» Why Are Screening Colonoscopies So Expensive?

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

» Why Are Screening Colonoscopies So Expensive?.

Interesting blog post with some hard truths about U.S. medical care.

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Americans have a preoccupation with technology and procedures in health care instead of consultation and collaboration with their health care providers. It is because of this that the US health care system pays it’s doctors far more to perform procedures then it does for them to be doctors. A typical gastroenterologist gets reimbursed about $150 to $250 to see a new patient and to perform a history and physical, review medical records, determine the most likely diagnoses, and formulate a treatment plan. This is called BEING A DOCTOR. But this same specialist gets paid several times this initial cost to perform a colonoscopy which might take all of 5 to 10 minutes from the time he or she enters the room to the completion of the post procedure dictation (seriously). This is why the US has so many specialists, MRI machines, hospitals, etc and expensive and excessive health care is not just limited to emergencies or complex conditions.
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Exercise’s Psychological & Physical Effects on Health, Disorders, & Quality of Life

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

Meta-Analyses: Exercise’s Psychological & Physical Effects on Health, Disorders, & Quality of Life.

Another gem from Dr. Ken Pope’s web site.

 

 

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A senior executive with Britain’s biggest drugs company has admitted that most prescription medicines do not work on most people who take them. Science – News – The Independent

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

I just had the great pleasure of meeting Allen Roses. The 2003 article quoted is a reminder of “plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose”.

Glaxo chief: Our drugs do not work on most patients – Science – News – The Independent.

 

 

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DSM-5 focuses on drugs, not talk therapy

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

DSM-5 focuses on drugs, not talk therapy – Why?

A well-written and thoughtful piece in the New York Times.

Please also re-read my post on expanding illness definitions.

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Panic, Separation Anxiety, Suffocation False Alarms and Endogenous Opioids: Can panic research inform clinical neurology? October 9, 2013 Mount Sinai Hospital, Department of Neurology Grand Rounds

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

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