Day: October 1, 2013

Health Care Is a Pyramid Scheme

LEXINGTON, KY On Tuesday, November 12, Mark D. Birdwhistell presented to the Lexington Medical Society, “Everything you want to know on the Affordable Care Act

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PTSD and Veterans

LOUISVILLE According to the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) website, an estimated 5.2 million Americans have Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) during any given year.

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Disability Plays No Favorites

As a physician, every day you see your patients suffering from unexpected injury or illness, which may require them to miss work that could substantially

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Investing in the New Year

According to Daniel Kahneman, Princeton professor of psychology and the so-called father of behavioral economics, it is our “remembering self” that makes decisions rather than

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The Mayo Clinic Model

LOUISVILLE Interdisciplinary is perhaps one of the new health care buzzwords of the 21st century. Championed by the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, the interdisciplinary

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Welcome to 2014

Another year has come and gone. 2013 was a good one for M.D. Update. We featured many faces new to our pages, as well as

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