Commentaries

The Problem With ADAGE (A1c-Derived Average Glucose Equivalent) The goal of the study is to report glycohemoglobin results to patients as A1c-derived averages rather than strictly A1c values.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 27, 2007
Should Diabetes Healthcare Abandon Its Gold Standard? Hemoglobin A1c should remain the gold standard. We should refine it to incorporate sensible assumptions about the correlation between successive data values.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 01, 2007
Dosing Medical Marijuana: Rational Guidelines on Trial in Washington State Any government agency should adopt presumptive dosing and supply limits on the basis of best scientific evidence currently available in the field of cannabinoid medicine.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 11, 2007
The Training of the "Helpless" Physician Each year, medical schools turn out well-trained doctors, highly skilled and competent in every phase of practice -- except surviving economically.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 04, 2007
Evidence-Based Medicine and the Cochrane Collaboration on Trial Anticoagulants have not been shown to be efficacious in reducing morbidity or mortality or safe in venous thromboembolism treatment.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 12, 2007
About Intercessory Prayer: The Scientific Study of Miracles Intercessory prayer implies miracles. Miracles imply the Power of God. The author argues that theology is not within the science or medicine domain and suggests a startling but unambiguous experiment.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 20, 2007
Possible Role of Moringa oleifera Lam. Root in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer This commentary explains the effect of Moringa oleifera Lam. in the treatment of epithelial ovarian cancer and why it is worth investigating.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 06, 2007
Medical Marijuana: Politics Trumps Science at the FDA The FDA announced "no sound scientific studies" support the medical use of marijuana, contradicting scientific literature. Those of us who do research in this area know this is an personal affront.
Journal Article, May 18, 2006
Where Is Physician Leadership on Reform? This Commentary urges America's physicians to encourage Congress to implement the standards, transparency, and performance incentives needed to get healthcare costs and quality under control.
Journal Article, March 23, 2006
Smoke Out Doctors Who Neglect Their Smoking Patients Gilbert L. Ross, MD, Executive and Medical Director of the American Council on Science and Health, encourages doctors to assist their patients who are smokers to quit.
Journal Article, February 09, 2006
Medicine or Shooting Craps? In medical research, mistakes are paid for by adopting medications or drugs that may be harmful, or rejecting drugs that may have potential benefits.
Journal Article, July 28, 2005
Health at Every Size This Commentary explains an alternative approach to weight loss. It is called Health At Every Size.
Journal Article, July 12, 2005
New Medicare Rule Forces Some Patients Into Nursing Homes The 75% rule is a very blunt instrument, and a poor attempt at reducing inpatient rehabilitation costs.
Journal Article, April 27, 2005
NSAID Hysteria -- Chicken Little Revisited There are no side-effect-free medications. The physician tries to minimize the risk-benefit ratio of any therapeutic regimen. Many previous rofecoxib patients are now without suitable alternatives.
Journal Article, April 13, 2005
Antifibrinolytic Agents in Traumatic Hemorrhage A simple, widely practicable treatment that reduces blood loss following trauma may prevent thousands of premature trauma deaths each year and could reduce exposure to the risks of blood transfusion.
Journal Article, March 08, 2005
Searching in the Darkness: About Prayer and Medical Cures We scientists make a great mistake when we agree that there may be value in investigating the potential of prayer as a cure.
Journal Article, March 03, 2005
How Can We Push Peer Review Research Forward? Although research evaluators and promotional committees still consider it a guarantee of scientific quality and relevance, they seem unaware that they may be expecting too much from peer review.
Journal Article, February 16, 2005
A Managed Care Memoir Reporting from the healthcare battlefront, Dr. Richard L. Reece gives us fascinating action views of its massive transformation.
Journal Article, December 06, 2004
Byline Corruption This article discusses how bylines may often be corrupt.
Journal Article, September 28, 2004
Leadership Responsibilities and Integrity of Physicians We, physicians, have failed collectively by allowing our noble vocation to become part of a healthcare industry, and the healthcare of our compatriots a mere commodity.
Journal Article, March 18, 2004

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