How to Balance the Risks and Benefits of Mammograms

How to Balance the Risks and Benefits of Mammograms

Fact boxes can quantify benefits and harms in a clear and accessible format.  When it comes to cancer screening, doctors “have too often ignored” the fact that women may place different weights on various pros and cons, so they have just “focused on persuading rather...
Doctors Tested for Basic Understanding of Mammogram Math

Doctors Tested for Basic Understanding of Mammogram Math

If doctors don’t understand health statistics, how can they possibly properly counsel patients?  “In these mammography wars, rational thinking can be easily lost.” Mammograms are big business, bringing in about seven billion dollars a year, but it would be a bit too...
Learn More Than 97% of Doctors About Lead-Time Bias

Learn More Than 97% of Doctors About Lead-Time Bias

After reading this, you’ll know more than an estimated 97 percent of doctors about a critical concept called lead-time bias.  While running for president of the United States, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani ran a campaign ad contrasting his 82 percent chance of...
Does Laptop Wi-Fi Affect Fertility?

Does Laptop Wi-Fi Affect Fertility?

Should laptops not be on laps? What is the effect of WiFi exposure on sperm motility and DNA damage? “It is impossible to imagine a modern socially-active man who does not use mobile devices and/or computers with Wi-Fi function.” Might cell phones or wireless internet...
Free Recipe for a Great Fall Meal and New Volume of Videos

Free Recipe for a Great Fall Meal and New Volume of Videos

My new volume of videos—the 56th, if you can believe it!—is out now. In it, I discuss leaky gut, inflammation, the potato series I presented in a webinar a few months ago, and more. It is available as a streaming video so you can start watching it immediately. Each...