Year: 2022
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Cancer
CANCER CASES INCREASE
In the decade between 2010 and 2020, cancer cases and cancer deaths increased 26.3% and 20.9%, respectively, worldwide. This is…
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Neurology
A TIA REALLY IS A “MINI STROKE!”
“Mini-stroke” is the lay term used for decades to describe a brief neurologic event. We remember the time grandma suddenly…
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Human Interest
DO YOU REMEMBER WHERE YOU WERE WHEN….
I just read a great opinion piece in my best reference source, the Journal of the American Medical Association, JAMA.…
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Drugs & Medications
STATIN INTOLERANCE OVERESTIMATED
The use of statin drugs has been challenged for years by the fear of alleged adverse effects. Patients who need…
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Preventive Medicine
IBUPROFEN vs. TYLENOL. EGGS GET GOOD PRESS!
EGGS DON’T INCREASE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE Two recent anecdotes from American Family Physician, the scientific journal of The American Academy Of…
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Human Interest
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!”
Those of us who are alive have a birthday every year, and most of us celebrate it in our own…
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COVID-19
MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES: What are they? What do they do?
This is a difficult subject to write about. Difficult because to understand it, you must possess basic knowledge of the…
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Urogenital
WHY DO MEN REGRET PROSTATE SURGERY?
Men with prostate cancer frequently feel that if the tumor is completely removed surgically there’s a real good chance it…
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COVID-19
“COVID-19 VACCINE BOOSTERS SAVE LIVES”
Yes, they really do! And The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) is proud to report that fact. Two…
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Bone & Joint Problems
POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA: IT’S MORE COMMON THAN WE THINK!
I would imagine Polymyalgia Rheumatica is a name you’ve not heard before. It’s a very complicated term that’s a mouthful…
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