Things You Can Learn From A Bad Nurse
My husband had a screening colonoscopy last Friday. His nurse in the recovery is the only one I had issues with. I, not my husband. All went well, but let me tell you he is not an ePatient Dave. He...
View ArticleGastroenterologists Need More Training To Be Competent With Colonoscopies
Much more practice is needed than gastroenterological professional societies currently recommend, concluded Mayo Clinic researchers in Rochester, Minn. Current recommendations are that 140 procedures...
View ArticleHow To Tell If Your Doctor Is Talented At Endoscopy
I have noticed that we all think we are the best endoscopist around (in my case, that is indeed true!). However, we really never measured colonoscopy skill as a “patient-centered” metric and instead...
View ArticlePatient Inaction Can Hurt Their Families Too
Dr. Mehmet Oz recently had a piece in Time titled “What I Learned from My Cancer Scare” in which he became the the more humbled Mr. Mehmet Oz. As noted previously here, Dr. Oz last summer had a...
View ArticleAn Alternative To A Colonoscopy?
Most of us born several decades ago, recall the futuristic book Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov, where a miniaturized crew traveled through a human body to cure a scientist who has a blot clot lodged...
View ArticlePatients Are Rejecting Valuable Treatment Based On False Information
Newsweek has a very provocative and yet incredibly too simplistic piece for the public and patients on its cover story – One Word Can Save Your Life: No! – New research shows how some common tests and...
View ArticleNew Colonoscopy Recommendation Makes Gastroenterologist Consider His Options
The right side of the colon seems to be the Achilles heel of colonoscopy because polyps there tend to be flat and harder to find, and we confer the least protection from later colon cancer in that...
View ArticleFecal DNA Testing: Is This The Future Of Colon Cancer Screening?
It’s Saturday morning, and I’m in an undisclosed location drinking a fabulous cup of coffee while turning the pages of The New York Times, knowing that ink and newsprint will be vanishing too soon....
View ArticleHow To Be A Bad Gastroenterologist
I am a regular reader of patient blogs, and I find myself frequently gasping at the mistreatment they experience at the hands of my peers. Yesterday I had the “pleasure” of being a patient myself, and...
View ArticleWhy It’s So Tempting To Over-screen: A Personal Perspective
Health screening is part of good preventive care, though over-screening can lead to increased costs, and potential patient harm. Healthcare professional societies have recently developed excellent...
View ArticleThings You Can Learn From A Bad Nurse
My husband had a screening colonoscopy last Friday. His nurse in the recovery is the only one I had issues with. I, not my husband. All went well, but let me tell you he is not an ePatient Dave. He...
View ArticleGastroenterologists Need More Training To Be Competent With Colonoscopies
Much more practice is needed than gastroenterological professional societies currently recommend, concluded Mayo Clinic researchers in Rochester, Minn. Current recommendations are that 140 procedures...
View ArticlePatient Inaction Can Hurt Their Families Too
Dr. Mehmet Oz recently had a piece in Time titled “What I Learned from My Cancer Scare” in which he became the the more humbled Mr. Mehmet Oz. As noted previously here, Dr. Oz last summer had a...
View ArticleAn Alternative To A Colonoscopy?
Most of us born several decades ago, recall the futuristic book Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov, where a miniaturized crew traveled through a human body to cure a scientist who has a blot clot lodged...
View ArticlePatients Are Rejecting Valuable Treatment Based On False Information
Newsweek has a very provocative and yet incredibly too simplistic piece for the public and patients on its cover story – One Word Can Save Your Life: No! – New research shows how some common tests and...
View ArticleFecal DNA Testing: Is This The Future Of Colon Cancer Screening?
It’s Saturday morning, and I’m in an undisclosed location drinking a fabulous cup of coffee while turning the pages of The New York Times, knowing that ink and newsprint will be vanishing too soon....
View ArticleThings You Can Learn From A Bad Nurse
My husband had a screening colonoscopy last Friday. His nurse in the recovery is the only one I had issues with. I, not my husband. All went well, but let me tell you he is not an ePatient Dave. He...
View ArticleGastroenterologists Need More Training To Be Competent With Colonoscopies
Much more practice is needed than gastroenterological professional societies currently recommend, concluded Mayo Clinic researchers in Rochester, Minn. Current recommendations are that 140 procedures...
View ArticlePatient Inaction Can Hurt Their Families Too
Dr. Mehmet Oz recently had a piece in Time titled “What I Learned from My Cancer Scare” in which he became the the more humbled Mr. Mehmet Oz. As noted previously here, Dr. Oz last summer had a...
View ArticleAn Alternative To A Colonoscopy?
Most of us born several decades ago, recall the futuristic book Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov, where a miniaturized crew traveled through a human body to cure a scientist who has a blot clot lodged...
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