Medicine For People!
Dr. Rienstra,
I am so impressed with the level of research you must go through to provide the monthly newsletters Medicine-for-People. It is obvious you have a passion to provide medical information to the general public for which no strings are attached. How refreshing is this!
In this day, we are marketed beyond belief. We read and watch only to find that the underlying reason for most information is to sell something. Sometimes I feel we are in the Twilight Zone, with only a few left who can give us information that we need to prevent illness and lead a better quality life. This is not to say that doctors and those in the medical field are trying to take that away from us. I think they are in a survival mode as regulation, insurance and drug companies squeeze every bit of common sense out of them.
What you are offering via these newsletters is a service, and your expertise, experience and willingness to spend huge amounts of time in ongoing research should be compensated. I would be the first paying subscriber.
Thanks again and again,
Judy Peterson
Port Hadlock, WA
2013
January 2013: An Ordinary Woman
February 2013: Want to Meet a Scientist? Look in the Mirror!
March 2013: Medical Studies – How They Work
April 2013: Medical Studies - What Goes Wrong
May 2013: Medical Studies - Fraudulent Errors
2012
January 2012: Agnes' Gift
February 2012: What I Learned From Windshields
March 2012: The End of Life: Who Decides?
April 2012: Check-List for Elder Health Care
May 2012: Check-List for Elder Health Care: Looking Ahead
June 2012: The Value of Doing Nothing
July 2012: What's Wrong with Medical Routines?
August 2012: Check-In Instead of Check-Up
September 2012: Evidence-Based Medicine
October 2012: How to Get Well: A Gastro-Intestinal Riddle
November 2012: Anatomy is Not Destiny
December 2012: Sweet Secret Weapon
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