Another Popular Back Procedure found to be ineffective
The Mayo clinic has found that using medical cement to fix cracks in the brittle vertebrae of elderly people is no better than placebo. The...
Believing in Treatments That Don’t Work
That is the title of author David H. Newman MD’s piece today in the NYTimes. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/the-ideology-of-health-care/ On a medical acupuncturist’s blog readers might conclude that...
Believing in Treatments That Don’t Work
That is the title of author David H. Newman MD’s piece today in the NYTimes. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/the-ideology-of-health-care/ On a medical acupuncturist’s blog readers might conclude that...
Risk/Benefit Ratio of Mammograms Being Questioned
In an article from the NYTimes titled “Benefits of Mammograms Under Debate in Britain” the author discusses the controversy raging over information pamphlets handed out...
Care Instead of Pills for Alzheimer’s
This opinion piece in the LATimes by Ira Rosofsky March 19, 2009 crystallizes an argument that I would love to see have more mainstream traction....
Prostate Screening Test PSA may not save lives
This particular article is worth reading in its entirety for those interested in the relative value of mass screenings for common diseases. For those of...
Americans receive too much radiation from diagnostic scans
Yay for the USA!! In yet another version of “follow the money…” (For more information about my practice, please click here.) “Overexposed: Imaging tests boost...