Is Robotic Prostatectomy Bad Medicine?
Robotic prostatectomy remains a very controversial procedure – even amongst urologists. Prostate cancer surgery had its origins over 100 years ago when experimental trial and error surgery was permitted. In the 1980s this treatment philosophy for prostate cancer...
5 Challenges to Conventional Wisdom in Prostate Cancer
Patients with prostate cancer have a right to expect that their screening, diagnosis, and treatment are supported by evidence-based science. But how well does the urology community measure up when it comes to claims that standard-of-care practices are evidence-based?...
PSA TESTING, ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE AND MORE DAMNED LIES
Bert Vorstman, MD
PSA testing and prostate cancer management remain controversial. In recognition of the fact that many prostate cancer treatments are harmful and that many low-risk prostate cancers can be outlived without intervention, a less hurried active surveillance program was...
Is PSA and Prostate Cancer Advice Supported by Clinical Evidence?
Physicians have promoted PSA testing, prostate cancer detection and prostate cancer treatment to be safe, effective and potentially life-saving. A so-called standard-of-care favored with FDA approvals and “evidence-based” guidelines for managing localized prostate...
The Prostate Cancer Spectrum
The Gleason 6 “cancer” fails to act as cancer. Despite low-power microscopic appearances suggesting a mild cancer, the very common Gleason grade 3 as in the Gleason 3+3 = 6 “cancer” fails to act like a cancer. The Gleason 6 or, G6 lacks the hallmarks of cancer on both...
8 Ways for Employers to Cut Health Insurance Costs
The purpose of insurance is to mitigate the risk of an unlikely or costly event. In contrast, the health insurance industry has torpedoed the very purpose and benefit of insurance by exploiting the coverage of generally affordable, routine healthcare. A blueprint that...
10 Reasons Why Insurance Coverage of Routine Healthcare is Flawed
Two thirds of the healthcare delivered in the U.S. is generally affordable office-based or outpatient care. Yet, almost no insurance other than health insurance covers routine day-to-day costs – your car insurance doesn’t cover the cost of a new tire....
What is Free Market Healthcare?
Free market healthcare is the process that enables buyers (consumers) of healthcare services to connect directly with sellers (providers) for cash price care. On the other hand, healthcare consumerism refers to the mechanism whereby individuals obtain free market...
Is Healthcare a Right or a Privilege?
At first blush, it would seem correct that healthcare is a right. However, on reflection it is clearly not an easy answer. Let’s examine. What is healthcare? Healthcare is a combination of two issues, health and care. Health is a state of being free from illness or...
Physical Therapy (PT) – What it is and How much it costs
Physical therapy is a branch of healthcare devoted to the rehabilitation of joints, muscles, movement and balance. Physical therapy settings Orthopedic practices, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes, sports and fitness centers. What does a physical...