Year: 2025
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Preventive Medicine
ESTROGEN OR NO ESTROGEN; THAT’S THE MENOPAUSAL QUESTION!
The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) probably had the most profound effect on the treatment of menopause than any other single…
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Preventive Medicine
NOW THERE’S PROOF STEPS HELP
Last month, I wrote an article about the proposal to make daily step-counting the 5th vital sign. The number of…
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Human Interest
PHYSICIANS LEAVING PRACTICE AT ALARMING RATE
It’s no secret that physicians are leaving practice at a rate that should concern us all. Articles are published nearly…
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Drugs & Medications
CHEMICAL EXPOSURE AND PARKINSON’S DISEASE
Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a chemical substance found in industrial cleaners and degreasers. It is also found in consumer products such…
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Drugs & Medications
POST-MI BETA BLOCKER USE SHOULD CEASE
On August 6, 2025, DrGOpines.com posted an article titled “Post-MI Beta Blockers Questioned.” In it, the routine prescribing of Beta…
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Gastrointestinal Diseases
NOW EVEN CHICKEN IS BAD FOR YOU!
Poultry, particularly chicken, has been, up until recently, the healthy food choice. It has had the blessing of nutritionists as…
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Healthcare Policy
MEDICARE “ROBS PETER TO PAY PAUL”
Medicare is really good at using smoke and mirrors to convince doctors they’re getting paid more when they really aren’t.…
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Drugs & Medications
LYRICA INCREASES RISK OF HEART FAILURE
This article pertains only to patients who take Lyrica (pregabalin) and are over age 65. If you don’t fall in…
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Healthcare Policy
DOCTORS RANK MEDICAL SCHOOLS
Medical schools have traditionally commanded a great deal of respect and appreciation. Few accomplishments garner attention more than being accepted…
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Medical Devices
A PACEMAKER TO LOWER HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE??
I didn’t know this but every year, “more than one million patients are implanted with pacemakers.” Of those millions, over…
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