This happens so often. Physicians don't have time to keep up on ALL the case studies and ALL the new literature. They are super busy writing notes and taking ca

This happens so often. Physicians don't have time to keep up on ALL the case studies and ALL the new literature. They are super busy writing notes and taking care documentation and billing - getting on the phone with insurance companies to justify treatment etc. There's not enough time in the day to do it all - so they lean heavily on things like UpToDate. Some physicians get pissed if a pt. brings medical theories to them - but I think that's really the only way to go for these cases - the problem is that the general public doesn't have a working knowledge of medicine, so they are quickly over their head and out of their depth. A family member, someone who isn't afraid of reading journal articles - and understanding statistics, is typically the only way some of these problems are solved - they do it because of love - not because they are paid.