

4 Important Indicators of a Misdiagnosis
Making a diagnosis is one of the most difficult tasks in medicine because the symptoms of many medical disorders are frequently...


Signs of Overtreatment: How to Avoid Unnecessary Care
One of the biggest problems of healthcare is overtreatment. In fact, the entire model of shared decision-making among doctors and...


Factors Leading to Rising Healthcare Costs in the United States
One of the most alarming concerns among most American citizens is the country’s rising healthcare costs. It continues to become...


The Truth Behind Tamiflu: Is it as effective as the CDC states?
As a difficult flu season grips us, we must grapple with how to treat people who have influenza. The flu shot this year was not very...


New Blood Pressure Guidelines: Is There Evidence to Back Them Up?
On November 13th the American College of Cardiology issued new guidelines for blood pressure control, stating that optimal systolic...


Reforming Health Care by Putting Patients in Charge: Our Op-ed in the sun
As reformers attempt to fix our health care delivery system, they are dancing around what counts the most: the cost of health care. ...


A new study study suggests drugs like ibuprofen increase the risk of sudden death by 30%. What does
All medical interventions provide both benefit and risk. It is up to an individual patient to ascertain whether the benefit sufficiently...


How good is Repatha: It lowers heart disease by 20%, but at $14,000 a year is it worth it?
Drugs have both benefits and risks, something that has to be balanced by the individual taking the drug and the insurance company paying...


Screening Tests Part 2: Mammograms and Breast Cancer Screening.
Nothing is more controversial and yet so established as breast cancer screening through mammograms. As we begin to discuss the risks and...