Drugs & Medications
3 days ago
UPDATED COVID VACCINE, RSV, INFLUENZA: THE TIME IS RIGHT
Here it is September already! That means it’s time to make an appointment with your doctor or pharmacy to get…
Drugs & Medications
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VITAMIN D AIN’T WHAT IT’S CRACKED UP TO BE
It wasn’t long ago that researchers and clinicians thought vitamin D was the secret to a healthy life. A lot…
Human Interest
2 weeks ago
THE CAITLIN CLARK PHENOMENON: LONG MAY IT LIVE!
If you’re not a sports fan I’m sorry because you’re missing one of the biggest stories to come along in…
Gastrointestinal Diseases
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NEW DRUGS BLOCK STOMACH ACID
Only recently did I hear about a new class of drugs that shows effectiveness in controlling GI problems that are…
A Day in the Life Scenarios
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ANNUAL PHYSICIAN SURVEY
In the current issue of Medical Economics magazine, the editors present their “95th” annual “Physicians Report.” Every year, they conduct…
Women’s Health
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AMENORRHEA: WOMEN WONDER WHY
Back in the 1960’s, third year students at the Indiana University School of Medicine, spent three months on the Obstetrics…
Aging
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”DEMENTIA DEEMED HIGHLY PREVENTABLE”
When you learn that in the United States, 2 out of 3 (67%) patients with dementia are women, that women…
Diabetes
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TIRZEPATIDE AND ELI LILLY (LLY)
As you know, I have dubbed the GLP-1 receptor agonist drug class as the “drugs of the decade.” And rightfully…
Human Interest
4 weeks ago
ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT)
ECT, electroconvulsive therapy, is one of the more controversial treatments in all of medicine. Clinicians, administrators, psychiatrists, proponents, detractors, and…
Aging
August 15, 2024
HOT FLASHES: MENOPAUSAL MISERY
I’m not a woman so I’ve never experienced the misery that comes with “the change of life,” but I have…
Human Interest
August 11, 2024
TEAM USA MEN’S BASKETBALL WAS LUCKY!
The USA Men’s Olympic basketball team is supposed to be made up of the best players in the world. They…
Human Interest
August 7, 2024
THE OLYMPICS END SOON
The 2024 Games of the XXXIII Olympiad are drawing to a close. After what many consider a dreadful start, the…
Dermatology
August 4, 2024
WHAT ARE THESE PAINFUL BUMPS IN MY ARMPIT?
Recently, a good friend told me he had developed some painful bumps in his armpit. They were bothering him so…
Human Interest
July 31, 2024
THE 2024 PARIS OLYMPICS
Well, you knew it was only a matter of time before I decided to weigh in on the 2024 Paris…
Drugs & Medications
July 30, 2024
TIRZEPATIDE VS. SEMAGLUTIDE: DRUGS OF THE DECADE!
There is no end to the information reported by clinicians on the benefits and effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists…
Drugs & Medications
July 27, 2024
OPIOID ANTIDOTE IS NASAL SPRAY
Every day we hear news about the seriousness of the opioid crisis in the U.S. The number of overdose deaths…
Human Interest
July 23, 2024
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
July 19, 2024
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
July 17, 2024
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
July 15, 2024
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
July 12, 2024
MEDICAL NEWS BRIEFS #18
GLP-1 agents for weight loss tied to pancreatitis: The medical “rage” these days is the use of once…
Cancer
July 8, 2024
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
July 5, 2024
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
July 2, 2024
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
June 29, 2024
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…
