Certain Death for GIs in Afghanistan?

Why Must They Die?
By Howard, MD, PhD. howardsachs@rocketmail.com
The enemy is not the standard set of armor, holding a position to be blown away and overcome. Who and where is the enemy? It amazes me to observe those Senators who have been to Afghanistan, advocating “Sending more troops to this vast Islamic land to exterminate the [...]

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Breathing Some Life into a Picnic

Sept 8th -  By Howard Sachs, MD, PhD
In 1964, I spent a sabbatical leave year in Rome, teaching at the Italian higher institute of health.  Usually, I would take my lunch with the maintenance men at the Institute, because they knew where the best trattorias were located at the best prices and for other reasons [...]

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Preparing for Medical Practice in the Third World

By Howard Sachs, MD, PhD
During our last Tuesday a. m. discussion group, Ester B. happened to mention that her granddaughters were planning on going to medical school, and thereafter, joining “Doctors Without Borders.” (DWB). This evoked many exclamations of “Ooh, how fine and admirable.” The DWB sounds very glamorous and has had a good press, [...]

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Black Market Organ Tranplants

By Howard Sachs, MD, PhD. Sept 4, 2009
It’s become an accepted belief that only the wealthy have the right to life. This became apparent with the recent news coverage of the access to kidney organs for those with $50,000.00.  Enterprising organ brokers and unscrupulous surgeons accommodate their needs. Often, the brokers seek donors in impoverished [...]

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Body Temperature Control in Dog Days of Summer

August 23rd, 2009
By Howard Sachs, MD, PhD.
Throughout medical school, we learned of the exquisite body devices for controlling body temperature. The human brain puts into action sweating and pulmonary devices to lower the body temperature, but hardly in the face of the madness of nature, bringing the ambient temperatures to over 100 degrees. On the [...]

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