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I can hear the sound of the loons wafting from Lake Stupid now: The American College of Physicians recommends [enter one or one or more of the quack modalities here; whichever you want to promote] without so much of a mention of back pain, or the lack of evidence in support, cited and not. But the American College of Physicians?! Is it just a matter of wanting to profit from the unwitting unwashed or did they figure Hippocrates would approve, so why not?
Maybe their time has past. Perhaps the time is overdue for new college with Science-Based Medicine in the name. ACSBM anyone?
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Meet One of the Worldâs Most Influential Diabetes Scientists
Written by Moira McCarthy on February 5, 2021 â Fact checked by Jennifer Chesak
In the world of diabetes research, there are superstar names you just
know.
For example, Banting and Best, who discovered insulin. Elliot Joslin, who pioneered modern treatment and care. Kamen, Tamborlane, and others who led technology development.
And then there are the names that may not be as familiar: researchers who spent years in labs studying and testing, who broke down barriers to reveal a better understanding of diabetes and, yes, better outcomes.
Dr. Jesse Roth of the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research in Manhasset, New York, is one of those quiet heroes.
The destructive health consequences of political polarization
Political divisiveness has always been part of the fabric of America. Even as our Founders laid the groundwork for the United States, they understood the challenges of seeking to assemble a unified and functional country from such a wide geographic and culturally diverse landscape. In establishing a country based on the central principles of freedom, liberty, and a shared common good, they also recognized that in a free society there would always be an attraction to personal and tribal instincts that, if not tempered, could threaten the function and even the existence of the fragile construct of a democracy. In fact, George Washington called partisanship in its most extreme form a potentially fatal tendency inherent to democratic systems. This is why our country’s operational principles are enshrined in a constitution with mechanisms to moderate partisan impulses, such as the separation of power and multiple che