Do Patients Want More Care or Less?
As readers of this blog know, I promote the point of view that sometimes in Medicine, Less is More. The title of my blog is “First, Do No Harm.” So this article from the NYTimes illustrating how not only patients,
As readers of this blog know, I promote the point of view that sometimes in Medicine, Less is More. The title of my blog is “First, Do No Harm.” So this article from the NYTimes illustrating how not only patients,
In an article from Anesthesiology News “Opioid Use for Abdominal Pain Sees Recent Spike” they point out that from 1997 to 2008, opioid prescriptions for chronic abdominal pain more than doubled in the U.S. (study from Clinical Grastroenterology and Hepatology
An article worth reading in its entirety discussing the new guidelines for breast cancer treatment. We’ve discussed breast cancer treatment a few times, for example, here and here. A few excerpts will follow. In the case of cancer, I can’t
I offer this up as part of an emerging trend in the prevention world. It seems that there is a dawning realization that more treatment, more intervention, does not always lead to better outcomes. It might shock many patients to
To be tossed into the “First Do No Harm” file. I don’t know what to make of the rat study, but it still amazes me that statins are the most widely prescribed drugs in the world. I’ve discussed some of
Long overdue. People have been complaining about the statins for years, finally the FDA takes action. Good for them. I discussed the irrational boosterism about statins here, their link to diabetes here. More on my practice here.Maybe one more for
To file in the “First, Do No Harm” file. Or the “Follow the Money” file. You decide. I’ve discussed some of the hesitations about coronary stents here, and here.We learned that the FDA “endangered countless patients’ lives when it stopped
From Scientific American February 2012“A Diabetes Cliff Hanger” Researchers are balled by the worldwide increase in type 1 diabetes, the less common form of the disease.From the article, it says 90% of the 350 million people around the world who
Just a quick post and link to yet another article on air pollution. Please click on the title to read the whole article. Is it really time to defund public transportation and stop investment in high speed rail?? Really?? More
Not that we needed any more evidence of the negative effects of pollution, but three studies this week found that higher levels of air pollution not only increased risk of stroke, but of heart attacks and cognitive decline. A previous
