Category Archives: A New Way to Practice Medicine

Headlines That Confuse and Medical Trials That Prove Nothing

Two large trials looking at prostate cancer screening were published in The New England Journal of Medicine on March 26, 2009. Summary: the US trial showed no benefit to screening. The European study showed a 20% reduction in mortality among … Continue reading

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The Industrialization of Medicine

Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black ~ Henry Ford Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black” Henry … Continue reading

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Cardiorespiratory Fitness as a Quantitative Predictor of All-Cause Mortality

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) 2009;301(19):2024-2035 In an article titled, with breathtaking concision, Cardiorespiratory Fitness as a Quantitative Predictor of All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Events in Healthy Men and Women: A Meta-analysis, the authors argue that a person’s … Continue reading

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What a Difference a Building Makes!

Recently I have been getting referrals from former Tempus clients to my new practice. Thank you. The problem is, people who come to me in my nice, cozy Saratoga office do not come through the door that leads to a … Continue reading

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Snoring and Aging

Some of you will have looked at the brazenly amateurish video John Naylor and I made of the exercises I use and advise for sleep apnea, snoring and double chin. Several of you told me the video did not provide … Continue reading

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