Sham Surgery
Surgeons perform operations that may be not beneficial. A look at sham operations, the ethics behind them, and the placebo effect.
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Shocking Report about Flu Vaccine: Get It
The Shocking Truth about flu vaccines is going around this year again (it came out in 2013). It is not shocking- it is not accurate. Here are the reasons you should get the flu vaccine- like I did, and my four year old son, and my wife.
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NY Doctor with Ebola
A review of Dr. Mark Spencer, the physician diagnosed in New York City with Ebola. He is now free of Ebola, but the stigma of the disease continues to be a political hot potato.
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Ebola Transmission Compared to Enterovirus, Measles, Flu, TB
Ebola spread is not easy – and while many are concerned about this deadly infectious disease, there are more concerning bugs out there. A few viruses and bacteria you should worry about more – if you want to worry.
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Ebola Update: September 25, 2014
Ebola Update showing latest count, treatment updates, as well as predictions for Ebola entering the US. The House Committee on Appropriations approved of President Obama’s plan to use war funds to pay for the US response to Ebola.
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Kids Medicine: Go Metric Save A Life
The use of the kitchen spoon to measure children’s medication is responsible for poisoning our kids. Grow up America, use milliliters – a precise measurement, when dosing your child.
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Lap-Band Low BMI Study Shows Success
The recent FDA study about the Lap-Band on patients who were obese but not morbidly obese has concluded and found to be safe and effective. This study was done over multiple centers with careful reporting of every adverse event.
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Epidurals Steroids For Back Pain: Not Proven New FDA Warning
Epidural injections of steroids for back and neck pain have new warnings from the FDA, along with a more sobering comment – that they have never been shown to be effective or safe.
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Evidence Based Medicine
An overview of evidence based medicine – the techniques we use to show if a treatment, drug, or device works. This is the scientific method we follow. Essentially when someone says that something works – we want you to prove it!
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