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(random riffs on topics medical)
rahul k. parikh
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- Walnut Creek, California,
- Bio
- Physician & Writer
www.rahulkparikh.com
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The information here is not direct medical advice.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Bedside Manner at the Apple
Store Genius Bar
June 30, 2010 05:17PM - Jenny McCarthy vs. Jenny
McCarthy
March 30, 2010 09:45AM - Huffington Post Health Watch:
HuffPo Gets it Right?
March 28, 2010 12:36PM - Huffington Post Health Watch:
Dr. Dean Ornish's Infomercial
November 08, 2009 09:54AM - Medical Malpractice Revisited
on NPR
November 03, 2009 07:42PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Hey Davis,
welcome
to OS--thanks for the
informative piece”
July 07, 2010 12:55PM - “Greg,
thanks for
your supportive
comments,
Rahul”
March 31, 2010 05:54PM - “sheling,
thank your
for you comments on this
issue--I wish more parents
in
your si…”
March 31, 2010 05:53PM - “welcome to Open, Pankaj!
Lots of good stuff
here.
Very
informative essay as
wel…”
February 18, 2010 06:34PM - “Patrick--good luck! I've
appreciated your thoughts and
your
comments on mine.
I…”
September 27, 2009 02:50PM
Rahul k. parikh's Links
July 07, 2010 12:55PM
“Hey Davis, welcome to OS--thanks for the informative piece”
About: Cellphones Kill, Just Not With Radiation
“Hey Davis, welcome to OS--thanks for the informative piece”
About: Cellphones Kill, Just Not With Radiation
March 31, 2010 05:54PM
“Greg, thanks for your supportive comments, Rahul”
About: Jenny McCarthy vs. Jenny McCarthy
“Greg, thanks for your supportive comments, Rahul”
About: Jenny McCarthy vs. Jenny McCarthy
March 31, 2010 05:53PM
“sheling, thank your for you comments on this issue--I wish more parents in your situation would speak out more strongly against the ideas that McCarthy…”
About: Jenny McCarthy vs. Jenny McCarthy
“sheling, thank your for you comments on this issue--I wish more parents in your situation would speak out more strongly against the ideas that McCarthy…”
About: Jenny McCarthy vs. Jenny McCarthy
February 18, 2010 06:34PM
“welcome to Open, Pankaj! Lots of good stuff here. Very informative essay as well!”
About: Food and Mood
“welcome to Open, Pankaj! Lots of good stuff here. Very informative essay as well!”
About: Food and Mood
September 27, 2009 02:50PM
“Patrick--good luck! I've appreciated your thoughts and your comments on mine. I will miss you, best, rahul”
About: Goodbye to all that
“Patrick--good luck! I've appreciated your thoughts and your comments on mine. I will miss you, best, rahul”
About: Goodbye to all that
September 16, 2009 12:01PM
“John Moore-- thanks for your comments--malpractice reform sounds like it may be on the table after Obama's speech last week. I think it would make many…”
About: What does Joe Wilson really believe about health care?
“John Moore-- thanks for your comments--malpractice reform sounds like it may be on the table after Obama's speech last week. I think it would make many…”
About: What does Joe Wilson really believe about health care?
September 15, 2009 12:34PM
“SoutherDem2009, than ks for sharing your thoughts--don't move to Mass--to damn cold and not enough primary care doctors!”
About: What does Joe Wilson really believe about health care?
“SoutherDem2009, than ks for sharing your thoughts--don't move to Mass--to damn cold and not enough primary care doctors!”
About: What does Joe Wilson really believe about health care?
September 15, 2009 12:33PM
“Juliet- funny and scary at the same time... thanks for reading and commenting”
About: What does Joe Wilson really believe about health care?
“Juliet- funny and scary at the same time... thanks for reading and commenting”
About: What does Joe Wilson really believe about health care?
September 14, 2009 11:35PM
“Kathy, thanks for reading and you nice words.”
About: What does Joe Wilson really believe about health care?
“Kathy, thanks for reading and you nice words.”
About: What does Joe Wilson really believe about health care?
September 14, 2009 11:35PM
“luluandphoebe, thank s for reading--if anything, Wilson's a good soldier for his Republican colleagues--too bad that quality doesn't help 48 million unin…”
About: What does Joe Wilson really believe about health care?
“luluandphoebe, thank s for reading--if anything, Wilson's a good soldier for his Republican colleagues--too bad that quality doesn't help 48 million unin…”
About: What does Joe Wilson really believe about health care?
August 28, 2009 01:40PM
“lulandphoebe, thanks --I saw your piece yesterday mentioning that. I will take a look....”
About: Michael Steele Vs. Michael Steele
“lulandphoebe, thanks --I saw your piece yesterday mentioning that. I will take a look....”
About: Michael Steele Vs. Michael Steele
August 25, 2009 04:00PM
“zen, amen to that! as a pediatrician, we're really pushing vitamin D for our patients.”
About: Huffington Post Health Watch: Vitamin D and Breast Cancer
“zen, amen to that! as a pediatrician, we're really pushing vitamin D for our patients.”
About: Huffington Post Health Watch: Vitamin D and Breast Cancer
August 25, 2009 02:51PM
“Zen, right--on the third point about dosing of Vitamin D--if you read the comments in the paper (by the way, I was told the link was broken, but I've fi…”
About: Huffington Post Health Watch: Vitamin D and Breast Cancer
“Zen, right--on the third point about dosing of Vitamin D--if you read the comments in the paper (by the way, I was told the link was broken, but I've fi…”
About: Huffington Post Health Watch: Vitamin D and Breast Cancer
August 25, 2009 01:19PM
“zen, thanks for your links--I haven't looked at all of them, but a couple of things 1) they are all magazine articles before the 2008 study I'm referring…”
About: Huffington Post Health Watch: Vitamin D and Breast Cancer
“zen, thanks for your links--I haven't looked at all of them, but a couple of things 1) they are all magazine articles before the 2008 study I'm referring…”
About: Huffington Post Health Watch: Vitamin D and Breast Cancer
August 22, 2009 08:07PM
“Thank you all for sharing your thoughtful responses!”
About: Let's Keep "Personal Responsiblity" in Perspective
“Thank you all for sharing your thoughtful responses!”
About: Let's Keep "Personal Responsiblity" in Perspective
July 30, 2009 01:17PM
“@Adam, not anti-alternative medicine at all-just pro-evidence-based medicine”
About: More thoughts on The Huffington Post
“@Adam, not anti-alternative medicine at all-just pro-evidence-based medicine”
About: More thoughts on The Huffington Post
July 08, 2009 05:00PM
“by the way, that archives article you mentioned uses a phrase that needs more discussion--"quality of death"”
About: The most important thing to remember about health care
“by the way, that archives article you mentioned uses a phrase that needs more discussion--"quality of death"”
About: The most important thing to remember about health care
July 08, 2009 04:58PM
“Great post--somehow I'm reminded of the movie Children of Men and that drug Quietus(sp?). Still, just more fuel to add to the fodder that more is not…”
About: The most important thing to remember about health care
“Great post--somehow I'm reminded of the movie Children of Men and that drug Quietus(sp?). Still, just more fuel to add to the fodder that more is not…”
About: The most important thing to remember about health care
July 02, 2009 06:27PM
“cleo, thanks for sharing your point about wal-mart and peachcare--I agree, they're not acting out of charity--corporations always have self-interest.”
About: Is Wal-Mart Leading the Charge for Health Care Reform?
“cleo, thanks for sharing your point about wal-mart and peachcare--I agree, they're not acting out of charity--corporations always have self-interest.”
About: Is Wal-Mart Leading the Charge for Health Care Reform?
July 02, 2009 06:24PM
“LulandPhoebe, t hanks for your thoughts--the aspirin is in Aisle 4 :)”
About: Is Wal-Mart Leading the Charge for Health Care Reform?
“LulandPhoebe, t hanks for your thoughts--the aspirin is in Aisle 4 :)”
About: Is Wal-Mart Leading the Charge for Health Care Reform?
June 17, 2009 07:42PM
“undertow, you're right on all counts. though in the past, I don't believe they were on as equal footing as they are now,”
About: How Relevant is the American Medical Association?
“undertow, you're right on all counts. though in the past, I don't believe they were on as equal footing as they are now,”
About: How Relevant is the American Medical Association?
June 17, 2009 07:41PM
“froggy-great point--first off, nobody seems to really know what the true impact of malpractice is on health care, as the nejm piece points out (linked…”
About: How Relevant is the American Medical Association?
“froggy-great point--first off, nobody seems to really know what the true impact of malpractice is on health care, as the nejm piece points out (linked…”
About: How Relevant is the American Medical Association?
Rahul k. parikh's Favorites
Updates
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Ya gotta die of something
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The National Debt Clock, 22 years later
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poem as confession / haiku 3
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(The First) 13 Reasons the United States Has Gone Insane
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Why Understanding Teaming Is Critical for Health Care Leaders
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Announcing the Salon-Alternet Investigative Fund
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Social Media and Sociology
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Brief history of time, truncated fore and aft
Salon.com