MD-Writer Blog http://www.md-writer.com/blog on medicine, science, current events, and movies Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:32:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Gretchen Morgenson Discusses the Failures of Government and the Financial Industry to Prevent the Great Recession http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3509 http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3509#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:20:00 +0000 Richard Kapit http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3509 http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=3509 0 The Globe — Warming Faster than Expected — May Soon Pass the Tipping-Point http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3499 http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3499#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:22:29 +0000 Richard Kapit http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3499 http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=3499 0 The Justices Argue the Mandate http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3492 http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3492#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:26:32 +0000 Richard Kapit http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3492 http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=3492 0 Before Today’s SCOTUS Arguments on the Health Care Reform Act, a Caller to C-Span Asked Simply to Buy Into Medicare http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3486 http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3486#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:18:08 +0000 Richard Kapit http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3486 http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=3486 0 The Surreal Martin-Zimmerman Case Recalls Movies of the Wild West http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3482 http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3482#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:29:25 +0000 Richard Kapit http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3482 http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=3482 0 Mega-Corporations, Telecommunications, and the Preservation of Freedom of Speech http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3475 http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3475#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:56:36 +0000 Richard Kapit http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3475 http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=3475 0 Low-Cost Generic Drugs Have Been Shown to Treat Hemorrhage and Depression. Could Generic Approvals Constitute an Alternative to Developing High-Priced Proprietary Drugs http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3468 http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3468#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:37:03 +0000 Richard Kapit http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3468 http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=3468 0 Jekyll-and-Hyde Personality Suggests Bales May Have Suffered from Borderline Personality Disorder http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3464 http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3464#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:24:55 +0000 Richard Kapit http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3464 http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=3464 0 A Trial of Computer-Assisted Weight Loss Shows Little Benefit, Unlike My Personal Experience http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3459 http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3459#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:14:58 +0000 Richard Kapit http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3459 http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=3459 0 New Analysis of PSA Screening Tests Supports Previous Recommendation to Forego Them http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3451 http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3451#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:57:48 +0000 Richard Kapit http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?p=3451 http://www.md-writer.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=3451 0