Shortly after Donald Trump because the only politician since Grover Cleveland to be re-elected to a non-consecutive second Presidential term, I discussed why Robert F.

Most patients who choose colonoscopy as a screening test for colorectal cancer are referred from primary care to a gastroenterologist or other specialist who performs endoscopy.

In early 2020, I accepted an invitation to participate in a live debate with a nationally prominent academic urologist at the annual scientific meeting of the American Society for Men’s Health.

Originally posted on Common Sense Family Doctor on March 30, 2022.

“The Gilded Age of Medicine is Here,” announced the title of a recent New Yorker article about the tactics of private equity firms that provide infusions of cash to struggling hospitals in order to extract hundreds of millions of dollars in profits by slashing costs to the bone and endangering the health of patients.

Originally published on Common Sense Family Doctor on September 22, 2022.

Five moving memoirs and five more outstanding nonfiction titles comprise this year’s 10th annual list of my favorite health books, listed alphabetically by title below.

Originally posted on Common Sense Family Doctor on February 7, 2022.

Several years ago, during the first Trump administration, I excoriated the then-nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, orthopedic surgeon Tom Price, for his poor understanding of cancer screening.