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		<title>In Defense of Healthcare Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 02:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama could gain more support for his proposed health care reforms if the government actually enforced existing laws.
Under our current system, I believe medical insurance companies have vicarious liability for the negligence of their network providers. Calling the insurance companies to the carpet for the negligence of its providers would expose reasons for the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doctorblue.wordpress.com&blog=5488405&post=217&subd=doctorblue&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Story #17: The Religion of Diagnosis</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been said things aren&#8217;t always what they seem. I say life isn&#8217;t always what it &#8220;should be.&#8221; This comes to mind because a lot of the advice I&#8217;ve been given is prefaced by and predicated on &#8220;should be&#8221; beliefs. I&#8217;ve been told any infectious diseases physician &#8220;should be&#8221; able to diagnose and treat actinomycosis. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doctorblue.wordpress.com&blog=5488405&post=140&subd=doctorblue&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Would You Change About Medical Care?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would approach healthcare delivery like it was a brand new business. Wipe the slate clean. The first order of business would be to design or conceive of the product or service. Let&#8217;s consider outpatient care first. I would design a center in which internists and specialists from various fields worked together to diagnose a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doctorblue.wordpress.com&blog=5488405&post=125&subd=doctorblue&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Story #9: Hypochondria v. Multi-symptom Disease</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taken at face value, the involvement of multiple organs in disease seems incongruous or irrelevant. However, from reading such medically orthodox sources as The Merck Manual of Medical Information, I found, for instance, that when Crohn&#8217;s disease causes a flare up of gastrointestinal symptoms, the patient may experience inflammation of the joints (arthritis), inflammation of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doctorblue.wordpress.com&blog=5488405&post=31&subd=doctorblue&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Story #6: Bodily Mechanics 101</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. George Mitchell is one of very few physicians in the Washington, D.C. metro area whose practice includes both orthodox and alternative approaches to medicine. Because many medical associations and doctors who practice orthodox medicine rally against non-traditional practitioners (even putting some out of business), Dr. Mitchell tries to keep a low profile. A graduate [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doctorblue.wordpress.com&blog=5488405&post=25&subd=doctorblue&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Story #5: Out of Sight, Out of Mind</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you consider that bacteria in the body outnumber human cells 10:1 and that germs in a variety of forms from bacteria to viruses to protozoa, parasites and fungi are virtually everywhere, it amazes me to find so few U.S. doctors appreciate the impact such organisms have on our health. Many dismiss such microbes as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doctorblue.wordpress.com&blog=5488405&post=23&subd=doctorblue&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Story #4: The Tooth Root Connection</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been plagued with problem teeth ever since my first visit to the dentist when I was six. I had seven cavities. All were filled with silver (mercury) amalgam fillings. My filled teeth got cavities under the fillings, so the dentist would replace the old fillings with new deeper fillings. I recall there were four [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doctorblue.wordpress.com&blog=5488405&post=21&subd=doctorblue&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Story #3: The Medical Record Paperweight</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dec. 12 &#38; 18, 2003.  Office visits with infectious diseases specialist, Dr. David Yoho. 
Serum protein electrophoresis, immunology and HIV testing were all negative. Dr Yoho prescribed a 10-day course of doxycycline as a precautionary measure just the same. He confirmed I was outwardly exhibiting the symptoms of fungal infection, but said there was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doctorblue.wordpress.com&blog=5488405&post=19&subd=doctorblue&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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