Use it or Lose it
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: Here is further scientific evidence that our cognitive function when elderly is conditioned by how we use our brains as we grow up. Spending all day stoned on a couch? That bodes poorly for your ability to…
Category: Medical Political
FDA in ethical trouble again…
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/opinion/pursuit-of-the-whistle-blowers.html?_r=1&src=recg Editorial Pursuit of the Whistle-Blowers Published: February 14, 2012 A federal lawsuit filed against the Food and Drug Administration raises disturbing questions about whether the agency retaliated against whistle-blowers for trying to warn Congress that medical devices were being…
Follow the money trail….. all the way to the Lobbyist.
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: With our elected representative being for sale, we see that the laws are created for profit more than for justice. As regards health care: see link below for “Secrets of Bribing Us Congressman revealed” Sounds a…
President of the state medical board resigns in disgrace
Dr. Weeks Comment: Since when does resigning constitute justice? Promising never to do it again … hmmm… would that work for capital offenses? Why should it suffice for people who allegedly abuse power, allegedly self-serve in violation of their oath…
Robert Kennedy on Vaccines
Thanks to Lynn! Watch this video: Part II below the fold.
Reasoned response to Obama’s speech/plan on Health Care
Dr. Weeks Comment: I greatly appreciate my membership and colleagues at the America Association of Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) founded in 1943 to oppose the Dingall bill Obama referred to. See AAPS president Dr. Jane Orient’s comments below and at …
Does your physician abide by the Delcaration of Helsinki?
WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION DECLARATION OF HELSINKI Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Download the PDF file Adopted by the 18th WMA General Assembly, Helsinki, Finland, June 1964, and amended by the: 29th WMA General Assembly, Tokyo, Japan, October…
Publish and Perish
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: Publication is not easy. Read this amazing account http://www.scribd.com/doc/18773744/null and pay attention to the recommendations at the end. Then enjoy this gem about how the peer-review process stiffles creativity and progress. Why are modern scientists so dull?…
Which oath is your doctor honoring?
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: I remember when the Catholic church changed its mind about fish on Friday. Issues of right or wrong aside, I knew even as a kid, that the Church was compromising its teachings in order to gain (regain?)…
Confused about healh care reform compromises? Follow the money…
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