Alan and Andy discuss specialty care and its inherent dangers.  We tell about specific patient examples, why excessive specialization seems appealing but results in over-testing and over-treatment, and how we can instantly change policy to...

Alan and Andy discuss cancer screening, focusing on breast and colon.  These screening tests can save lives, but just how much do they help you as an individual, what are the risks, and is there a point in your life that they are not helpf...

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...