Month: March 2023
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Drugs & Medications
MALE CONTRACEPTIVE WORKS IN 30 MINUTES!
Whoa! What did I just say? A male contraceptive? That’s right! A male contraceptive that within 30 minutes of taking,…
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Mental Health
TEEN VIOLENCE AT RECORD LEVELS
Adolescents and teenagers today aren’t the “happy-go-lucky” youth of my generation. I grew up in the 1950’s and 60’s and…
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Preventive Medicine
STOOL-BASED SCREENING FOR COLORECTAL CANCER
If you’re over age 45, or even 50, and know you should have a colonoscopy but haven’t, you have several…
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Preventive Medicine
FRUITS AND VEGGIES IN YOUR DIET
If you’ve ever watched “My 600-lb Life” on The Learning Channel (TLC) you are familiar with the comments I’m about…
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COVID-19
MOST COVID-19 DEATHS WORLDWIDE WERE AMONG OLDER PEOPLE.
The high mortality rate from COVID-19 among the elderly was a fact everyone knew, but a lot of people ignored.…
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Sports Medicine Info
DEMENTIA PUGILISTICA
After I published the recent blog correlating football-related concussions with cognitive decline in old age, one loyal reader asked if…
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Injuries
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY BACK IN THE NEWS!
Over the past decade, a lot has been written about traumatic brain injuries and the consequences that develop many years…
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Neurology
AN OVERVIEW OF MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMORS
This blog article is inspired by information I received from friends in Indianapolis who recently told me their neighbor had…
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Healthcare Policy
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS PAID LESS THAN SPECIALISTS
As a follow-up to my post on the “death of primary care,” an article in the February 28th issue of…
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Human Interest
NCAA MARCH MADNESS IS BACK!
Originally posted in March, 2022, this updated blog shares my feelings about March Madness.In my sports world, there are several…
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