’s Back Pain
When I was a kid, there were certain behaviors that normal, well-adjusted people just didn’t engage in. Black people didn’t marry white people; divorcés were […]
Philly to Open Transgender Homeless Shelter
In September, Jaden Hensley was turned away from a city-funded homeless shelter for being transgendered. Discrimination against the LGBT community is in violation of city […]
CHOP Study Shows Sports-Related Knee Injuries on the Rise
Physicians at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia conducted a study analyzing injury data in kids and adolescents from 1999 to 2011. The study showed that […]
A Guy Cut Off His Own Arm
Authorities are trying to figure out why a guy in North Philly went all Saw on himself by cutting off his arm at the elbow […]
The Check-Up: Hospital Germs Are Everywhere
I came across two tangentially related stories this week that I really wish I’d never read. The first, about hand washing rates in hospitals, found […]
Abortion is Personal
I’m getting sick of it. Sick of measure after measure, new legal stipulation after stipulation passing, aimed at limiting access to abortion—locally and nationally—like this […]
The Medicare Scare is Heading To Philly
Something happened in western New York this week that is ruining the Memorial Day weekend for the handful of newly-elected Republican Congressmen in our area.
Physical Therapists Get “Grin and Bear It” Patients
I hurt my back skiing this past January. No big deal. Coming from a large family, I learned to shake it off, man up, rub […]
Health Care Repeal: First on the Tea Party To-Do List
After an unusual week of temperance on Capitol Hill in the wake of the Arizona tragedy, you can expect things to heat up so fast […]
Our Federal Government Is Pimping Out Doctors
Medicare now has a regulation that will pay an incentive fee to primary care physicians who voluntarily undertake a discussion of end-of-life care issues with […]
Health Insurance Hell
My business, which a couple of friends and I started in 1976, and I have owned outright since 1980, is now down to just one […]
Why We Should Stop Caring So Much About Breast Cancer
Our managing editor for Phillymag.com thinks that breast cancer awareness has become a huge money-making scheme. Do you agree? In case you’ve been hiding under […]
What the Hell Happened to the Doctor’s Office?
When I was a kid, doctors still made house calls. I know, I must be a hundred years old, right? But, I’m not. It wasn’t […]