I was speaking to one of my Medical School classmates at my recent reunion about this very topic. (I went to Tulane Medical School and was speaking to Dr. Oliver Sartor, a specialist and expert in Prostate Cancer.) We were
I was speaking to one of my Medical School classmates at my recent reunion about this very topic. (I went to Tulane Medical School and was speaking to Dr. Oliver Sartor, a specialist and expert in Prostate Cancer.) We were
I’ve been putting off posting about this latest article about Avastin for breast cancer. I find the way that these very loaded controversies are settled very depressing. In the case of Avastin, it looks like in the best case scenario
I became aware of these high resolution CT scans at Dr. Rita Redberg’s talk last year at a UCSF conference called eontroversies in Women’s Health” and wrote about it here. This article refers to a new paper released today in
I’m sorry to see that this attempt also failed. I discussed the failed use of stents to prevent strokes here. But I just want to emphasize that $20 million is quite a bit of money that could have gone to
I have been meaning to write about these recent studies for awhile. I will just direct you to the New York Times blog that covers it quite extensively. That Vitamin users would have higher rates of cancer is pretty counterintuitive,
There is more evidence for the “over kill” of the PSA test. This NYTimes article lays it all out and it’s heartbreaking for those who might have had unnecessary surgery, but this decision by the United States Preventive Services Task
To file under “Beware of Blockbuster Drugs.” See previous post entitled :Drugs causing the problems they’re supposed to prevent Stronger Cautions Backed on Bone Drugs for WomenBy DUFF WILSON Two advisory panels to the Food and Drug Administration on Friday
I made dinner for some friends last night and my friend who is also an alternative Medical doctor alerted me to the results of this study about breast cancer rates in Marin. The basic finding is that the cancer rates
I would say “oh well,” except strokes are a serious and can be extremely debilitating so it’s a tragic study. Again, I think we’ll find prevention, though not glamorous nor exciting has got to be mission. I wrote about stents
