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Posts by Michael Esposito, MD
In the United States it is estimated that seventy-five million CT scans are performed each year. A CT scan is an excellent test to diagnose a multitude of diseases, both acute and chronic. There is no doubt that these scans save peoples lives everyday. For example, CT scan is the best test to diagnose acute cerebral hemorrhage, internal injuries related to trauma or hard to detect fractures. These...
11/26/2007 11:25:45 PM
The United States Department of Health and Human services recently released its plan describing how it will distribute a flu vaccine if, or when, a flu pandemic occurs in this country. The plan divides the population into four tiers based on different factors. The first tier individuals will receive the vaccine before anyone else. They are the health care workers, first responders and people who are...
11/2/2007 7:00:00 AM
There is equal protection to all citizens under the laws of the United States unless you are sick. Access to medical care in the United States is a privilege of the wealthy, the employed, the elderly, and the incarcerated. God help you get sick if you a low paid worker or a child living with working poor parents. There is no room or money in the health care system for these hard working souls. These...
9/17/2007 7:00:00 AM
The United States Health care system is broken and there is no easy fix. The health care system, like the military industrial complex of the cold war, is predicated on corporate profits and not the well being of the patient. The CEOs of the large HMOs and pharmaceutical companies have the same agenda as any other corporate leader. Raise their company's stock price or lose their job which pays their...
8/28/2007 7:00:00 AM