Cancers of the tongue and throat, all categorized as oropharyngeal cancers, are appearing at an epidemic rate.
The old paradigm is that such cancers most often occur in older men who drink and smoke. But this is no longer true. Now the most common cause of cancer of the tonsil and tongue is human papillomavirus (HPV). That’s right, the sexually transmitted disease. And it is occurring in ever younger people …
One of the shocking and sobering aspects of social media is the vast amount of contemporaneous value judging now pouring forth from those small devices. Electronically empowered consumers rate everything. It’s just part of the perceived fun of being connected. Sites such as Yelp have become a major source of consumer information for this generation, and the doctor’s office is no longer immune.
We physicians are not used to such immediate and …
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