Why I Thank Presidents Nixon, Bush(41) and Obama This Thanksgiving Day.

Mike Magee Last evening, the night before Thanksgiving Day, I went to sleep shaking my head. I had just watched the 1974 documentary, “Hearts and Minds”, which documented the behaviors of five American presidents from Eisenhower to Nixon, as they distorted the truth and led our country into a disastrous war. Of the many images […]

Parent Alert: Graco Stollers Recalled Due to Baby Fingertip Amputations

Parent Alert: Baby products giant Graco has recalled 5 million strollers like those above after babies have lost fingertips in the framing. To check whether your stroller is safe, contact Graco Children’s Products at (800) 345-4109 or online at gracobaby.com.

Arsenic and Rice: Why Rice Cereal For Babies Is Not A Good Choice.

Mike Magee Thanks to Consumer Reports, most Americans are at least somewhat aware that there are issues with rice – specifically arsenic. Their initial report from 2012 has just been updated with a 2014 Report with hundreds of measurements and testing of alternate grains as well. What do you need to know? The Basics: Arsenic […]

Why There Is No Surgeon General Today.

Mike Magee The New England Journal of Medicine asks this week, “Where is the Surgeon General?” In their words: “As an unchecked Ebola epidemic moves out of West Africa to touch the United States and the rest of the world, we should rightfully ask, ‘Where is the Surgeon General?’ The answer is, quite simply, that […]

An Invitation To Join Mike Magee in Syracuse, This Thursday 11/13/14.

Veterans Day Invitation from Mike Magee This Thursday, November 13, after 45 years, I will be returning to Syracuse. The trip is in response to an invitation from my Jesuit Alma mater, LeMoyne College. I spent four snowy years there, in the shadow of Vietnam and the Berrigan Brothers, from 1965 to 1969. I added four […]

A Wise Father: “One Brain is Bigger Than Both Your Hands.”

Credit:Jabin Botsford/The New York Times Mike Magee So it’s Sunday – and for many Americans (130 million when it comes to “Super-Bowl Sunday”) that means football. But as one post-election commentator opined today, “Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth”. Discussions around the future of NFL football are just about as […]

Why Are Medical Malpractice Rates Falling?

Mike Magee The finding is in. Malpractice awards against physicians are falling dramatically. The only two questions are “Why?” and “What does this have to do with quality health care, if anything?” First the numbers. The JAMA study this week found: 1. Physicians paid claims decreased from 18.6 to 9.9 paid claims per 1,000 physicians […]