Rooting Out Gun Violence — NEJM

Editorial from The New England Journal of Medicine — Rooting Out Gun Violence Source: Rooting Out Gun Violence — NEJM

The Man-made Opioid Epidemic: Part 5 – Quality Control of AMA Federation Societies.

CDC: Rx Drug Overdoses Mike Magee “Since the desire of man to alter his state of consciousness is as old as human history, and technology continues to provide a breathtaking array of drugs capable of producing everything from oblivion to nirvana, I think it safe to assume that we may never win a ‘war’ against […]

The Man-made Opioid Epidemic: Part 3 – Opioids Are The Tip of the Iceberg.

NOAA Mike Magee The Man-made American Opioid Epidemic represents a supply chain failure and a management challenge if system flaws are to be corrected. In its simplest terms, the process involves approval, production, distribution, prescribing, dispensing, and consuming. For all pharmaceuticals, the goal should be to personalize and customize the prescription with the intent of […]

CDC Methodology: Explaining The Rise In Autism Spectrum Disorder Prevalence.

Mike Magee The results of the recent 2014 CDC survey of childhood developmental diasabilities, on first glance last week, turned more than a few heads. The dramatic, but simplistic take-away was that lifetime prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) had jumped from 1.25% based on data from 2011 to 2013, to 2.24% based on 2014 […]

JAMA Good News Department

JAMA Health Statistics 1969 vs. 2013 (death rates per 100,000) On the positive side…. Death Rate Overall ⬇ 42.9% Death from Stroke ⬇ 77.0% Death from Heart Disease […]

Fresh New Voices: From The World of Virtual Healthcare

Since 2003, we’ve been delivering weekly packets of virtual health education. Now, twelve years after we began, the movement has become increasingly institutionalized and professional. Some of the offerings are small and some are huge. Consider the giant MOOC offerings (Massive Open Online Course) like Stanford’s 2013 course which rapidly reached an open enrollment of 160,000. By […]

Why Older Men Should Swim, Not Cycle.

Mike Magee I live in West Hartford, CT, an affluent town with more than its’ share of Type A personalities. In a town such as this, people would rather not give in to aging, have access to a wide range of community services, and remain active. Three cases in point are our award winning Cornerstone […]

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