CATEGORY: Healthcare
Personalized Medicine vs. Guideline-based Medicine
This week, Brett Newcomb and I discuss the differences in two different approaches to medicine and patient care. We discuss which is preferable between medicine that is personalized, and medicine that is directed by guidelines and hierarchically-mandated standards. Which of[...]
Testosterone Replacement Headlines: Can They Be Trusted?
This week, Brett Newcomb and I are once again examining the news media and the way that they present information about medical research and medical progress, often through misleading headlines. Last month, Dr. Andrew Kates—a cardiologist at Washington University—published an[...]
Near Death Experiences and Dying
A discussion of near death experiences and how doctors choose to die. This week Brett Newcomb and I are talking about death. In particular, we are discussing the phenomena known as near death experiences and shared death experiences. You might[...]
How Insurance Companies Meddle in Your Healthcare
Video podcast about insurance companies making medical decisions for doctors! Your Insurance company is in business to make money, not to take care of you! That is not what they tell you in their ads, but it is true! This[...]
The Affordable Care Act’s Impact on Medical Doctors
A conversation about Obamacare's negative effects on the healthcare industry Brett Newcomb and I are passionately committed to having active lively and open discussions about health related topics and issues. We believe that an informed consumer is more likely to[...]
Personalized Medicine
Insist on personalized medicine and healthcare that is based on your history, condition and needs, not a preconceived standard of care. Doctors and lawyers always talk about something called the standard of care. Have you ever wondered what that means,[...]
Anti-aging Medicine and The Doctors who Practice it.
Anti-aging Medicine and The Doctors who Practice it. This week, Brett Newcomb and I are discussing a couple of articles in Endocrine Today. These articles review the literature, and concepts that examine hormone replacement therapy and the claims made by[...]
Senate Bill 959 Part 2
Your Bio-Identical Hormone Pellets are at Risk. Act Now to Stop Senate Bill 959 Senate Bill 959 is working its way through the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions committee. This Bill is attempting to establish the authority for the[...]
Senate Bill 959 Part 1
Compounding Pharmacies and the Government In this podcast, Brett Newcomb and I are talking about Senate Bill 959, a bill before the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions committee, chaired by Senator Tom Harkin. This is a fifty five page[...]
Gender-Specific Medicine
Gender-specific medicine takes into consideration that Men and women are different. In episode 137 of the BioBalance Healthcast we are speaking about gender-specific medicine and how gender affects every area of our life, from societal roles, to hardwired neurologic differences,[...]