William Becker
Author, columnist: Expert on green energy, climate policy expert, sustainable community development, disaster recovery, and more.
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Mar 8, 2025 |
meer.com | William Becker
It happened at a dinner reception many years ago in Geneva, Switzerland. I was chatting with other guests when Mikhail Gorbachev entered the room. He spotted me, strode up, and grabbed me in a bear hug. Then, he went off without a word to talk with other guests. We had no further encounters with each other that evening or ever again. The hug dumbfounded me for decades. Then, during a meeting recently, a colleague said something that hit me like a slap in the face.
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Feb 18, 2025 |
jamanetwork.com | William Becker |Karen H Seal |David Nelson
Buprenorphine, Pain, and Opioid Use in Patients Taking High-Dose Long-Term Opioids: A Randomized Clinical Trial Key PointsQuestion For patients with moderate to severe chronic pain despite high-dose, long-term opioid therapy, does having the option to switch to buprenorphine compared with not having the option result in more pain improvement and opioid dosage reduction?
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Feb 17, 2025 |
jamanetwork.com | Michael Incze |Timothy Anderson |William Becker |Karen H Seal
Integrating Buprenorphine Into Chronic Pain Treatment—Putting the Choice in VOICE Buprenorphine, Pain, and Opioid Use in Patients Taking High-Dose Long-Term Opioids William C. Becker, MD; Karen H. Seal, MD, MPH; David B. Nelson, PhD; Beth M. DeRonne, PharmD; Allyson M. Kats, MS; Benjamin J. Morasco, PhD; Joseph W. Frank, MD, MPH; Una E. Makris, MD, MSc; Jacob T. Painter, PharmD, MBA, PhD; Kelli D. Allen, PhD; Amanda S. Mixon, MD, MS, MSPH; Amy Bohnert, PhD; Thomas E.
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Feb 8, 2025 |
meer.com | William Becker
Communications experts all agree that a picture is worth a thousand words. It's true. A striking image has an instant emotional impact that even a thousand words cannot create. But the intellectual impact is more complicated. An image does not have full effect unless we take the trouble to understand what we see. Our failure to connect the dots can be tragic.
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Jan 8, 2025 |
meer.com | William Becker
With 2025 underway, we are entering the ninth year since the historic Paris Climate Agreement took effect. It's the pact in which nearly 200 countries promised to each do its part to keep the planet from warming more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures. Scientists warn that warmer weather would be calamitous. By the end of the year, countries will submit more ambitious voluntary plans to slow down and eventually reverse global warming.
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