Our Healthcare Needs More Zen, Less Spend [ez_date] This week’s New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has a couple of reports that got me to thinking about how much our healthcare system runs on the fuel of fear – not unlike how much of the Old Testament of the Bible used fear to keep the masses […]
Cancer Redefinition Long Overdue
The Problem With Early Cancer Detection [ez_date] Early cancer detection was what piqued my interest in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology even before it won FDA approval. While helping introduce it into mainstream medical practice, however, I learned of the downsides to increasingly sensitive imaging technologies like MRI. Yes, they enable physicians to detect disease […]
Angelina Jolie’s Brave Example – and the Other Side of the Story
But Will Angelina Jolie’s Message Prove Misdirected Film actress and director Angelina Jolie penned a brave op-ed in today’s The New York Times revealing her decision to complete a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer that took her mother at an early age. She made what had to be an arduous choice based on the BRCA1 […]
Obesity and Cancer
Obesity Increases Cancer Risk and Severity The association between obesity and cancer is less well understood and appreciated by both doctors and the general public than the better known links between obesity and cardiovascular disease and diabetes. According to a review of cancer developments regarding obesity and cancer in an oncology newsletter, there are several […]
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