[Magdalen] Drug research.

[Jay Weigel]

I found my current PCP via the urgent care center I frequent on occasion. I
had. Liked my previous one (a Hispanic lady) very much, but she got in some
kind of trouble with Medicare and when I got really sick I couldn't see her
and wound up at urgent care. (Turned out I had pneumonia, so I was really
glad they were there!) They gave me a list of PCPs who were accepting new
patients and I looked it over and called for an appointment with one I
hoped I would like (I prefer a female doctor). As it turned out, I do like
her pretty well. She and her husband are both members of the family
practice group, along with 5 or 6 other doctors. The only other doc I have
now is my GYN, also female, who I like even better.

On Monday, August 29, 2016, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> We had a GP we both liked very much. He retired recently and we have a new
> GP. She is a DO. We've been very impressed with her. She had plugged my
> data into a computer program that gave general risk factors, and we decided
> to make a modification of my medication.
>
> The designation had me a bit concerned initially, but so far, so good!  It
> is not easy finding a participating provider around here, so we feel we won
> the lottery.
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 1:45 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 8/29/2016 12:04:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > polycarpa3 at ckt.net <javascript:;> writes:
> >
> > When I  was a child, more than sixty years ago, the doctor to whom my
> > parents  would take me was a DO, not an MD.  He
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Back in the day, there used to be a big difference made between the
> > two degrees and their separate approaches.  DO's usually didn't  have
> > hospital privileges and they were mostly generalists.  It was my
> > impression that they were looked down upon by many MD's.
> >
> > Then California examined the situation and the training and decided
> > there was essentially no difference in abilities between DO's and  MD's,
> > and made equality between them the law.
> >
> > As goes California, goes the country in matters like this, and soon  it
> > was a done deed nationally.  Further, DO's were admitted into  specialty
> > training just as MD's, and as a result the DO's are much more
> diversified
> > now than in the past.
> >
> > I had a good friend and fellow dermatologist when I was in  Frankfurt/M
> > (He ran the Military clinic at the Augsburg, Germany Army Hospital).
> > He was very well trained.  He suffered, however, from  narcolepsy,
> > and would fall asleep at the oddest times.  Driving was obviously  a
> > problem.
> >
> >
> > David S. - Who would like to have slept through some work  days.
> >
>