too many low back mri’s deemed “unnecessary”
HUGE NUMBERS OF LUMBAR MRI’S NOT APPROPRIATE Although I wrote about this problem of MRI OVERUSE a couple of years ago, it bears repeating —- especially when a brand new study from this month’s issue of JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) Internal Medicine is rehashing this concept themselves. A recent issue of MedPage […]
how your doctors choose your medications
HOW DOES YOUR DOCTOR CHOOSE WHICH MEDICATION(S) TO PRESCRIBE?THE ANSWER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU Harris Polls have been around since the early 1960’s. Although not quite as famous as the Gallup Polls, Harris Interactive (a publicly traded corporation) is nonetheless well-known in the world of online polling. Unlike Gallup, they are strictly a market-based research entity, […]
more on statin drugs
SHOULD YOU BE WORRIED ABOUT STATINS? Statin drugs should probably be in the water, like fluoride. These cholesterol-fighting wonders have been proven to prevent heart attacks and strokes, with only rare side effects. Recent studies hint that statins might fend off Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis and even cancer. The introduction of an article (The State of […]
money cannot buy health
MONEY CANNOT BUY HEALTH Reimund Bertrams – Bergkamen/Deutschland – Pixabay The Beatles sang, “Can’t Buy Me Love” back in 1964. Years later, John Denver added another thing to the list of things that money can’t purchase when he sang that there are, “only two things that money can’t buy; and that’s true love and homegrown […]
medical responses to current research
MEDICAL COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO THEIR OWN RESEARCH ON ROUTINE CHECKUPS VideoPlasty Just a few days ago, I posted about the fact that medical research is now saying (and has actually said for a number of years) that routine physicals (‘Checkups’) are a waste of time, energy, and money, as far as the general population is […]
get your yearly physical — not!
WHAT DOES THE LATEST EVIDENCE SAY ABOUT ANNUAL PHYSICALS?HINT: THE SAME THING YESTERDAY’S EVIDENCE SAID Antonio Corigliano – Chiari/Italia – Pixabay “A physical exam [Checkup] is a pretty meaningless thing to have done.“ Dr. Doug Campos-Outcalt, chairman of Family, Community, and Preventive Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, speaking about this study in […]
dr robert mendelsohn, md
HOW TO RAISE A HEALTHY CHILD IN SPITE OF YOUR DOCTOR “One grandmother is worth two MD’s.” Dr. Robert M When I started Chiropractic School back in 1988, I was assigned a book. Along with the many big and expensive medical tests that I had to purchase, a 5 dollar paperback; Robert Mendelsohn’s How to […]
do beta blockers really prevent heart attacks?
DO BETA BLOCKERS PREVENTSECOND HEART ATTACKS? Mohamed Hassan – Giza/Egypt – Pixabay If you have already had a heart attack, stroke, or have high blood pressure —- or if you are simply ‘at risk’ for these or other similar problems, you are probably either currently taking, or have taken Beta Blockers. Beta Blockers work by […]
cdc warns of zombie apocalypse
CDC ISSUES WARNING: The “Zombie Apocalypse” is Upon Us! What is the CDC you ask, and what, pray-tell, do they have to do with zombies? C.D.C. is the abbreviation for the Center for Disease Control. They are a governmental organization whose motto is, “CDC 24/7: saving lives, protecting people, reducing health costs.” Among other things, […]
spinning the research
THE BLATANT LYING THAT GOES ON IN MEDICAL RESEARCH & PRESS RELEASES Stefan “Kellepics” Keller – Deutschland / Germany – Pixabay We all know that the practice of Medicine is becoming increasingly about the money. I’m not being harsh or mean here. It’s just a simple fact. You can see this simply by looking at […]
why there are no magazines in my office
MAGAZINES IN MY OFFICE?NO WAY! Although I try to keep it to a minimum, the truth is that sometimes people have to wait while in my office. Waiting is never fun, no one enjoys it, and it is not my intention to ever make you wait. Because I certainly do not want people sitting in […]
government panel says we should be screening for obesity
GOVERNMENT PANEL SAYS THAT DOCTORS SHOULD SCREEN FOR OBESITY Arek Socha – Stockholm/Sweden – Pixabay This latest recommendation by the United States Preventative Services Task Force is a real head-scratcher. For Pete’s sake; most people own a mirror and scale. Really; how hard is it to admit that you should probably be doing some things […]
patient-centered medical care?
PATIENT CENTERED MEDICAL CAREREALITY or PIPE DREAM? Wellcome V0010549 Utopia…… it’s just wonderful even thinking about it. Sigh. We live in a world increasingly like Orwell’s 1984 —- a world full of governmental control and doublespeak. It’s a world where right is wrong, up is down, and bad is good. In fact, things are whatever […]
who or what is the ad council?
It is difficult to calculate the amount of funds spent by the federal government on advertising each year. The reasons for this include (1) there is no government-wide definition of what constitutes advertising and (2) there is no central authority to which agencies are required to report advertising expenses. However, an estimate of the federal […]
government goes after a blogger for promoting low carb
CAN LOW CARB DIETS “CURE” DIABETES RitaE – Deutschland – Pixabay First off, never use the word “cure” when dealing with government agencies as it can get you in hot water (HERE). However, I have been screaming at the top of my lungs about the fact that the diets promoted by the American Diabetes Association […]
evidence based medicine
EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE?YEAH, RIGHT Gerd Altmann – Freiburg/Deutschland – Pixabay EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE. It’s one of those “feelgood” Oxymorons. Something that sounds soooooo good on the surface; yet dig a little deeper, and you’ll find that it carries no real meaning. It’s the kind of Double Speak that Orwell (1984) would have been proud of. Evidence […]
more iatrogenesis
MORE IATROGENESISIATROGENESIS, DEATH BY MEDICINE & DR. OZ Iatrogenesis is not a pretty topic. The word means ‘originating from a physician‘, and is defined as, “an inadvertent adverse event directly resulting from medical treatment or advice“. The medical community’s insistence on covering up and fudging statistics on Iatrogenesis is just one more reason why EVIDENCE-BASED […]
breast cancer screenings — not all they’re cracked up to be.
BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS GOOD or BAD? BruceBlaus According to a brand new Norwegian medical study, Routine Mammograms cause, “substantial amount of overdiagnosis” of nonfatal breast cancer (a common problem with ALL CANCERS). According to Mette Kalager and colleagues of Harvard School of Public Health, the screenings found large numbers of cancers that would not have […]
the medical merry-go-round
If you have watched some of our PATIENT TESTIMONIAL VIDEOS, you quickly noticed how many of the people that I treat on a day-to-day basis have been riding the Medical Merry-Go-Round — some of them for decades. Maybe you yourself are dizzy from riding. If you have ever been on this Merry-go-Round, you realize all […]
discipline researchers who withhold research results
TIME TO DISCIPLINE RESEARCHERSWHO WITHHOLD RESULTS! Christian Mehlführer, User:Chmehl For two years, Schering-Plough, the maker of the popular cholesterol drug Vytorin, sat on the results of a clinical trial showing the drug provided no benefit in improving artery health. During that time the drug was heavily marketed to consumers in TV ads. The situation came […]