Mike Magee

1 week ago | thehealthcareblog.com | Mike Magee

By MIKE MAGEE According to Veterans Administration historians, the origin of Memorial Day dates back to 1864 when three women from Boalsburg, Pennsylvania joined in grief to decorate the graves of family members who had died in the Civil War. A year later, other townspeople joined in and one year later, in 1866, women in Columbus, Mississippi, joined the event, in honor of fallen Confederate soldiers. That was 14 years after the publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabinin 1852.

1 month ago | thehealthcareblog.com | Mike Magee

By MIKE MAGEEThis past week, Trump’s posting of himself as The Pope surfaced once again David French’s classic Christmas, 2024, New York Times column titled “Why Are So Many Christians So Cruel?”As I wrote at the time, “French and his wife and three children have experienced the cruelty first hand since he openly expressed his opposition to Donald Trump during the 2016 Presidential campaign.

1 month ago | thehealthcareblog.com | Mike Magee

By MIKE MAGEE The Pope’s passing interrupted an epic battle between Trump and the rest of the civilized world over whether America remains a society “under the law.” Critical to the rule of law is the principle of “Due Process,” as described in not one, but two Amendments to our Constitution.

2 months ago | thehealthcareblog.com | Mike Magee

By MIKE MAGEEAfter Trump crashed the markets, citizens worldwide are “feeling the pressure.” But in the spirit of calming us down, let’s consider a story of human cooperation and success from our past. It has been estimated that a medical student learns approximately 15,000 new words during the four years of training. One of those words is sphygmomanometer. the fancy term for a blood pressure monitor.

2 months ago | thehealthcareblog.com | Mike Magee

By MIKE MAGEEQuestion: What is the world’s most widely used psychoactive drug? Answer: CaffeineIn the U.S., caffeine is consumed mainly in the form of coffee, tea, and cola. But coffee dominates. Worldwide, humans consume over 10 million tons of coffee beans a year. Roughly 16% is devoured by Americans. The daily intake of caffeine varies depending on type of beverage and brand as the chart below indicates. On average, each American consumes approximately 164 mg of caffeine each day.