ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 10/11/16, THIS BLOG REGAINS IMPORTANCE DUE TO THE OPIOID CRISIS.

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 4/28/16, MEDICARE PROPOSED A DIFFERENT PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR BIOLOGICS. WE DO NEED A DIFFERENT PAYMENT SYSTEM TO OLOWER COSTS, BUT WILL THIS ONE WORK?

AN ANALYSIS OF PRECISION MEDICINE, ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 3/7/2016, WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED BY JOE BIDEN

EXPLAINS WHY CONFGRESS HAS COMPLETELY MISSED THE BOAT ON HEALTH CARE REFORM,

BLOG ORIGINALLY POSTED 3/20/17, BUT STILL APPLICABLE

It is quite common to have a feeling that your knee "locks up" or "catches". The classical treatment for those "mechanical" symptoms has been surgery to take out a meniscus (cartilage).

A recent study published in the Ann Intern Med (Feb, 2016) showed that meniscectomy...

A recent study published in Cancer revealed that about 15% of adults with colorectal cancer are diagnosed before the age of 50. This is important since the recommended age of screening (and for which insurance will pay) is 50.

These younger patients were significantly...

A recent meta-analysis of 72 studies of perioperative music was published in Lancet in August 2015. Playing music before, during, or after surgery signifciantly lowered patients' post-operative pain, anxiety, and pain medicine use and increased patients' satisfaction....

A November, 2015 study published in JAMA showed that patients are more likely to achieve important health care goals if both the patient and the doctor received financial incentives. The researchers studied the lowering of cholesterol levels and provided physicians qua...

A study published in the Annals of Neurology, December 2015, demonstrated that taking simvastatin (20 mg twice a day) along with vitamin D (1000 U twice daily) could decrease the number of migraine days by a median of 8 (compared to 1 with placebo). The proportions of...