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Summary: Dr. Evan Levine, author of "What Your Doctor Won't (or can't ) Tell You " and Matt LoGuercio take a humorous and irreverent look at the problems in our health-not-care system.
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Mr. X thought this might be his last few moments alive when the chest pressure and sweats wouldn't stop. But the response from the Emergency Room was to do just about nothing. He walked out, the next day, and into another Emergency Room...
Mr. X thought this might be his last few moments alive when the chest pressure and sweats wouldn't stop. But the response from the Emergency Room was to do just about nothing. He walked out, the next day, and into another Emergency Room...
Last week a "doctor" brought an AR-15 to the hospital he " resigned from." He killed an innocent physician and wounded many others. There continues to be unchecked violence at hospitals and many nurses and physicians are worried that they might be the next victim
Last week a "doctor" brought an AR-15 to the hospital he " resigned from." He killed an innocent physician and wounded many others. There continues to be unchecked violence at hospitals and many nurses and physicians are worried that they might be the next victim
"Peer Review" Medical Journal known as Urology & Nephrology Open Access Journal recently published the first case of Uromycitisis. The author of the paper wa a Dr. Martin Van Nostrand who conducted the study at Arthur Vandelay Urological Research Institute.
"Peer Review" Medical Journal known as Urology & Nephrology Open Access Journal recently published the first case of Uromycitisis. The author of the paper wa a Dr. Martin Van Nostrand who conducted the study at Arthur Vandelay Urological Research Institute.
How better to illustrate our demented healthcare system but telling a story about telling two stories of very elderly men, one demented and in a nursing home, who received penile implants courtesy of your taxpayer dollars. Listen to find out how a poker game was part of this twisted story.
The classic standardized clinical trial used to be a simple trial of one endpoint, like death. But to find a way to reduce cost or improve the chance for a positive outcome cunning doctors along with Pharma are producing trials where there are composite endpoints or even trials that have "run-in periods" that toss out anyone with an adverse effect before officially starting the trial. Many may not be aware of this so I discuss two major trials, one with a positive composite endpoint even though the drug killed more people than placebo and another, run-in trial, where the investigators tossed out 15% of the participants because of adverse effects before the official trial began.
The classic standardized clinical trial used to be a simple trial of one endpoint, like death. But to find a way to reduce cost or improve the chance for a positive outcome cunning doctors along with Pharma are producing trials where there are composite endpoints or even trials that have "run-in periods" that toss out anyone with an adverse effect before officially starting the trial. Many may not be aware of this so I discuss two major trials, one with a positive composite endpoint even though the drug killed more people than placebo and another, run-in trial, where the investigators tossed out 15% of the participants because of adverse effects before the official trial began.
I've uncovered a carefully planned scheme that appears to allow a cardiologist to inappropriately perform millions of dollars of studies and bill then to you, the taxpayer!
I've uncovered a carefully planned scheme that appears to allow a cardiologist to inappropriately perform millions of dollars of studies and bill then to you, the taxpayer!
One visit to Labcorp, " The World's Leading Health Care Diagnostics Company", according to their website, and my opinion of Single-Payer Healthcare was cemented.
One visit to Labcorp, " The World's Leading Health Care Diagnostics Company", according to their website, and my opinion of Single-Payer Healthcare was cemented.
Many in medicine who are too naive or too foolish admire the physicians who spend their lives in the hospital yet sacrifice their family for their position. Today I'd like to honor those I met in healthcare who put their family first and say to them, " A job Well Done."
Many in medicine who are too naive or too foolish admire the physicians who spend their lives in the hospital yet sacrifice their family for their position. Today I'd like to honor those I met in healthcare who put their family first and say to them, " A job Well Done."