I believe it was Ben Franklin that is credited with saying: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of … More
Category: Patient Safety
Atrial Fibrillation Care: Put the Catheter (and Rx Pad) Down
Doctors—like me—have reaped the rewards of AF misthink. We are paid well to do and redo AF ablation. The financial … More
Why the “Food Babe” enrages scientists – Vox
Hari is a former management consultant turned self-styled consumer activist who uses her blog to wage war on the toxins … More
Are Microwave Ovens Safe?
For comparison’s sake, a 2013 study measured microwave radiation emitted by cell phones at a distance of 3.5cm from the … More
Common Sense Economics: Aligning Incentives with Evidence-based Care | Robert Nelson, MD | LinkedIn
Standard economic theory in healthcare assumes that demand for medical services is inelastic. Simply stated, inelasticity means that demand for … More
What Will Happen If Supreme Court Cuts ObamaCare Subsidies?
The Administration, however, had a ready fix: the IRS just wrote a rule that allows the subsidies to flow anyway, … More
Statins in Primary Prevention: Welcome to the Gray Zone
They compared the observed and expected events for the ASCVD score with three Framingham-based scores and the Reynolds risk score … More
Behind the Veil: Conflicts of Interest and Fraud in Medical Research
If there is a violation, the FDA classifies it in one of two ways: Voluntary action indicated (VAI) means the … More
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