Archive for October, 2008
Bargains in Health Care
Many of my patients are as concerned with costs as with the state of their health. Because of that, I work with them to make sure health care is both affordable and comprehensive. By far, the cheapest form of health care is prevention. So in my practice, I focus on intercepting disease or health issues [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )HPV Vaccinations the Surest Way to Fight Cervical Cancer
With all of the controversy over mandating vaccinations for the human papilloma virus (HPV) for female immigrants to the U.S. and sixth-grade girls throughout Texas, we shouldn’t lose sight of one key fact: This vaccination saves lives. Period.
As a family physician, I advocate both testing and vaccination for HPV in all of my female patients. [...]
How Doctors Should Think
Every business forecasts its performance predicated on past experience except medicine. Yet, health care could benefit from that approach because there is statistical probability for everything, including health. Most predictable is the fact that some day we all have to be dead. To be dead, there has to be a cause of death.
To predict [...]
