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A recent news article on NPR describes a patient experience with doctors who prescribed an effective but very expensive medicine to treat a minor toenail fungus they noticed but that the patient did not even go to them for. This story illustrates why the best care is...
Another new drug found to have severe adverse effects years after FDA approval
A trial presented recently at the American College of Cardiology found that a novel medication for preventing gout increased both cardiovascular and all cause deaths compared to an older medication. One of the principles of good medicine is to weigh benefits, risks,...
The meaning of healing
The word heal comes from the old English "Haelan" which means not simply to cure, but "to make whole". When modern medicine adopted a scientific approach to healing, it made great strides in finding ways to cure a multitude of maladies that invaded human biology, from...
Everything you need, nothing you don’t need: Understand the science when making decisions about calcium and vitamin D supplements for managing your health.
Making good healthcare decisions is often difficult because the science behind them is often incomplete. What makes sense based on observing large groups of people does not always make sense when it is subject to the scrutiny of good science. Think of the way it makes...
Everything you need, but nothing you don’t need
The goal of good healthcare is to make sure you get everything you need, but nothing you don't need. Anything you don't need is only a risk. We all know that the costs of healthcare are skyrocketing. Most people think that the drivers for the increasing costs are...
Know the culture that drives medical decisions
This essay reveals the shared social imagination the fuels a dangerous and expensive healthcare culture. Due to the influence of pharma fueled academic experts, doctors too readily prescribe marginally effective medications with many unanswered long term safety...