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		<title>Is Health Care Reform The Lesser of Two Poor Choices?</title>
		<link>http://doctorblue.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/is-health-care-reform-the-lesser-of-two-poor-choices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 23:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t think anyone knows if government-run or private-run health care is the answer. Both seem to be the lesser of two poor choices for a variety of reasons. Central among the reasons is the lack of focus on patient outcomes (quality of care) and the need to replace the practice of specialists handing off [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doctorblue.wordpress.com&blog=5488405&post=222&subd=doctorblue&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What I Know About Health Care Politics</title>
		<link>http://doctorblue.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/what-i-know-about-health-care-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://doctorblue.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/what-i-know-about-health-care-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m pre-empting my continuing saga on efforts to secure legal counsel with this blog in honor of President Barack Obama&#8217;s conference on health care today. If NPR&#8217;s Morning Edition is accurate in its portrayal of events, this will be among the first meetings on health care that begins with a discussion on the ways health [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doctorblue.wordpress.com&blog=5488405&post=164&subd=doctorblue&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Story #18: Diagnostic Journey Leads To The Cause of Motility Dysfunction</title>
		<link>http://doctorblue.wordpress.com/2009/02/01/the-story-18-diagnostic-journey-leads-to-the-cause-of-motility-dysfunction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://doctorblue.wordpress.com/?p=147</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago, a group of scientists are said to have solved the age old question, &#8220;Which came first, the chicken or the egg?&#8221; The alleged consensus: the chicken. I ask, &#8220;Wouldn&#8217;t the chicken have developed from a fertilized egg?&#8221;
Whatever happened, the concept eludes my grasp. In my mind, the mystery remains unsolved.
I bring [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doctorblue.wordpress.com&blog=5488405&post=147&subd=doctorblue&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Story #17: The Religion of Diagnosis</title>
		<link>http://doctorblue.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/the-story-17-the-religion-of-diagnosis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://doctorblue.wordpress.com/?p=140</guid>
		<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>The Story #8: Search For A New PCP</title>
		<link>http://doctorblue.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/the-story-8-search-for-a-new-pcp-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://doctorblue.wordpress.com/?p=135</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[January 31, 2005. Given a long history of gastrointestinal problems and constant lower left abdominal pain , I made an appointment with Dr. Carol Schuffler, a gastroenterologist recommended by Dr. Joyce Hair, my gynecologist. Dr. Schuffler had a small office in an older office building primarily populated with medical offices. I recall how warm it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doctorblue.wordpress.com&blog=5488405&post=135&subd=doctorblue&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Overview: Replace The Caduceus</title>
		<link>http://doctorblue.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/blog-overview-replace-the-caduceus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://doctorblue.wordpress.com/?p=133</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Based on my experience, I feel the caduceus medical symbol should be replaced with a picture of a physician with his arms crossed over his chest and his index fingers pointing in opposite directions.
With no help forthcoming from the medical community in determining what was wrong with me after three years, I decided to try [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doctorblue.wordpress.com&blog=5488405&post=133&subd=doctorblue&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Would You Change About Medical Care?</title>
		<link>http://doctorblue.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/what-would-you-change-about-medical-care/</link>
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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 #4: The Tooth Root Connection</title>
		<link>http://doctorblue.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/the-story-4-the-tooth-root-connection/</link>
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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 #1: The Beginning</title>
		<link>http://doctorblue.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/the-story-1-the-beginning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
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