Several interesting facts crossed my computer screen recently. The first was a Tweet by American Medical News that the first CT scan was performed on August 25th 1973. The second focused on the large number of practicing physicians who suffer from burnout, and the third was an article, which cited a talk given by Vinod Khosia in which he is quoted as saying “80 percent of doctors could …
Mammograms, pap smears and P.S.A. levels, what’s a patient to think?
Each of these procedures has been widely accepted as a means of detecting cancer early and thereby improve ones chances of survival. The tests themselves are simple to perform and have become an accepted standard of care. Patients are now being told that the United States Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) an independent panel of non-Federal experts in prevention and …
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