by David Gumpert | Apr 22, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Is the Greg Niewendorp approach to NAIS spreading? Niewendorp is the Michigan farmer who a few months ago became the first in the nation to publicly refuse to register his cows under the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). Now the Wisconsin Department of...
by David Gumpert | Apr 21, 2007 | Uncategorized |
One of the things I envy my daughter, Laura, is that she lives in a place where she can just head out to a local merchant and purchase raw milk. She lives in Philadelphia, and most Saturdays, she goes to the Reading Terminal Market, a sprawling indoor market in the...
by David Gumpert | Apr 20, 2007 | Uncategorized |
It’s ironic sometimes how the dialogue on this blog surfaces in real life. I’m in New York City for a couple days and spent some time in my hotel this afternoon reviewing some of the material about autism and vaccination suggested in comments on my two...
by David Gumpert | Apr 19, 2007 | Uncategorized |
When I was a student at Columbia Journalism School back in 1969, one of the most controversial “lessons” was a case study about a protest march at which the police beat up the demonstrators. As reporters, we had to decide how to report the story. After...
by David Gumpert | Apr 18, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Last September, when I was reporting about the difficulties some physicians faced in obtaining flu vaccine, for a column in BusinessWeek.com, I focused on the fact that large retail chains like Walgreens and CVS seemed to be getting preference from manufacturers for...
by David Gumpert | Apr 17, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Sometimes I amaze myself with my naivete about the healthcare system. I used to think the primary care physician at the HMO I once belonged to was most concerned that I receive the best possible treatment…until I requested being allowed to go outside the system...
by David Gumpert | Apr 16, 2007 | Uncategorized |
It looks as if Mary McGonigle-Martin has done the first serious “review” of this blog (in her comment to my previous posting). She actually read through the months of postings and comments—something I haven’t had the stomach to undertake in...
by David Gumpert | Apr 15, 2007 | Uncategorized |
If you’re going to consult with a dietician or nutritionist, what kind of expertise do you expect? A reader sent along some of the questions from the study guide for the Registration Examination for Dietitians (put together by an affiliate of the American...
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