An Inside Look at Health Care for the Elderly and Medicare

​​ Two recent pieces alerted me again to the misleading information that is often disseminated about dementia detection and treatment,...

I am thrilled to announce that Curing Medicare has been accepted for publication by Cornell University Press. After a successful run as...

Cancer screening is perceived to be a very effective way to prevent serious illness. Pap smears, mammograms, colonoscopies, and even PSA...

In the Universe that Medicare is scripting, one that is designed to reshape and reform medical care, doctors will be paid for the quality...

In the Washington Post on August 4th an article entitled “Health inspectors alerted to blood-thinner dangers” discussed the dangers of...

In the June 23rd edition of The New York Times two articles stood juxtaposed under that title “Rethinking Cardiac Care.” Both articles...

Under the ACA’s Open Payment policy, CMS will now be publishing reports of payments to physicians from drug companies. This is slated...

SEE EDITORIAL IN THE BALTIMORE SUN. Recently the front page of virtually every major publication proclaimed that medicines used to treat...

I was interviewed on NPR's morning edition about Lung Cancer Screening with spiral CT scans, an issue we have discussed in this blog. I...