We will discuss cancer screening in the next two segments, but will start with the PSA.  Why this test?  Because it is the poster child of what is wrong with screening.  One third of men develop prostate cancer in their lives, bu...

The Drug Industry was front and center in the creation of our health care industry.  The reforms that created modern healthcare in 1911 and beyond were predicated on developing a research infrastructure in medical schools and in the medica...

In our book, A Return to Healing, we dissect what is wrong with our health care system, and show how you as a patient can better advocate for your own health in a system that often deceives you for profit.  But too, we want to fix the syst...

In our book Return to Healing we explore the roots of our healthcare mess, and we dissect the many reasons that you are not being given the care you deserve.  In this audio we offer an introduction to the book and to this podcast.

There is a code word in medical lingo that all doctors are supposed to follow: shared decision making.  In other words, doctors should provide you with information and then let you make the final decision about what to do.  B...