Human Interest
3 days ago
TILLIT S. TEDDLIE
It’s quite uncharacteristic for a medically-oriented blog to include an article about an individual, a person, especially, one who had…
Human Interest
1 week ago
DO GAS STOVES POSE A PROBLEM? MAYBE
After I read the news brief warning Americans about the dangers of cooking with natural gas, I decided to research…
Human Interest
1 week ago
MEDICAL NEWS BRIEFS #19
Gas Stoves may be Bad After All: Scientists affiliated with the American Thoracic Society (ATS) have warned that…
Office Practice Info
2 weeks ago
WHAT IS LOCUM TENENS?
You may not have heard the term “Locum Tenens” before, but most doctors have. Translated from the Latin, it means…
Drugs & Medications
2 weeks ago
MEDICAL NEWS BRIEFS #18
GLP-1 agents for weight loss tied to pancreatitis: The medical “rage” these days is the use of once…
Cancer
3 weeks ago
A REPLACEMENT FOR PSA: HAVE A PCA3 BEFORE PROSTATE BIOPSY
No blood test has been under more intense scrutiny than the beleaguered Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA). Approved by the FDA…
Aging
3 weeks ago
PRIORITIES IN GERIATRIC CARE
In spite of statistics that show the average life expectancy of Americans has been declining over the past 5-10 years,…
Human Interest
3 weeks ago
SUMMER SPORTS ABOUND
Man, oh man! I’m in “hog heaven.” If you love watching sports on television like I do, right now you…
Dermatology
4 weeks ago
CHRONIC ITCH (PRURITIS)
Some of the most miserable times in my life have been the all-too-frequent occasions when I had poison ivy. The…
Healthcare Policy
4 weeks ago
WILL YOUR NEXT FAMILY DOC BE AN OSTEOPATH?
“Traditional” allopathic medical schools are awarding MD (Medical Doctor) degrees at a faster rate than ever before. Yet, “The Association…
Bone & Joint Problems
June 24, 2024
PAIN MANAGEMENT AFTER ORTHOPEDIC TRAUMA
Orthopedic trauma, i.e. fractures of bones, is very painful. Opioids like hydrocodone and oxycodone have been used for pain control…
Bone & Joint Problems
June 21, 2024
MEDICAL NEWS BRIEFS #17
What is the most effective treatment for acne? Multiple studies have shown that oral isotretinoin (Accutane—now called Absorbica,…
A Day in the Life Scenarios
June 19, 2024
FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY
In several previous blogs I’ve written that I completed a two-year residency in Family Medicine. My residency was from August,…
Drugs & Medications
June 17, 2024
SAW PALMETTO FOR BPH
For decades, “medical lore” has asserted that saw palmetto reduces the symptoms associated with an enlarged prostate. Benign prostatic hyperplasia…
Human Interest
June 14, 2024
THE HOUSE I GREW UP IN
Right away I must apologize. “For what?” you ask. I’ve committed one of those unforgivable grammatical sins—I used “a preposition…
Office Practice Info
June 12, 2024
PHYSICIAN JOB PROSPECTS
An article in the May 2024 issue of Medical Economics magazine claims that “the demand for medical services is increasing…
Bone & Joint Problems
June 8, 2024
MALLET FINGER
Almost everyone has 8 fingers and 2 thumbs. Thumbs are important but not for this blog. There are 4 fingers…
Drugs & Medications
June 5, 2024
SALT SUBSTITUTE REDUCES CHANCES FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Substituting regular table salt (100% sodium chloride) with salt substitute (62% sodium chloride, 25% potassium chloride, 12.5% flavorings) reduced the…
Drugs & Medications
June 2, 2024
OTC DRUG FOR ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
I must warn you, the reader, in advance, this blog is rated “R” and contains information that is of a…
Drugs & Medications
May 31, 2024
TREATMENT OF SORE THROAT
When it comes to medical protocols, the symbolic pendulum swings back and forth all the time. Many concepts in medicine…
Human Interest
May 27, 2024
IRVINGTON
Recently, a friend who had been reading about my youth activities on DrGOpines.com, pointed out that I was actually writing…
Human Interest
May 21, 2024
THE IRON SKILLET
In life, “nothing lasts forever” and “all good things must come to the end.” These are trite cliches’, but they…
Drugs & Medications
May 17, 2024
TOBACCO USE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE
It surprises me in today’s culture that anyone starts smoking. So much information about the harms of smoking is in…
Aging
May 15, 2024
HEARING LOSS: MORE DISABLING THAN YOU THINK
Being hard of hearing is far more disabling than people think. Folks who are deaf from birth live in a…
Aging
May 13, 2024
BEERS CRITERIA FOR MEDICATION USE IN OLDER PATIENTS: DANGEROUS COMBINATIONS
Until I read the April 2024 issue of American Family Physician, I was unaware the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) had…
