http://medicalconsumers.org Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:23:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://medicalconsumers.org http://medicalconsumers.org/2011/11/17/rethinking-aging/ http://medicalconsumers.org/2011/11/17/rethinking-aging/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:11:46 +0000 medconsumers http://medicalconsumers.org/?p=8894 ]]> http://medicalconsumers.org/2011/11/17/rethinking-aging/feed/ 0 Maryann http://medicalconsumers.org/2011/03/07/protect-yourself-from-overtreatment/ http://medicalconsumers.org/2011/03/07/protect-yourself-from-overtreatment/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:31:32 +0000 medconsumers http://medicalconsumers.org/?p=7424 Overdiagnosed---Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health is a new book by three physicians whose work I admire. All are practising physicians, researchers, authors, and professors at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. Here is my recent interview with the lead author, H. Gilbert Welch, MD. Maryann Napoli (MN): You say that overdiagnosis is the biggest problem posed by modern medicine. "It has led millions of people to become patients unnecessarily, to be made anxious about their health, to be treated needlessly, and to bear the inconvenience and financial burdens associated with overdiagnosis. It has added staggering costs to our already overburdened health care system. And all of the forces that helped create and exacerbate the problem --- financial gain, true belief, legal concerns, media messages, and self-reinforcing cycles --- are powerful obstacles to fixing it." What exactly is overdiagnosis? ]]> http://medicalconsumers.org/2011/03/07/protect-yourself-from-overtreatment/feed/ 3 Maryann http://medicalconsumers.org/2010/06/11/thyroid-cancer-overtreatment/ http://medicalconsumers.org/2010/06/11/thyroid-cancer-overtreatment/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:16:35 +0000 medconsumers http://medicalconsumers.org/?p=5502 ]]> http://medicalconsumers.org/2010/06/11/thyroid-cancer-overtreatment/feed/ 0 Maryann http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/03/01/treatment-for-early-prostate-cancer/ http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/03/01/treatment-for-early-prostate-cancer/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:59:26 +0000 medconsumers http://medconsumers.wordpress.com/?p=1207 ]]> http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/03/01/treatment-for-early-prostate-cancer/feed/ 0 Maryann http://medicalconsumers.org/2008/06/01/hospitals-compared/ http://medicalconsumers.org/2008/06/01/hospitals-compared/#comments Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:08:06 +0000 medconsumers http://medconsumers.wordpress.com/?p=1140 ]]> http://medicalconsumers.org/2008/06/01/hospitals-compared/feed/ 0 Maryann