I’m privileged to attend and present at an immunology conference this week on B cells and HIV vaccines, a cause that is surely one of the scientific world’s most important challenges. But as I’ve listened through a few days of incredibly impressive talks, I’ve begun wondering whether the structure of scientific research in the 21st […]
Infertility: Disease, Condition, Right, Privilege?
One of the more sensitive issues that comes up in obstetrics, gynecology and Advanced Urology is patients having problems with infertility. We received some excellent didactic instruction on the medical elements of the topic, but I was struck by a key issue that came up during this discussion. It was the issue of how we, as a […]
Are for-profit and nonprofit healthcare equivalent?
There is an interesting study in this week’s Annals of Internal Medicine which reports on the relationship between types of Medicare Advantage plans and their quality of care ratings. Over the past years since Medicare Advantage plans have been implemented, each plan has been given a score from 1 to 5 stars. This journal article […]
