Tag: first do no harm
When Cancer Should Not Be Called Cancer. Prostate Cancer
Renaming the lowest-risk prostate cancer would cut down on overly aggressive treatment, some doctors say First, Do No Harm. This is often a difficult concept for patients to understand. The drumbeat is always for more and more testing, and earlier and earlier diagnosis. The fact remains, however, that too much information can be as…
Read MoreExtreme Treatments Going Mainstream?
For athletes out there, or those of you who are interested in health and performance hacks, I’m sharing this article from the Wall Street Journal. It covers cold therapy (gloves to lower temperature), infrared light, magnet chairs… I think the cold gloves are probably safe, but I would wait for others to try the infrared…
Read MoreThe Power of the First Doctor video
In the bygone world where ancient Chinese practice was the mainstream of the day, fostering deep energetic balance in body and mind was believed to lead to robust resilience and resistance to disease and harm. This ancient practice sought to achieve not just longevity but also inner stability and prevention through a tough constitution. Today,…
Read MoreOpiates No Good For Back and Neck Pain
Opiates No Good For Back and Neck PainDo No Harm!!! New study from the Lancet shows that opiates are no better than placebo for low back and neck pain. My patients know that I’ve never understood the reliance on opioids for these problems since the risk is high and they do nothing to address the…
Read MoreFlaws in Alzheimers Research
This is an important story. For those who have an interest in science and scientific research I highly recommend that you read the article from Science. It reads like a gripping detective story, but is quite chilling. I had been aware that there was controversy about the role of amyloid plaques in Alzheimer’s research. But…
Read MoreAlzheimer Drug Aduhelm
The drug Aduhelm, recently approved to treat Alzheimer’s disease is controversial for good reason. I’ve linked to several comprehensive articles below. The controversy comes down to a a few points. Is is clinically effective? It is hard to tell. At one of the phases of the trial, the data didn’t look good. Then when the…
Read MoreAdditive Solutions instead of Subtractive Solutions
People often limit their creativity by continually adding new features to a design rather than removing existing ones. The fascinating article looks at the phenomenon that problem solvers will most often add features to solve a given problem instead of removing them. They give a few examples in the article and review some of…
Read MoreDeep Resilience: Do No Harm
Belatedly posting to the blog my chapter in Deep Resilience called “Do No Harm”. Read and learn! First Do No Harm 8.29.2020 for sharing
Read MoreUnnecessary Medical Care In The U. S. System
Unnecessary care. It’s a real problem! Not only wasteful but possibly leads to injury. This article is 5 years old, but I’m reviewing it for the writing project I’m doing. The one that got me thinking, however, was a study of more than a million Medicare patients. It suggested that a huge proportion had received…
Read MoreFirst Do No Harm: Harrowing Tale of A’s Player Micah Bowie
This is a horribly sad story of medical interventions going awry. Back pain which continued after retirement in 2008. Treatments were ineffective, and in 2016 he ended up getting a spinal cord stimulator. Unfortunately the battery migrated somehow into his liver, diaphragm and then lung. He’s had horrible breathing trouble since, and it’s a…
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