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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Charade of Healthcare Reform

By Howard Sachs, MD, PhD. howardsachs@rocketmail.com or comment below
The debate rages in the senate — The public wants it, we want it, but not before our August vacations. It’s only the poor who won’t have insurance for a few more months, anyway. But what about those who need continuing treatment for pre-existing cancers? Hell, nobody [...]

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Obesity Pandemic

By Howard Sachs, MD, PhD/howardsachs@rocketmail.com
Why is any mention or discussion of the nation’s pandemic of obesity forbidden or restricted at the retirement community where I live? This is despite the appearance of extensive articles in the NY Times, the New Yorker, The Boston Globe, and on TV. The media is not appealing to vanity or [...]

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