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Jake Young is a MD/PhD student at Mount Sinai School of Medicine focusing in Neuroscience. He is due to graduate in 2032. He received a BS and a MS in Biological Sciences from Stanford University -- where he spent most of his time drinking heavily and building vegetable catapults instead of learning information that would now be eminently useful. When he is not failing terrifically to perform his sworn duties, he enjoys watching bad movies, ethnic food, and running.
Pure Pedantry is a blog about science -- social sciences and otherwise -- as well as academic and scientific culture. No one can live on science alone, so I also like to dwell on pop culture, periodically explore the humanities, and indulge in other types of geeky goodness.
Jake is joined periodically by two wonderful guest bloggers: Kara Contreary and Kate Seip. See the About Page.
DISCLAIMERS: 1) Jake Young is not a licensed physician (yet). He is merely a medical student. The information published on this site is not intended for use in medical decision making. Please seek advice from a licensed, medical professional before making any health decisions. 2) The opinions expressed are my own or those of my co-bloggers. They do not represent the views of SEED magazine or the educational establishments we currently attend.
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Well that is not good: In a survey last year of nearly 2,400 physicians conducted by a physician recruiting firm, locumtenens.com, 3 percent said they were not frustrated by nonclinical aspects of medicine. The level of frustration has increased with...
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Posted on June 19, 2008 12:49 PM • 7 Comments •
You be the judge. Over at Justice Talking, Russell Roberts from Cafe Hayek debates Dr. Quentin Young of Physicians for a National Health Program. The mp3 is here. Hat-tip: Cafe Hayek...
Posted on March 25, 2008 12:50 PM • 1 Comments •
Unbelievable. Unbelievable is simply the only word that can describe this article in the Lancet. Citing problems with retention of doctors in under-treated populations in Africa, Mills et al. argue that direct recruitment of doctors by groups in the West...
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Posted on March 7, 2008 1:07 PM • 15 Comments •
Much is made by politicians about the benefits of preventive medicine. Politicians often treat preventive medicine like it can perform fiscal magic, causing health care expenditure to evaporate. The reality is that some preventive medicine is cost-effective and some of...
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Posted on February 19, 2008 12:11 PM • 0 Comments •
Although typically Americans have greater and more rapid access to surgical procedures than people in other countries, we do not possess a uniform superiority in the speed of health care access. One excellent example of this is visiting the Emergency...
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Posted on January 21, 2008 11:41 AM • 2 Comments •
(I am going to try not to go on a big rant here; we'll see how well that goes.) Jonathan Cohn wrote an article in The New Republic looking at one of the critiques of universal health care: that it...
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Posted on November 14, 2007 3:04 PM • 5 Comments •
Giuliani cites some bogus statistics. Kerfuffle ensues. (This article includes actual statistics to prove a point about complexity.)
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Posted on November 5, 2007 11:09 AM • 7 Comments •
From the Economist, medicine is not going well in rural China: Since 2004 the government, for the first time, has been giving direct subsidies to grain farmers in an effort to keep them growing grain and to curb grain-price rises....
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Posted on October 17, 2007 3:24 PM • 1 Comments •
Ronald Bailey at Reason has an article about the costs of the FDA black box warning on antidepressants: Excessive caution is risky, too. Back in 1992, Congress, worried about the slow rate of approvals, passed legislation imposing FDA user fees...
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Posted on July 17, 2007 9:30 AM • 1 Comments •
Michael Blim wrote a column at 3 Quarks Daily about when his doctor decided to drop him in a move to a boutique medicine practice. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is a family medicine...
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Posted on June 5, 2007 11:28 AM • 12 Comments •
We're mad as hell, and we are not going to take it anymore: In recent years, women's health has been a national priority. Pink ribbons warn of breast cancer. Pins shaped like red dresses raise awareness about heart disease. Offices...
Posted on November 14, 2006 9:47 AM • 2 Comments •
I found this article interesting, if for no other reason than people seem to be misunderstanding what it says and what it does not say. The article by Leigh and Jencks for the Kennedy School of Government is entitled "Inequality...
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Posted on August 20, 2006 11:56 PM • 7 Comments •
Focus on the Family, a conservative social organization located in Colorado Springs, CO, has decided to oppose the mandatory vaccination of young girls for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), a virus linked to the formation of cervical cancer. Recently the FDA...
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Posted on June 12, 2006 1:34 PM • 8 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
