Category Archives: Medicine

Gleanings From The Passing Scene… (Politically Uncorrected)

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Jack Curtis

Our Saturday selection of representative people and events for your amazement, amusement and meant to stimulate something resembling thought… Determined to get to the bottom of its toilet paper shortage, Venezuela has tried price controls, regulations and new law. All … Continue reading →

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Is the Real Killer the Man, the Gun…Or the Little Pill?

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Jack Curtis

An interesting story seems to be accompanying the increasingly trendy mass slaughters energizing the nutjob set, one that appears to interest few observers. That story involves the powerful  psychiatric drugs that apparently, at least several of the recent shooters have … Continue reading →

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Government, Health Care and (Gasp!) Competition…

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Jack Curtis

Have you noticed that when the government becomes interested in something for you and works to be sure that you get it, whatever that is tends to become unaffordable? When only the brightest students went on to college, a lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Affordable Care Act, Capitalism, Competition, Domestic Policy, Economics, Health Care, Marketing, Medicine, Pharmacists, Politics | Tagged , , , , , | 41 Comments

Gleanings From The Passing Scene…(Politically Uncorrected)

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Jack Curtis

The pickings have been rich this week and as always, you may decide what they tell us of the world in which we now live. Eqypt/Ethopia  explains that our good friend (at billions of dollars) Egypt, now that it is … Continue reading →

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Can Private Sector Health Care Take Hold in the U.S.?

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Jack Curtis

$600 toilet seats became famous in WWII, so are tuition and health care today along with everything else provided through government…famous for out-of-reason costs. Obamacare costs are now falling right into that line along with the rest. This still being … Continue reading →

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How Old Is A Real Blonde? (Never Trust A Scientist!)

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Jack Curtis

This is much bigger (at least for female readers) than the Boston bombing or even home-made plastic guns or abortion or President Obama’s next war. This impacts at least half of the U.S. population, personally. And it’s hard science that … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Culture, Feminist, Freedom, Healthcare, Medicine, Pharmacists, Science, Technology | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

The Elderly Tea Bomber?

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Jack Curtis

The government is protecting you from little old ladies; with Moslem terrorists, you’re on your own…Things are getting out of hand; maybe we should stop and think. Yeah, terrorists blew up the World Trade Center because our bullying ways around … Continue reading →

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“Care” Takes On A Whole New Meaning As Brain Science Develops

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Jack Curtis

Some new science is sneaking up behind you… nobody is paying much attention now, but it seems likely that will change, with profound effects. You may recall that North Dakota recently passed a bill limiting abortion; it briefly made news. … Continue reading →

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Are Any Pro’s Left?

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Jack Curtis

What’s happened to our English word: “professional”?.The Merriam-Webster dictionary offers: “b. engaged in one of the learned professions” which seems to exclude being paid for playing ball. “Professionals” once called up images of doctors, lawyers, public accountants and such, folk with … Continue reading →

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A Cure For Obesity?

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Jack Curtis

The government says about 36% of us are fat. Obese, not pleasingly plump. These hapless folk (there’s a genetic element) are the new social rejects. Government helped convert despised ‘niggers’ to ‘African Americans with a place in line ahead of … Continue reading →

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