Video Introduction to Critical Decisions

Byadmin September 5, 2012

Want a sneak peak into why I wrote Critical Decisions? Take a look at this 5 minute video. Feel free to send links to all your friends, so they won’t fall behind the times!

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Is There a Smart Way to Use the New Oncotype Prostate Cancer Test?
Byadmin June 5, 2013

On May 8th, the makers of the oncotype DX Prostate Cancer Test presented results of a large study demonstrating that their test can help men decide whether their prostate cancer carries a low enough risk of progression to forgo surgical or radiation therapy, two treatments that typically eradicate prostate cancers but also cause most men to…

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Physicians and Patients Make Best Decisions Together
Byadmin November 29, 2012

Imagine yourself in this patient’s situation. You have just found out you have cancer, and the next phrase out of your doctor’s mouth is “You’re going to die with this cancer rather than of this cancer.” Which word do you think will jump out of that sentence? “With”? “Of”? My money is on “die.” –…

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Try To Guess Which Chemotherapy Saves The Most Lives
Byadmin2 December 19, 2025December 19, 2025

You have metastatic cancer and must decide upon a chemotherapy. Here are your options, drawn from real clinical trial data. Chemo 1: Will increase your life expectancy from 12 to 15 months. Chemo 2: Increases your chance of being alive at one year by 12%. In other words, one out of every eight patients receiving…

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Early Morning Radio Interview in Australia
Byadmin October 3, 2012

Listen to this interview I conducted with a radio station in Australia. Good Q&A about Critical Decisions. Toughest part of the interview was remembering that although it was 4:30 in the afternoon my time, it was 6:30 the next morning for the Aussies!

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Talking To Your Doctor About Out-Of-Pocket Costs Can Save You Money
Byadmin February 18, 2016

Healthcare is often really costly. And with increasing frequency, a significant chunk of those costs is being passed on to patients in the form of high deductibles, copays, or other out-of-pocket expenses. As a result, millions of Americans struggle to pay medical bills each year. What’s a poor patient to do? For starters–they can talk…

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On the Undertreatment and Overtreatment of Strokes
Byadmin October 23, 2013

In research I have had the pleasure of conducting with Darin Zahurenic, we are starting to find concerning data about the variability in how neurologists and neurosurgeons treat people who have strokes caused by bleeding in their brains – or what doctors call intracerebral hemorrhage. Darin recently presented some of this research at a medical…

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Video Introduction to Critical Decisions

Is There a Smart Way to Use the New Oncotype Prostate Cancer Test?

Physicians and Patients Make Best Decisions Together

Try To Guess Which Chemotherapy Saves The Most Lives

Early Morning Radio Interview in Australia

Talking To Your Doctor About Out-Of-Pocket Costs Can Save You Money

On the Undertreatment and Overtreatment of Strokes

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