• Avastin, ye swabs!

    Piracy is alive and well in a most peculiar area: the pharmaceutical  industry. According to recent reports in the Wall Street Journal and elsewhere, counterfeit Avastin, an anti-Cancer drug used in colon and breast cancer, has turned...

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  • Final Cut: A Thin Slice

    “Friday the sixth struck like a bolt of lightning. Remy awoke suddenly. The room was pitch black. He gently rolled over and looked at the digital alarm clock. The red numbers said 2:35. A steady drip of...

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  • The Penn Square Press Publishes Its First Book

    We here at the Post are proud to announce that on February 29th, the first book published by our sister organization, the Penn Square Press, became a reality. The galleys have been pawed over more times than...

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  • Bad Docs

    Uh oh! Some bad docs are in the news today.  No, that’s not bad dogs, but bad members of my profession, I am sorry to report. In California, Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley has charged Dr....

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  • What is the Iron Triangle of Health Care?

    OK. I’m going to turn you all into Health Care analysts by introducing the concept of The Iron Triangle of Health Care. The Iron Triangle is a mechanism used to assess health care systems of all kinds....

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