Len Zwelling

Prostate Cancer Surgery: Even A Robot Can Do It, But Is That Necessary By Leonard Zwelling          It made the NY Times (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/robotic-surgery-for-prostate-cancer-may-offer-no-benefits-over-regular-surgery/?_r=0). In an article published in The Lancet (http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)30592-X/fulltext) surgeons in Australia and New Zealand have reported that for patients with early stage prostate cancer who opt for surgery as initial therapy, the […]

Blue Cross Out At Kelsey-Seybold: Another One Bites The Dust By Leonard Zwelling http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/medical/article/Thousands-of-Kelsey-Seybold-patients-being-8532508.php          On Friday morning, July 29, The Chronicle’s front page announced that over 100,000 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas insured people would lose access to Kelsey-Seybold doctors. This is attributable in part to the lack of profit derived from those gaining access

Blue Cross Out At Kelsey-Seybold: Another One Bites The Dust By Leonard Zwelling http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/medical/article/Thousands-of-Kelsey-Seybold-patients-being-8532508.php          On Friday morning, July 29, The Chronicle’s front page announced that over 100,000 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas insured people would lose access to Kelsey-Seybold doctors. This is attributable in part to the lack of profit derived from

What Does It Mean To Be Number One By Leonard Zwelling          Good for MD Anderson. It is the number one place for cancer care in the US again according to the US News and World Report survey. Anderson has been number one or two for the entire time Dr. DePinho has been the President

When Saying Foolish Things Makes You A Fool By Leonard Zwelling          Even his running mate was stunned by Donald Trump’s latest pleading that the Russians employ their hacking abilities to find the 30,000 emails he claims that Hillary Clinton has concealed from us all. When you add the entreaty for our enemy to commit

Vetted? Are You Sure? By Leonard Zwelling          If you are anything like me, you have heard and seen enough of both Mr. Trump and Mrs. Clinton already. Consider that it is only August and that one of them will be on our TV screens for the next four years. Ugh!          But how much

A Bucket List By Trump By Leonard Zwelling          I just received this bucket list in an email from a close friend. He’s a pretty conservative guy, so I was not in the least bit surprised he thought this was neat. Oh, that it were only this simple!          The Trump phenomenon is all about

Three Quarters Of A Million Page Views By Leonard Zwelling          It is hard for me to believe that the blog has reached this level, but it has. Since its inception about three years ago, we have had over 750,000 page views on lenzwelling.blogspot.com. That’s a landmark, I think.          For those of you who

Not By Leonard Zwelling          By far, the most frequent argument made for one or the other of the two Presidential hopefuls is that he or she isn’t the other one. That’s not a very powerful argument for anything. The number of interviews I have seen on TV with Republicans who tout the evils of

Narcissism By Leonard Zwelling http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/07/18/the-narcissist-next-door/          For a while now, I have been concerned about the high prevalence of narcissism I perceive populates the corner offices of America, including those in American medicine.          In this article in the NY Times on July 19, Jane Brody lists as good a definition of the narcissist problem