While I am a big proponent of wellness and prevention, the push for cancer screening in this country may have been taken to excess. As The New York Times reported earlier in the summer (July 17, 2009), there is ample evidence that routine exams offer little benefit to the general public and cost our healthcare system wasteful dollars in... Read more
I write in connection to the September 24, 2009 announcement by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the agency is considering reversing clearance granted of a knee-surgery device, after finding evidence that the agency under then-Commission Eric von Eschenbach may have been swayed by political pressure to clear a product for... Read more
Autumn always escorts certain intensity into our personal schedules, as children or grandchildren return to school, social clubs resume their scheduled gatherings, and businesses and organizations undertake a frenzy of meetings and travel.
Regardless of where you are in the continuum of life, if symptoms of overactive bladder... Read more
One of my best friends - a girlfriend in high school and later one of my roommates in college - recently learned that a rare but virulent cancer has returned and with a rage. Eager to offer Martha comfort and encouragement from afar as she underwent surgery at M. D. Anderson Hospital in Houston, I found myself escorted online to her personalized... Read more
In May, The Wall Street Journal ran a feature story1 explaining how patients may be billed for free exams. The article intricately described how this occurs through the doctor's practice administrators who either use the wrong code or fail to understand the insurer's procedures. It caught my attention immediately because I myself have been a... Read more
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