by admin | Jul 5, 2022 | Screening Mammography
“Breast Cancer Screening’s Triple O: Overdiagnosis, Overtreatment, Overutilization”A presentation to the medical staff than included a 3-year update of the NEJM report on 3 decades of experience with screening mammography in...
by admin | Jul 5, 2022 | Healthcare Reform
By Donald R. Lannin, M.D. and Shiyi Wang, M.D., Ph.D. The recent article by Welch et al.1 in the Journal showed clearly that since the adoption of widespread screening mammography, small breast cancers have increased in incidence over three times more than large...
by admin | Jul 5, 2022 | Screening Mammography
By H. Gilbert Welch, M.D., M.P.H. (who gave the Pease Symposium presentation in Bend in 2014) and Elliott S. Fisher, M.D., M.P.H. The authors found that high-income counties have experienced markedly greater increases than low-income counties breast, prostate and...
by admin | Jul 5, 2022 | Marijuana Issues
Marijuana-related emergency room visits in Central Oregon have increased by 1,967 percent in recent years, according to St. Charles Health System.
by admin | Jul 5, 2022 | Marijuana Issues
The 143 page report is the most complete impact assessment available to date by the 3 states that have legalized the recreational use and sales of marijuana.The data on medical services, including emergency departments, hospitals, treatment centers and poison control...
