July, 2009 | Michael D. Lockshin, MD

Michael Jackson, Deepak Chopra, Lupus, and Child Abuse

Published on July 20, 2009 by Michael D. Lockshin, MD in Current Comments

A patient recently asked me about an article on People Magazine’s website about Deepak Chopra's belief that Michael Jackson had lupus and that this disease was connected to Jackson's childhood abuse. Dr. Chopra cited ‘recent research’ in support of this contention. Here is some of what I wrote my patient: The article from the Mailman School

Evidence-Based Medicine and Chronic Illness

Published on July 3, 2009 by Michael D. Lockshin, MD in Current Comments

It is a terrific idea to compare effectiveness of treatments for the same illness—if “effectiveness” and “same illness” mean the same to the doctors, the patients, and the payers and patients who will benefit or lose according to the rules that follow. It is a terrific idea if the comparison meets the needs of each

Medical Care and Doctor Fatigue

Published on July 2, 2009 by Michael D. Lockshin, MD in Current Comments

Dr. Barron Lerner in the New York Times ("A life-changing case for doctors in training," March 3, 2009) misinterprets the history of Libby Zion and the Bell Commission, and draws the wrong lessons. The concern about medical resident fatigue dates not from the 1984 case but at least as far back as a 1971 study