THE ONLY APPROVED PROVIDER FOR MY DIABETES SENSORS IS BYRAM THIS IS THEIR MESSAGE TODAY: Byram is a major pain in the ass. Somehow they have gotten to be the sole vendor for DEXCOM in WA state. They provide zero support. Have a website designed by retired KGB officers and think HIPAA is a the [&[...]
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February 4th, 2019 - 5:32 pm § in Hypocrisy
A Doc Explains Abortions
I’m an OB/GYN and Roy Moore is wrong about “ninth month” abortions. POSTED BY DR. JEN GUNTER on her website? Dear Alabama Voter, I am an OB/GYN who trained to do abortions almost as late as they can go. For several years I practiced in a state with no gestational age limit, meaning[...]
November 7th, 2018 - 8:52 am § in The Ave Scene
Why I voted against the soda tax
Mike James, a former KING TV anchor and a friend on FB castigated me because, according to him, the support for the initiative overturning the tax came from the over wealthy soda pop industry. I agree corporate self interest in our society is an evil … BUT .. that does not mean the industry po[...]
October 30th, 2018 - 9:18 am § in Misc.
I WILL VOTE YES ON I-1634
The measure, called the “Keep Groceries Affordable Act of 2018,” is being attacked from the left because, shock shock, the sweet beverage industry is spending millions to attack Seattle’s soda tax. Despite my core dislike of corpulent corporations, I am voting with the companies! The[...]
May 23rd, 2018 - 10:41 pm § in Donald Trump, The Ave Scene
GOP Candidate for Senate Blows Bad Breath at Senator Cantwell
Susan Hutchison’s absurd bashing of Maria Cantwell shows how Trumplike she’s become Nine years ago, when Susan Hutchison was running for King County Executive, she did her best to portray herself as a reasonable Republican capable of governing Washington’s largest jurisdiction. Notably, the fo[...]
June 26th, 2017 - 5:20 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: 6/26
SCOTUS: MUSLIM BAN TO GO FORWARD. Exceptions for individuals with a bona fide relationship to the United States. Full review next session. TRUMP TO MEET WITH PUTIN: threatens to withdraw from intermediate missile treaty, the INF treaty, signed by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mihkail G[...]
May 23rd, 2017 - 7:23 am § in Science
TRUMP TARGETS NATIONAL HEALTH INSTITUTES AND CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
Washington Post reports the Trump’s 2018 budget would decimate health research The National Cancer Institute: a $1 billion cut The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: a $575 million cut National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases : a $838 million cut. The administration wou[...]
May 4th, 2017 - 11:52 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
GOP GLEE: When the GOP is giving you $5 per person per year to cover pre-existing conditions:
“A liberal think tank says hundreds of thousands of Americans [will] be left without coverage under the so-called Upton amendment, the Republican plan to cover Americans with pre-existing conditions under the health care overhaul passed on Thursday. GOP Reps. Fred Upton and Billy Long proposed[...]
DelBene Leads Effort to Fund NIH
DelBene Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging $2 Billion Boost for NIH More than 160 House members signed the bipartisan letter urging congressional leaders to prioritize biomedical research by increasing funding for NIH. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) led more than 160 Hou[...]
October 3rd, 2016 - 9:10 am § in Misc.
A Disappointing Nobel
A disappointing award. There are many more exciting discoveries in biology. This year’s Nobel in Medicine went to Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan. Professor Ohsumi won the award for his work on how cells destroyer their one parts, a process that is central to development and to aging. I was ver[...]