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Gynecologists v. radiologists
Washington Monthly, Nov, 2004 by Charles Peters
Speaking of Peters Prizes, the one for medical reporting goes to The Wall Street Journal. In just the last couple of months, Journal reporters have identified "Two Simple Tests that can Identify Strokes, trot Few Get Them," exposed inflated hospital bills in which uninsured patients are victimized by big markups, and revealed that most gynecologists do not tell their patients about an alternative to hysterectomies.
The alternative is a treatment for fibroid tumors called Uterine Artery Embulization, or UAE. A recent survey of 100 UAE patients found that 79 had not heard of this procedure from gynecologists but from other sources. Why are the gynecologists so reluctant to impart this information? They would lose the $2,000 fee they charge for a hysterectomy. UAEs are performed by radiologists.
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