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...Bariatric surgery isn't a cure-all. There are still significant diet and lifestyle changes that need to be enforced. For example, a new study from Stanford University shows that patients who have gastric bypass are more susceptible to the effects of alcohol. Inspired by an episode of Oprah Winfrey in which most individuals who had undergone gastric bypass said they got drunk faster on less alcohol, the researchers decided to test this theory. The study found that for people who had the surgery, drinking 5 ounces of wine would give them an average blood alcohol level of 0.08, while...
...Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act would allow federal funds, the financial lifeblood of scientists and laboratories, to flow to embryonic stem cell research. The bill's proponents claim that these by-products of in-vitro fertilization may be able to help cure a wide host of diseases, including juvenile diabetes, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's (recall the hubbub over the stem cell ads that aired during last year's Senate race in Missouri starring Michael J. Fox, who suffers from Parkinson's). Those opposed, including many on the right, regard it as the destruction of early human life. Others...
...culture of drinking at Harvard: Kids here follow the “work hard, play hard” motto with an intensity that isn’t surprising for a student body not exactly known for its relaxed disposition. The policy, however, does very little to cure the illness, and instead provides an exaggerated and misdirected treatment for its symptoms...
...need multiple skill sets. For cardiac stem cell research, you need stem cell biologists, developmental biologists, cardiologists, and engineers,” Reeve says. “You need multiple discipline sets in order to ultimately be able to cure certain diseases...
However, I firmly believe that I am first and foremost a physician borne into medicine with the charges to cure disease (when possible) and to do no harm to my patients. I am not, nor will I ever be a spiritual advisor or religious sage during an existential crisis. And it seems likely that no lecture or course at the medical school could ever teach me to be that person for my patients. Does this make my contribution to patient care less meaningful or in any way less effective? Maybe for some patients; though most will find spiritual comfort...