Common Sense Family Doctor is a regular feature on our website. Today’s topic involves sleep apnea screening. Read the Common Sense Family Doctor Here Screening means testing people with no symptoms. Since it is difficult to make a person without symptoms feel better, the reason [...]
Here’s a timely essay on health screening data. The Common Sense Family Doctor says, “Causing needless worry about cancer or another absent health condition can seem trivial compared to the prospect of saving a life.” But there are many harms associated with many types of [...]
KCCU Community Focus Public Radio Interview With Dr. Brian Birdwell “Have you ever heard of Direct Primary Care ? It’s a little different from what most of us are used to when we visit the doctor. It’s actually based on care and not coverage. It’s [...]
By Jeff Davenport, MD (Edmond) and Brian Birdwell, MD (Lawton) First published in the Lawton Constitution Grand schemes by government and large corporations to reform health care in the U.S. always have good intentions and yet they all share one failure: they overlook the front [...]
$1 Billion Each and Every Week That is about what U.S. businesses spend on direct costs for workplace injury ($50 Billion per year), not to mention lost time and other indirect costs, according the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Direct costs include workers comp [...]