A list of all of Doc Werlin’s writings pertaining to medicine.
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce awarded Team Tony Cancer Foundation the Small Business of the Year Award. For many years, I have been actively involved with Team Tony, CTAC (Coming Together Against Cancer) [...]
The rapid escalation in the number of coronavirus victims has prompted policy makers in Europe and the United States to take or advocate corrective actions. On Saturday, the British prime minister introduced regulations that [...]
The reclosing of eleven Apple stores in four states on Friday highlighted the growing concerns that the coronavirus is gaining ground. Scientists have expressed anxieties that the U.S. has replaced Italy and China as [...]
Over the past few days, economic releases have highlighted the damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic. On Friday, we learned that consumer spending dropped a record 16.4%. On Thursday, the Labor Department reported that 36.5 [...]
How Will We Know When It’s Time to Reopen the Nation By Aaron Carroll, New York Times and professor of Pediatrics at Indiana University. Carroll made the following points: To date we can only [...]
Today’s New York Times reported that if the rate of growth in coronavirus cases in the New York metro area continues, it will suffer a more severe outbreak than those experienced in Wuhan, China [...]
By John Barry, author of “The Great Influenza” St. Louis Red Cross workers in 1918 waiting to receive influenza patients In today’s New York Times, John Barry discussed the Spanish Flue that killed between 50 [...]
Chinese authorities failed on a timely basis to warn about the coronavirus epidemic, endangering the world. The Wall Street Journal reported that the World Health Organization, bending to Chinese pressure, failed to declare it [...]
Held Together by Prayers and Duct Tape University Hospital of Brooklyn Lays Bare Disparity in Health System By Michael Schwirtz Today’s New York Times described in detail the deplorable conditions of a Brooklyn Hospital. [...]
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration announced that it is taking steps to allow the import of cheaper drugs from Canada and other countries. The goal is to enable U.S. citizens to attain [...]
The U.S. Gave Troubled Doctors a Second Chance, Patients Paid the Price By Christopher Weaver, Dan Frosch and Lisa Schwartz Today’s Wall Street Journal Highlighted a horrendous scandal. That is, the Indian Health Service [...]
Dr. William Kaelin (Harvard University); Sir Peter Ratcliffe (Professor at Oxford and Director of Clinical Research at Francis Crick Institute in London); and Gregg Semenza (Professor of Medicine at John Hopkins University) won the [...]
The death of legendary journalist and political commentator Cokie Roberts from breast cancer poignantly reminds us that cancer can strike all of us. Her first bout was in 2002. Since then she worked hard [...]
Pfizer will purchase Array BioPharma for $10.4 billion. It hopes to expand its cancer portfolio with targeted therapies. This acquisition underscores the importance of cancer drugs to the pharmaceutical industry. Because cancer drugs have saved [...]
I have drawn heavily from an article in the New York Times by Brad Plumer. The United Nations in a 1500 report concluded that humans are transforming Earth’s natural landscapes so dramatically that as many [...]
I have just returned from a very exhilarating experience, the John Hopkins Cancer Symposium, sponsored by Erwin and Stephanie Greenberg. In brief, all of us would be elated to learn about the incredible breakthroughs [...]
Cancer: What You Need to Know, by Stephen Rosenberg Introduction Dr. Stephen Rosenberg spoke at our CTAC 2019 event and wrote this very informative book that we help all of us cope with cancer. [...]
Our Coming Together Against Cancer Fundraiser will provide funding to help Dr. Gorin (one of our panelists from John Hopkins) develop a novel imaging technique to address problems within the field of urologic oncology. [...]
The September 16th edition of the Economist highlighted major issues involving cancer Cancer claimed 8.8 million lives world wide in 2015 40% of Americans will have cancer during their lifetime Cancer kills more people [...]
Miracle Cure: The Creation of Antibiotics and the Birth of Modern Medicine By William Rosen My cousin, Howard Plotkin, encouraged me to read this book because streptomycin saved my life in late 1945. My [...]
Pfizer will purchase Array BioPharma for $10.4 billion. It hopes to expand its cancer portfolio with targeted therapies. This acquisition underscores the importance of cancer drugs to the pharmaceutical industry. Because cancer drugs have [...]
Israel became the first country to earn World Health Organizations highest ranking for its field hospital unit. The UN World Health Organization recognized Israeli Army’s field hospital as the number 1 in the world [...]
Today’s WSJ revealed the results of a survey conducted by Kaiser Family Foundation along with the American Health Association. My Summary of Major points The average annual cost of an employer family plan in [...]
For close to a century and a half, Lewis Carroll's novel, "Alice in Wonderland," has entertained children and adults and provided analogies for columnists. It certainly felt like I had gone down the rabbit [...]
As a child growing up in Texas, I was terrified of polio's dangers and personally knew several people who were paralyzed by this insidious disease. That's probably the main reason I applaud the philanthropic [...]
Ecclesiastes 1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind. George Santayana: “Those who do not remember the past are condemned [...]
Today’s, Wall Street Journal explained very well the significance of the changes in health care responsibility that resulted from the General Motors-United Auto Worker’s new labor pact. Simply stated, employers led by the automobile [...]
I recently read an article by Michael Tanner, director of health and welfare studies, at the Cato Institute that outlined his concerns about treatment of cancer patients under national health plans of foreign countries. [...]
The patients waiting for cataract surgery were dignified, stoic, and silent. Many had endured hot and uncomfortable journeys to come and stand in the long line outside the clinic. Yet they waited, patient and [...]
Death of 50-100 Million One-Fifth of the World Infected “I had a little bird, its name was Enza I opened the window And in-flu-enza." The Great Influenza of 1918 could have killed as many [...]
In the early 1330s an outbreak of the deadly bubonic plague occurred in China. Plague mainly affects rodents but fleas can transmit the disease to people. Once people are infected they infect others very [...]
