Do hospitals know what they're doing? Statistics say "NO"

How would you feel if you mechanic published his success rates as follows: 24.8% return of his work for battery failure, 19.9% return for engine failure, 18.3% return for the oil continuing to leak? Knowing those statistics, would you take your car to him? And on top of that, you get a second bill for "fixing" the problem again?

If you're taking aspirin for your heart, you’re more than twice as likely to go blind

If you've read these pages for a while, you know that I've never suggested aspirin, for any condition (other than perhaps acute pain). There's good reason for it. Aspirin has a dark side to it. As you may know, it tends to cause bleeding in your gut. But that's not the only reason I don't recommend aspirin. In fact, there are a couple of other reasons. And one of them may surprise you.

Why the drug companies want you and your grandchildren to have ADD

I've been treating patients of all ages for over 35 years now. In that time, I have had plenty of concerned parents tell me that little junior (the condition is four times more common in boys) is having problems at school. The teachers complain that he is constantly moving around, won't (or can't?) pay attention to what they're teaching, and gets abnormally distracted.