Despite the Hippocratic Oath and Maimonides Prayer for the Physician offering guidance for physician conduct, patient trust in their doctors continues to erode. Unfortunately, the processes of medical counseling, informed consent and shared decision-making have been poisoned by unchecked financial conflicts-of-interest. From physicians getting paid to treat (the more they treat, the more they get […]
WHAT IS HOLDING BACK DIGITAL HEALTHCARE?
The costs of healthcare and healthcare insurances are ballooning and, the feeding frenzy of a fee-for-service model is unsustainable whatever taxation increases are proposed. A digital health platform connecting consumers/patients with doctors/providers is an attractive matchmaker since the platform connecting consumers with services has worked well for nearly every other industry in this digital age. […]
THE PROSTATE CANCER INDUSTRY IS LYING TO YOU
The gaming of a prostate cancer label with half-truths and fear-mongering has become standard practice for physicians and the other players in the prostate cancer industry. The shock value of a cancer label (not all cancers are equal and some, even fail to behave as cancerous) along with a twisting of the truth enables easy […]
Laparoscopic Surgery & Long Term Bladder Cancer Control
New findings suggest that long-term survival rates following laparoscopic surgery for bladder cancer are comparable to those of open surgery. Published in BJU International, the largest study to date with long-term follow-up after this type of minimally invasive surgery, indicate that prospective randomized trials comparing these two bladder cancer surgeries are warranted. The removal of […]
The Role of Genetic Variants in Kidney Disease
A new research that appeared in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) provide insights into the ties between certain genetic variants and kidney disease in African Americans. The genetic association is one of the strongest ever reported for a common disease and these latest study may help improve […]