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Jake Young is a MD/PhD student at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in NYC getting a PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience. He holds a BS and MS in Biological Sciences from Stanford University. If a volcano were to erupt Pompei-style in Central Park, his body would be preserved in a scoliotic posture over his lab desk. Archeaologists would later conclude that he spent most of his day training rats to perform tricks, until he went blind building electrical equipment by hand using a dissecting microscope. But, still, he died happy...because science is cool.
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.
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. They do not represent the views of SEED magazine or the educational establishments I currently attend or attended in the past.
Category: Public Health
Some doctors are considering dropping vaccinations because some are vaccinating at a loss from insurance reimbursement. About one in 10 doctors who vaccinate privately insured children are considering dropping that service largely because they are losing money when they do...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 4:37 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Healthcare
Whenever you are having a debate -- particularly a policy debate -- it is always important to check your premises. That is why I found this article in the Journal of the American Medical Association refreshing. Emergency Department utilization is...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 12:28 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: Healthcare
The New England Journal of Medicine compares the candidates visions for health care reform. (Hat-tip: PalMD)...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 1:39 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Healthcare
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...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 12:49 PM • 7 Comments •
Category: Healthcare
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 by NotoriousLTP at 12:50 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Ethics
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...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 1:07 PM • 16 Comments •
Category: Healthcare
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...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 12:11 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Medicine
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...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 11:41 AM • 2 Comments •
Category: Healthcare
(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...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 3:04 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: Statistics
Giuliani cites some bogus statistics. Kerfuffle ensues. (This article includes actual statistics to prove a point about complexity.)
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 11:09 AM • 8 Comments •
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