We have submitted a petition to Congress, calling for greater transparency of the costs, dangers and impracticality of “routine” colonoscopies as currently practiced in the United States, and [...]
Category: Unnecessary Medical Procedures
The wrong operation for the wrong problem
The meniscus is a sliver of joint cartilage that acts as a cushion in your knee. Older adults who have osteoarthritis of the knee often suffer meniscus tears. Marathon runners and other extreme [...]
Useless medical procedures to avoid at all costs
It’s no secret, the FDA is a dysfunctional cesspool of mediocracy and double standards. And it baffles me how many harmful drugs make it through the agency’s regulatory process. But here’s [...]
Seven deadly surgeries to avoid
Today, I’m going to tell you about seven deadly surgeries to avoid. I’ll get to those in a moment. But as a literature lover, I couldn’t help but make a connection to Dante’s seven deadly sins. [...]
The common surgery over two-thirds of patients don’t really need
Contrary to popular belief, most people don’t need their wisdom teeth removed. In fact, wisdom teeth clearly serve a purpose when you study them from an anthropological point of view. In previous [...]