Each year doctors perform a procedure on tens of thousands of seniors that is supposed to make them able to walk better and live without pain.
But study after study shows it’s a sham. There’s overwhelming evidence it doesn’t work at all. It’s no better than a placebo.
A major review concludes that despite the damning findings, surgeons continue to reap billions in revenues by performing meniscectomies on unsuspecting patients.… Read More
What if you had a heart attack and all the top heart doctors were out of town?
One study found that you’d actually be better off.
Harvard Medical School researchers looked at what happens to heart attack victims when there is a big cardiology conference. That’s when top heart specialists are out of town. They are unavailable to treat patients.
You’d think death rates would go up, since these are supposedly the best cardiologists in the country.… Read More
Pain researcher Dr. Pavel Goldstein was at his wife’s bedside while she was in labor. She was in excruciating pain.
Dr. Goldstein is one of the world’s top experts on pain. But he felt helpless as he watched her agony.
“My wife was in pain, and all I could think was, ‘What can I do to help her?’” he said. “I reached for her hand.… Read More
If you got cancer, how would your doctors decide what treatment to give you?
It’s likely they would turn to guidelines from the U.S. National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN). It’s a little-known group of doctors with big clout. They recommend what cancer drugs should be used in which situations.
The NCCN frequently recommends that cancer medications be used beyond the situations for which they were approved by the FDA.… Read More
These are boom times for surgical centers.
The first ones opened in 1970. They were low-cost alternatives to hospitals for minor surgeries. They were places to go for routine outpatient procedures. Things like colonoscopies or cataract removal.
But today, they’ve become a huge business. They now outnumber hospitals. There are more than 5,600 across the country. And in the quest for profits, they have started doing more complicated surgeries, like delicate spinal procedures.… Read More
Peripheral neuropathy is often called “the most common disease you’ve never heard of.”[1]
Over 42 million Americans suffer from it. That’s almost double the number of heart disease patients.[2]
Neuropathy can cause excruciating and debilitating nerve pain, especially in the hands and feet.
Diabetes and prediabetes are the root cause of 40 million of the cases. Other causes include traumatic injury and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.… Read More