by Dr. Philip J. O’Donnell | Aug 1, 2026 | Articles
Back in February 1, 2025, we had an article on vaccinations titled, appropriately enough, “Vaccinations 2025”. It is now important to enlarge our knowledge about vaccinations because we live in an age where not everyone acknowledges the “settled science” that it...
by Dr. Philip J. O’Donnell | Jul 1, 2026 | Articles
This month’s article will deal with the economics of our hospital system, especially as related to charges made to uninsured patients. This has been partly reviewed in previous articles. As a reminder, hospital care absorbs almost exactly 25% of the yearly medical...
by Dr. Philip J. O’Donnell | Jun 1, 2026 | Articles
In the March 15, 2025 article, A Brave New (Medical) World, we briefly touched upon ridiculous and unnecessary administrative burdens to the practice of medicine. These issues are important because costs are transferred to the patients. Today, we will focus on 1 of...
by Dr. Philip J. O’Donnell | May 1, 2026 | Articles
These days, one cannot help but to notice on television and print media the tremendous amount of pharmaceutical advertising done directly to the consumer. Although certainly not the most expensive part of healthcare spending (indeed, only a few percentage points),...
by Dr. Philip J. O’Donnell | Apr 1, 2026 | Articles
This month, in a change of pace, our article will announce the book noted above which this magazine, OMRUM, generated. Your editor is proud to announce the very recent publication this year and I think readers of this magazine and many, many others will find the book...
by Dr. Philip J. O’Donnell | Mar 1, 2026 | Articles
A very common injury type is traumatic injury, which is the application of external physical force to the human body. Some tissues have the ability to repair themselves after such an injury, e.g. bones and muscles. Other tissues have relatively limited ability to...
