Archive for Patient Empowerment
That seems like a fairly simple question, don’t you think? Who really is a patient? But the answer is actually more complex than you might realize. Among the possibilities: 1. anyone who has ever accessed medical care is a patient – which includes everyone, no matter what their relationship is to the healthcare system (so, […]
Continue Reading →Want to make millions of dollars quickly while risking only a few months in prison if (and that’s a big IF) you’re caught? It’s not difficult at all. Just set yourself up as a distributor of counterfeit drugs in the United States. This week’s announcement by the FDA that a counterfeit version of Avastin, a […]
Continue Reading →The information center in many homes is the refrigerator door. From family photos, to postcards to magnets from pizza shops, to phone numbers and kids’ artwork – the important ephemera of our lives can be found on refrigerator doors. So today I thought I would share some advice that is worth cutting out and sticking […]
Continue Reading →This column first appeared in the Syracuse Post Standard January 3, 2012 When considering health-related resolutions, you probably expect me to wax poetic on the virtue of losing weight or quitting smoking. But no, this resolution actually trumps them both. Perhaps the most important health resolution you can make for 2012 is to establish a […]
Continue Reading →This column first appeared in the Syracuse Post Standard December 20, 2011 …………………………… I live in Central New York State, where we are grieving the loss of 17-year-old Taylor Fleming who died in a car accident last week. In the face of their unimaginable heartbreak and pain, Taylor’s parents decided to donate her organs and […]
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