In recent years, it feels like we’ve been inundated by stories of greedy pharmaceutical companies jacking up the price of important generic…
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Screening elderly men for prostate cancer: More harm than good?
by Peter Ubel MD April 10, 2019Most men diagnosed with prostate cancer don’t die of the disease. Between 2011 and 2015, 112.6 per 100,000 men per year were…
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Here’s what most medical experts agree on: People 50 and older should be screened for colon cancer. Here’s what is more controversial:…
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Chemotherapy drugs have become ridiculously expensive. Many new drugs come to market costing more than $100,000 per patient for a full course of…
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How hospitals are taking advantage of the 340B Drug Pricing Program
by Peter Ubel MD January 23, 2019Sometimes it is hard for hospitals to provide expensive care to poor patients. When a low-income patient needs $20,000 of chemotherapy, a…
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Sun exposure makes people both more and less likely to die of melanoma. How can that be?
by Peter Ubel MD January 8, 2019Quick quiz question: two people are diagnosed with melanoma — Sarah Sunburn, an adamant sun-worshipper, and Paula Pale-All-The-Time, a fanatical sun-avoider. Who…
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The insanity of American health care prices played out in this one, real oncology appointment
by Peter Ubel MD December 3, 2018The oncologist had prescribed Xgeva hoping it would strengthen her bones while also delaying the progression of Angela Kahn’s breast cancer. But…
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A CT scan for kidney cancer? It may depend on where you live.
by Peter Ubel MD November 8, 2018About one in fifty people reading this essay will be diagnosed with kidney cancer at some time in their life. In fact,…
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