Human Interest
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WHAT’S HAPPENED TO PHYSICIAN PRESTIGE?
Impersonal care and poor rapport, that’s what! These are two very important aspects of medical care, today, that affect how…
Office Practice Info
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HOSPITAL CREDENTIALING NOT AUTOMATIC
HOSPITAL CREDENTIALING NOT AUTOMATIC To become a member of a hospital medical staff, a physician must undergo a thorough investigative…
Cancer
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MIDLIFE PSA PREDICTS RISK FOR PROSTATE CANCER
Finally, someone has presented a common sense approach for using the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) blood test. Long criticized for…
Heart Disease
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FINDING HEART DISEASE BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!
Many years ago, I was troubled by a situation involving a man in his 30’s who had every indication he…
Drugs & Medications
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NEW DROPS FOR OLD EYES
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Drugs & Medications
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The Lancet is the leading medical journal in Great Britain. Actually, it’s one of the most respected medical journals in…
Human Interest
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MEDICAL SCHOOL SYNDROME: TEMPORARY HYPOCHONDRIA
During the first two years of medical school, on several occasions I was certain I was suffering from some dread…
Physician Office Issues
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SOME BLOOD TESTS ARE OBSOLETE
It amazes me how often and how rapidly things in medicine change. Inquiring minds are everywhere in the vast realm…
Cancer
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Gastrointestinal Diseases
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Several articles ago, I mentioned “clinical pearls” as a tool used in medical education. Many such pearls are in the…
A Day in the Life Scenarios
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THE QUIRKS OF MEDICAL EDUCATION
Medical education is phenomenon unto itself. It is filled with nuances that make it distinctive in character and personality, as…
Human Interest
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DON’T SLEEP WITH THE LIGHT ON
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Aging
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IS TIGHT BLOOD SUGAR CONTROL GOOD FOR SENIORS?
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Heart Disease
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hsCRP: BETTER THAN CHOLESTEROL
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A Day in the Life Scenarios
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KNOW YOUR LIMITS
When I was in medical school, it seemed like my friends and family immediately thought I knew everything every other…
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SOME DOCTORS JUST NEVER RETIRE
What in the world is it with some doctors? I’m referring to the legion of doctors who practice well beyond…
Mental Health
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PHYSICIAN MENTAL HEALTH
Just like the rest of the American public, a percentage of physicians have mental health issues. In the same vein,…
Drugs & Medications
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UPDATED IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE FROM AAFP
For the first time in decades, the American Academy of Family Physicians has published an immunization schedule of its own…
Bone & Joint Problems
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SPINAL MANIPULATION FOR LOW BACK PAIN
Low back pain is one of the more common banes of the blue collar workers’ existence. Workers whose jobs require…
Human Interest
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THE LOCAL MEDICAL DOCTOR (LMD) HAS COME A LONG WAY
The Indiana University School of Medicine in the 1960’s was in Indianapolis, the capitol city in the geographic center of…
Human Interest
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If you’re a fan of college football, or a sports fan of any ilk, you surely know that Indiana University…
Drugs & Medications
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Women in the first trimester of pregnancy (the first three months after conception) are always advised to take medications, for…
Drugs & Medications
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NEW SIDE EFFECTS OF GLP-1’S
Several months ago I posted an article about “Prescribing GLP-1 Receptor Agonists,” on DrGOpines.com. In it, I reported that along…
Drugs & Medications
January 23, 2026
WEIGHT REGAIN WHEN GLP-1’S STOPPED
After months and months of touting the virtues of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists, GLP-1’s, medical researchers have turned their focus…
Cancer
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CANCER SURVIVAL IMPROVING
Current estimates by The American Cancer Society (ACS) state that 2 million Americans are “living with cancer.” The ACS is…
