[Update – I am the opposite of surprised that a troll dragged its bottom across the comments. Apologies for any comments that now look a bit odd/lonely.] Throats, rammed down, etc! Section 1557 not messing around. On behaviors that could constitute sex-based harassment: …persistent and intentional refusal to use a transgender individual’s preferred name and […]
Category: extremely rare health care blogging
It’s hard to figure out how to react to this Michael O’Hanlon column on health care. The first thought that struck me was “What the hell is Michael O’Hanlon doing talking about
What’s scary is that I’m now covered by Delta. What’s even scarier is that it is by all accounts better than our previous dental plan. This isn’t going to help my neuroses over
So, after a year of trying to make my cholesterol problem go away by ignoring it, I decide to finally get my prescription of Zetia refilled. I call up the clinic to ask about a refill, and get told that I have to go and see the doctor again. This isn’t terribly surprising to me, […]
From today’s NYT story about the political pressure placed on Dr. Carmona, W.’s first Surgeon General, and other Surgeon Generals: Similarly, Dr. Carmona wanted to address the controversia
We’ve all heard the mantra “Elections Have Consequences” a lot this year. Maybe too much. But it’s relied upon because it’s true. Elections do have consequences. ThatR
Vanessa provides yet another example of the countless benefits derived from stigmatizing the weight of young women, which is about health, not aesthetics, oh yeah: …a new trend has been developing among young diabetic girls who are skipping or reducing their insulin injections as a means of losing weight. “Diabulimia” is apparently on the rise, […]
At the risk of commenting on something that I have no business commenting on, I think Mona gives Mark Steyn too much credit here: Mark Steyn actually has something insightful to say about the inherent