When You Hear Hoof-Beats, Should You Look For Zebras?
Every medical student has heard the old adage (which, by the way, I can’t find in any anthology of famous quotations): “When you hear hoof-beats, think of horses, not zebras.…
Read moreMedical Whodunnit: 8 Year Old Girl With Recent-Onset Of Bedwetting
Sarah D is an 8 year old female who had been in good health. She was successfully toilet-trained at age 3 years. Over the past 2 weeks, she had wet…
Read moreHow Do You Tell If It’s Type 1 Or Type 2 Diabetes?
Recently, I have been asked more and more what the difference is between type 1 and type 2 diabetes and whether there is really a type 2.5. The questions have…
Read moreMedicare Cost-Saving Study Revisited
Background Yesterday I had an entry about a study Medicare carried out in an effort to save money. I was more or less merciless in my criticism of the study-…
Read moreDoes Medicare Really Know How To Save Money And Assure High Quality Care?
I was rather dismayed today after reading an article in the New York Times entitled ” Medicare Finds How Hard It Is To Save Money,” written by Reed Abelson (NYT…
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