Year: 2021
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Preventive Medicine
GUIDELINES FOR DIAGNOSING HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Americans are constantly being encouraged to control their blood pressure. Hypertension is a serious health hazard that leads to many…
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Human Interest
EMERGENCY DOC!
I can’t imagine spending 41 years working in an emergency room. Forty-one HOURS would be enough for me. In fact,…
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I’M EMBARRASSED BY MY COLLEAGUES
I am continually embarrassed for and concerned about the medical profession. Yes, I’m embarrassed because of the image of physicians…
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COVID-19
MYOCARDITIS AFTER COVID-19 VACCINE
Much ado has been made on cable news programs about the adverse effects attributed to COVID-19 vaccines. In particular, there…
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Procedures
COLONOSCOPY: A LIFE-SAVING PROCEDURE
Have you had a colonoscopy? If you’re 45 years old or older, and haven’t had one, you need to. In…
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Preventive Medicine
ADULT ANNUAL PHYSICALS
During my years in practice, I actively encouraged patients to have an annual check up. I thought it was a…
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Heart Disease
CORONARY CALCIUM SCORING TEST: Should you have one?
For decades physicians have been searching for the ideal, non-invasive test to diagnose coronary artery disease early enough to prevent…
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Eye, Ear, Nose. Throat
MY EARS ARE RINGING AND I HATE IT!
If you learn anything from this blog, it would be the correct pronunciation of Tinnitus. Tinnitus is pronounced “tin-a-tus” not…
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Human Interest
GOLF COURSE RATING TEAM
We all know the phrase, “It’s not what you know, but who you know!” Well, six years ago that phrase…
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Preventive Medicine
COMMON SENSE TREATMENT OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Hypertension (high blood pressure) is a very common problem. I treated patients with high blood pressure every day, and many…
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