For today some quick hits on the latest in health news: Fish Oil As many of you know one of the dietary supplements that we are constantly reminding our patients of the importance of is Fish Oil – Omega 3 Fatty Acids. A number of new studies have come out that re-enforce this view (my comments in [...]

The Wall Street Journal Health Blog today posted a couple of articles (here and here) on the costs and the effectiveness of preventative medicine in the US and Germany.  The articles outline that despite their high costs, preventative medicine programs do not actually help to prevent any disease such as colon or breast cancer.  In fact [...]

MSNBC just posted an article on the upcoming FDA decision to approve new pyschiatric drugs for children. For this discussion I’m going to leave aside the questions of 1.) whether these drugs are safe and effective (many groups are questioning whether enough studies have been done to determine the long term effects of the drugs), and 2.) do [...]

For our first look at ways to save money by preventing America’s Most Expensive Health Conditions we are going to take a look at number 9 on the list – Back Problems. It is estimated that 32 billion dollars was spent on the care of back problems last year including 17 billion on outpatient [...]

As the uncertainty of the economic crisis continues, many of us are being forced to cut our expenditures and look for places to save money. For many people one of the first things to go are healthy lifestyle options such as gym memberships, trainers, fresh (organic) fruits and vegetables, well checks at the doctor, [...]