Tag: screening

FDA Approves New Blood Test for Prostate Cancer For Men With PSA Levels Just Above Normal Range

Perhaps this will add some additional definitive information on the PSA testing…

BarbaraDuck BarbaraDuck

Healthfinder.gov: Education or Indoctrination?

Ever heard of healthfinder.gov? It's a web site from the US Department…

Marya Zilberberg Marya Zilberberg

Choose Wisely Takes Aim at Unneccessary Medical Tests. Shooting Blanks?

Low Hanging Fruit As I write this, it is months away from the…

Michael Kirsch Michael Kirsch

Due Diligence in Community Health Screening

In our "more is better" culture it is hard for people to…

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“Choosing Wisely” Brings a New Care Conversation to the Table

On April 4, nine specialty organizations made public their lists of unnecessary…

Wing of Zock Wing of Zock

‘Free’ Health Screenings Vary As Much As 700%

TestCost RangeMammography$169-$403Type 2 Diabetes$51-$437Cholesterol$117-$374 TestCost RangeMammography$169-$403Type 2 Diabetes$51-$437Cholesterol$117-$374Colonoscopy$786-$1,819Pap Smear$131-$476Of course, if there…

JohnCGoodman JohnCGoodman

Treating the Healthy

Screening the apparently healthy potentially saves a few lives (although the National…

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Have Robotic Clinical Guidelines Claimed Another Victim?

The Daily Mail reports that Mercedes Curnow, a 23-year-old Englishwoman, has died…

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Is There Too Much Screening for Heart Disease?

The number of these tests has increased significantly over the last 20…

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