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Want Advice on Making Better Decisions?

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Angie Fagerlin—friend, colleague, and all around inspiration—just took the lead in a paper that is getting some media attention.  (She was kind enough to include me in the effort.)  The paper gives advice to cancer patients about how to make better decisions. This link shows CBS News’s take on it.  (Is “News’s” a word?)
And if you want to see the article Angie wrote, it is here.

A Patient Complained about the Cost of Her Medical Care. Here's How Her Doctor Responded.

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The oncologist had prescribed Xgeva hoping it would strengthen her bones while also delaying the progression of Angela Kahn’s breast cancer. But Kahn (a pseudonym) couldn’t get over the price of the drug. Before the oncologist had a chance to ask how she was feeling, she blurted out that the medication cost “$15,000 a shot.”…

How Effective Are Mammograms?

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Mammograms have long been touted as a life-saving preventive test. But recently, people have been re-examining the relative harms and benefits of mammography. This re-examination became quite earnest when the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommended against beginning routine mammography before age 50. Even at later ages, experts are beginning to more thoroughly recognize…

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Robots Taking Over the Surgical World?

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In a recent Atlantic post, James Hamblin reports on the increasing frequency with which surgeons perform hysterectomies with the assistance of robots.  Here is a picture from that post: To be clear: robotic surgery doesn’t mean a robot performs the operation.  Instead, the surgeon uses a laparoscope, usually, and the surgeon controls the tools at…