http://www.massmed.org/News-and-Publications/MMS-News-Releases/Physician-Burnout-Report-2018/ Burnout among the nation’s physicians has become so pervasive that a new paper published recently by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the Harvard Global Health Institute, the Massachusetts Medical Society andContinue reading
Author: Mario Motta, MD
How to Combat High Drug Pricing
Pharmaceutical companies overcharging A recent JAMA article, “The High Cost of Prescription Drugs in the United States,” had some interesting points on reform. While I do believe in a free market and capitalism, as theyContinue reading
Athena and ER Policy
This article from the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch shows how insurance companies make policy that puts profits first and patients last: In the past year, the health insurance company Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield drew attentionContinue reading
Messier
This is the Messier catalog, complied by Charles Messier back in 1781, and remains a list of the most famous astronomical objects.
Telescope Making: The 32″ Telescope and Observatory
This page shows you stages in the construction of my latest telescope, a 32-inch diameter main mirror, with 5 corrector lenses. It is a 4800 mm focal length f6 when used as a camera.
Building My Dream Observatory
In May 2011, I wrote an article for Sky and Telescope about my observatory. Here is an excerpt: As a teenager, I started grinding mirrors and building telescopes because my dreams always exceeded my budget.Continue reading
Wreckage at a White Dwarf
In April 2017 I wrote an article for Sky and Telescope about a disintegrating exoplanet, of which I obtained data using my telescope, for the science team led by Harvard. Here is an extract ofContinue reading