One of the most amazing privileges of being a surgeon in Sacramento was in receiving patient referrals from my fellow physicians for consideration of whether I would recommend surgery. It was like a feather in my cap. And the honor...
Fresh off of her stupefying victory in court that allows her to continue to throttle public opinion, Los Angeles County’s Director of the Department of Public Health not-a-real-doctor Barbara Ferrer imposed a new mask at the start of the new...
So who are the real bullies and predators? California Attorney General Rob Bonta this week sued a school district over its policy requiring parents to be notified if their kids switch genders at school, claiming parents would bully their own...
In 1909, California put into place the Asexualization Act, legalizing the sterilization of prison inmates – particularly sex offenders – and the mentally ill. In 1913, the Act was expanded to allow for the sterilization of people with hereditary insanity...
The 15-minute city (FMC) – a neat idea, a new way to control the populace, a trendy blip in the public planning industry, a long-term insidious scheme – all, some, or none of these? One thing is true, a thing...
Since the time of Hippocrates, medicine has had one common thread – first, do no harm. Often, the harm done is only clear in retrospect – bloodletting, various treatments involving toads, the “humours” system of diagnostics all seem just plain...
During Tuesday’s Assembly Business & Professions Committee hearing on the very controversial AB 2098 by Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell), to punish physicians and surgeons for “unprofessional conduct” for advocating for the potential benefits of early treatment with off-label drugs, or those...