Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Oct 13, 2011, at 8:11 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > There's "think like a Doctor" book I've been planning to read. It came out > 2 > or 3 years ago. > It strikes me that doctors are not diagnosing US they are just as often > diagnosing their medical insurance accounts. They have to cover their > asses! If you say one thing they have to do another or their insurance is > in > deep trouble. when tonsillectomy was thought to work, and be necessary, and was funded, there were lots of tonsillectomies.... so it goes, but I caution you, it is very much the same in other fields, and... re the book Mark, surprise.....it's a grievous error to suppose that all doctors think alike, Steve > > -- > Mark R. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > >> From: Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:43:31 -0700 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT Prostate testing's dark side: Men who were harmed >> - >> Yahoo! News >> >> >> On Oct 13, 2011, at 5:14 PM, Ken Carney wrote: >> >>> On 10/13/2011 7:01 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: >>>> On Oct 13, 2011, at 4:49 PM, Ken Carney wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 10/13/2011 9:11 AM, Steve Barbour wrote: >>>>>> follow up.... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> http://news.yahoo.com/prostate-testings-dark-side-men-were-harmed-19133762 >>>>>> 1.html >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>> Thanks for posting. This series has been a real benefit for an old >>>>> fart >>>>> like myself (70) who has been getting PSA tests every 2-3 months. The >>>>> LUG >>>>> is a bottomless well of information. >>>> >>>> I read this stuff too, a mine field of information.... >>>> >>>> like most issues of this sort, a very contentious area at best. >>>> >>>> supposedly even sex can raise your PSA level, so I guess the LUG members >>>> have a high average PSA level.... >>>> >>>> or is that due to age, or maybe getting an M9...?! >>>> >>>> >>>> Steve >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> My urologist gave me a list of things to avoid a week before the PSA >>> test: >>> caffeine, alcohol, fruit juice, spicy food and intercourse. In other >>> words, >>> just lock yourself in a closet for a week and have food pushed in under >>> the >>> door. I will suggest adding an M9 to the list. >> >> and avoid those porn mags, >> >> Steve >> >> >>> >>> Ken >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information