May 08, 2012
Colorectal cancer is primarily seen after the age of 50 and is very unusual before the age of 40 (SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2008). Indeed, most guidelines including the US Preventive Services Task Force 2008 Update recommends screening for colorectal cancer in adults beginning at the age of 50. The American College of Physicians recently [...]
Apr 10, 2012
The lifetime risk of dying in a MVA in the US, according to the CDC, is 1/82. (We are tied for first in this stat, with Ukraine.) Yet, every day, we jump in our cars and head off. Do we actively think and drive like today may be our last? I hope not. Recently, a [...]
Mar 27, 2012
Your patient is taken back to the exam room and his blood pressure checked – 155/98. He sits in the exam room for a few minutes, and you check the BP – now 146/92. He says “But doc – whenever my RN wife checks my BP, it’s always 124/80!” All of us have seen this [...]
