by John Leifer | Feb 2, 2015 | Healthcare, PCP, Physicians
(The following post is an excerpt from The Myths of Modern Medicine: The Alarming Truth About American Health Care by John Leifer) Imagine navigating the Amazon without a guide. Though the health care system isn’t rife with venomous snakes and flesh-eating fish, there...
by John Leifer | Jan 22, 2015 | Healthcare, Prevention, Wellness
Many of you have written to me stressing the importance of maximizing one’s health by engaging in appropriate lifestyle behaviors. I agree that this is a vitally important theme, and thus offer the following excerpt from The Myths of Modern Medicine for your...
by John Leifer | Jan 17, 2015 | Healthcare
The World’s Most Expensive Care I remember when a bottle of soda pop cost a dime. It came in an icy cold glass bottle with a cork-lined cap. Over time, the bottle and cap gave way to a can, and the price rose to a quarter, then half a dollar, and even a buck. But what...
by John Leifer | Dec 15, 2014 | Healthcare, Healthcare reform
Each year, the Access to Medicine Foundation publishes a hierarchical list of pharmaceutical companies ranked on their efforts to “improve access to medicine in developing countries.” See: http://www.accesstomedicineindex.org/ranking. Without wanting to diminish the...
by John Leifer | Oct 7, 2014 | Healthcare, Healthcare reform, Medical Error
The following post is an excerpt from John Leifer’s recently published book, The Myths of Modern Medicine: The Alarming Truth About American Health Care, now available on Amazon.com The Danger Lurking in America’s Hospitals Perhaps the most startling revelation...
by John Leifer | Sep 30, 2014 | Healthcare, Physicians
In your health-care journey, nothing exceeds the importance of finding the right physicians for you or your family — beginning with the all-important primary-care doctor. He or she will be your tour guide any time you embark on an adventure in the confusing realm of...
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