Here is a very good article by the ground breaking researcher Dr. Dean Ornish in which he reviews the current research on his suggested eating habits and the Atkins diet.

Eating for Health, Not Weight

I have been certified and practiced acupuncture for over 22 years. Here is the most rigorous and detailed study to date recently published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. It is a meta-analysis of 29 high quality radomized trials which shows that acupuncture is effective for osteoarthritis, migraines and chronic back, neck and shoulder pain. What are your thoughts?

Acupuncture Provides True Pain Relief in Study

The Institute of Medicine estimates that $750 billion is wasted in the US medical system every year! Many people say fraud is a big factor, but this study like others found that only 10% of the waste can be contributed to fraud. The majority is because of over treating, over testing, duplication of services, and lack of communication between the providers. How would
you correct these inefficiencies?

Waste in the Health Care System

A from a new study from the Archives of Internal Medicine is the first to look at burnout among practicing MDs from varying specialties and shows that 1 out of 2 show classic signs of burnout!
Have any of you noticed signs of burnout in any of your medical doctors and what do you think can be done about this problem?

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/23/the-widespread-problem-of-doctor-burnout/

This is a review from the National Institutes of Health concerning a recent study from the Annals of Internal Medicine. This was a meta-analysis which looked at data from 89 research studies and found no benefit and evidence of harmful side effects with hyaluronic acid injections. This procedure is very costly and unfortunately is another in a long list of medical treatments for joint and back problems that been as shown to be ineffective and more dangerous than previously thought. Exercise and weight loss have been proven to be beneficial for knee arthritis and I will continue to recommend these to my patients as I have for the last 22 years.


http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_126142.html