robotic surgery

    By Melly Alazraki

    | 3:40PM 10/15/2009
    Most people these days would opt for a less-invasive option in any surgical procedure, if one is available. Who wouldn't want quicker recovery time, less inconvenience and reduced pain? But a new study recently revealed that such surgery entails risks as well as benefits. Specifically, a report...

    By Russell Turk, M.D.

    | 2:00PM 7/18/2009
    Of all the problems with the current health care system, perhaps the most insidious is that the system is fueled by special interest groups, whose chief concern is their own bottom line. There are a lot of hands in the pot: insurance companies, drug makers, hospitals, device and equipment...