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• 10 topics for cocktail chat

  Some serious. Some odd. See if these fill the gaps in your holiday party chatter. Last year, 40% of National Football League games included advertising for erectile dysfunction drugs. (Wall Street Journal) It costs about $1 million a year for each soldier Read More... Posted Friday, December 18, 2009 7:52 AM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: Modern Healthcare, Wall Street Journal, Fresno

• Passion, minus screams

  It's not a sexy word. But "incrementalism" was the key takeaway from a health reform meeting held Aug. 27 by U.S. Rep. Jim Costa. Sure, there was talk about a complete do-over, the need for a public plan and the possibility that Fresno-area medical offices Read More... Posted Friday, August 28, 2009 8:08 AM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: Fresno, Community Regional Medical Center, U.S. Rep. Jim Costa, Tao Te Ching

• What's the billing code for pain?

  When I dislocated my kneecap on the baseball field, the emergency room doc in New London, Conn., literally laughed at my pain as he popped my knee back into place in a crowded hallway with no anesthetic. When my daughter dislocated her kneecap while sporting Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 03, 2008 8:00 AM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: kneecap, Wall Street Journal, Fresno, Conn., New London

• Do NOT grow old in the Valley

  Ka-POW! "Senior citizens in California's Central Valley region have the worst health in the state and may provide a snapshot of the challenges California faces over the next two decades -- a time in which the elderly population is projected to double. Read More... Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008 1:53 PM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: AARP, Fresno, UCLA Center of Health Policy Research, Wall Street bailout, Central Valley, Fresno's River Park, downtown

• ZIP Coding your lungs

  Valley air stinks and will for years to come. It drives off business and sickens people to death. The American Lung Association, among others, annually reminds us how bad off we are. But those of us who've moved around the country can take that one step Read More... Posted Friday, May 02, 2008 2:19 PM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: Milwaukee, air pollution, Fresno, ZIP Codes, Community Medical Centers, American Lung Association, Brooklyn, Advair