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Manoj Jain MD

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    • Medicine and Spirituality Research
    • Nonviolence
Three steps toward a better healthcare system – Commercial Appeal

Three steps toward a better healthcare system – Commercial Appeal

by Dr. Manoj Jain | Oct 18, 2017 | Commercial Appeal

A friend recently asked me, “Where do we go from here?” The friend was referring to our impasse with healthcare in America. The Democrats have failed to repair the Affordable Care Act, and the Republicans have failed to repeal or replace it. With the status quo, I can...

Pharmaceutical market puts profits above all – Commercial Appeal

by Dr. Manoj Jain | Dec 13, 2015 | Commercial Appeal

A grandmother develops a boil which turns out to be a difficult-to-treat staph infection (MRSA). She needs high-powered antibiotics. A middle-aged man who received a blood transfusion decades ago now has hepatitis C and needs anti-viral medicine. A young woman with...

What should doctors do to combat childhood obesity? – Washington Post

by Dr. Manoj Jain | Sep 27, 2013 | Washington Post

Lying in a hospital bed, my seriously obese patient could barely see her swollen and odorous right foot over her abdominal fat. The foot was soon to be amputated, the result of an untreatable infection exacerbated by diabetes and kidney failure, which developed in...

Complications after surgery are urgent challenges – Commercial Appeal

by Dr. Manoj Jain | Sep 15, 2013 | Commercial Appeal

My uncle, Vinay Mehta, who had his second bypass surgery four days earlier, is rushed back to the ICU hooked up to monitors and multiple IV lines. A critical care doctor who wears cowboy boots and uses words sparingly is at the foot of the bed, and three nurses adjust...

My uncle’s medical journey – Commercial Appeal

by Dr. Manoj Jain | Aug 25, 2013 | Commercial Appeal

My uncle, Vinay Mehta, lies quietly on a gurney in the hospital’s pre-post catherization room. His wife of 40 years is by his side. The TV across the room is flickering, and the EKG monitor behind him beats a regular rhythm. His cardiologist, who just performed the...
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