When reviewing the Centers for Disease Control website (www.cdc.gov) you can find the leading causes of death from disease. In those over the age of 65, I found the following, in d[...]

I loathe the day when the doctor says I must fast for at least 12 hours before I have my routine labs drawn. At least it’s not as grueling as the 5-yr bowel-prep routine for a rout[...]

Believe it or not, your physician may not be thinking of everything he or she needs to in order to properly prescribe a medication, or whether or not you should start one. Your phy[...]

A recent study in Neurology found a link between the risk of having a stroke and future development of memory loss or cognitive decline. The link was strongly tied to high blood pr[...]

Here is an article that reviews the use of statistical applications for determining risk which proves there is a significant misuse of statistics in the medical literature thereby [...]

From a NY Times post by Paula Span, titled Clinical Trials Neglect the Elderly, a surprising number of studies exclude participants over a certain age, thereby excluding older adul[...]

A recent NY Times article, written by physician Dr. Kent Septkowicz, is a nice story about how we rely upon “experts” to solve our problems. To start, he is seeking the[...]