Month: July 2022
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Infectious Diseases
PNEUMONIA VACCINE SIMPLIFIED!
Well, what do you know?! Finally something in medicine is simpler. Finally, instead of a confusing, multi-drug treatment regimen, a…
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Human Interest
THE TOUR DE FRANCE
One of sports’ most grueling and captivating events is the Tour de France, or as the French shorten it, “Le…
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Human Interest
ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS
Alejandro Mayorkas, a 63 year old Cuban-born, American attorney, is the current secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, or…
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Human Interest
GREENWOOD, INDIANA MALL SHOOTING
Once again, the people with the loudest voices and points of view that confound most of us, are attempting to…
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Human Interest
THE 4TH OF JULY!
Americans recently celebrated the most patriotic holiday of them all, the 4th of July. It’s the day America celebrates her…
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Gastrointestinal Diseases
ADENOMA DETECTION RATES FOR COLONOSCOPY
Here’s a bit of interesting information! Physicians who perform colonoscopies can miss as many as 90% of precancerous colorectal lesions!…
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Drugs & Medications
ER DOCTORS STRUGGLE WITH DRUG SEEKERS!
In the recent blog about drug-seeking behavior, I referred to the emergency or urgent care physician who faces drug seekers…
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Healthcare Policy
DRUG-SEEKING PATIENTS
The opioid epidemic is a real problem in the U.S. “Drug-seeking” patients visit doctors’ offices quite often in search of…
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Human Interest
PATIENTS WHO BECAME DOCTORS
Last week, when I was writing the blog about the increasing number of medical school graduates choosing family medicine, I…
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Mental Health
MASS SHOOTINGS, DSM-5, AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION
Editorial Comment: This article was written the day after the Uvalde, Texas school shooting. It is merely my attempt to…
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