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...cancer survivor who has been through chemo-radiation therapy and surgery, I can attest to the myriad difficult psychological and social issues cancer patients have to grapple with. In my opinion, health professionals who are able to recognize that physical illness is often accompanied by complex emotional and spiritual challenges, and who can competently and sensitively address these concerns in order to take care of the whole person, are the most likely to achieve the desired clinical response with better patient satisfaction. Yang K. Chen, Englewood, Colo...
...change their paper-scribbling ways. Many still find old-fashioned pen and pad to be more efficient. A recent study found that doctors dismiss 90% of the alerts that automatically pop up on e-prescribing programs as not relevant. They say they find these alerts tedious: for a veteran cancer doctor prescribing anti-nausea medications to patients on chemo, for example, an e-reminder about the drugs' dosing regimen isn't so much helpful as it is irksome and unnecessary...
...West Virginia and Orrin Hatch of Utah, the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Finance Committee's Subcommittee on Health Care. In recent months Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut, a top HELP Committee Democrat, was added as Kennedy's understudy as the Massachusetts Democrat sought treatment for brain cancer. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad of North Dakota and his GOP counterpart Judd Gregg of New Hampshire were also added after President Obama included his $634 billion outline for health-care reform in his 2010 budget request. Other Senators from the Democratic leadership and the HELP and Finance Committees...
...wasn't always so blessed. Out of office, Thomas Jefferson found himself buried under crippling debts; James Monroe died destitute; and Ulysses S. Grant, scammed by a Wall Street grifter and battling cancer, hawked his memoirs to Mark Twain to keep his family afloat. Not until 1958 did the Former Presidents Act award ex--Chief Executives a pension and staff...
...choice to lecture on morality is slightly ironic. (Yes we are going to make the obligatory John Edwards joke: it was a late night for FlyBy so if you have a problem with that you can step off...or comment below.) In any case, leaving one's cancer-stricken wife for a fling is morally questionable--and FlyBy's not sure morality even comes into play when that fling is a crazy New Age believer. Perhaps because Edwards enjoys it when ladies stroke...