Year: 2026
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Healthcare Policy
NEW AMERICAN MEDICAL SCHOOLS
For decades, the Association of American Medical Colleges (now called the AAMC) has been concerned about the shortage of physicians…
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Human Interest
CAITLIN CLARK AND THE INDIANA FEVER
This is the third season Caitlin Clark has been in the WNBA. The way it’s going so far, it could…
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Heart Disease
WHY I NEED A PACEMAKER
Pacemakers are one type of implantable cardiac device. There are several (see below) such devices, but pacemakers are the type…
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Eye, Ear, Nose. Throat
WHAT CAN BE DONE TO TREAT TINNITUS?
Tinnitus is that chronic, annoying humming, buzzing, ringing, roaring, or hissing you hear in your ears that IS NOT caused…
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Heart Disease
TREATING LEFT MAIN CORONARY DISEASE
As I recently discussed in the coronary anatomy article, the left coronary artery begins as a large single vessel, the…
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Drugs & Medications
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH A GLP-1, ZEPBOUND
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH A GLP-1, ZEPBOUND Over twenty years ago, I was diagnosed with a sleep disorder. I had an…
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Healthcare Policy
GETTING INTO A RESIDENCY
I’ve written about residency “match day” on a few past occasions. That’s the big day in March when soon-to-graduate medical…
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Heart Disease
CORONARY ARTERY ANATOMY, EKG CHANGES FROM CORONARY DISEASE
The Coronary Arteries are the arterial vessels that supply oxygen-rich blood to the myocardium, the heart muscle. Oxygen must be…
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Gastrointestinal Diseases
WHAT FOODS ARE “FIBER?”
Patients are always encouraged to include more fiber in their diet and for good reason. Fiber is most often recommended…
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Healthcare Policy
SURVEY: TRUST IN HEALTH CARE AGENCIES HAS DECLINED
In a recent blogpost, I alluded to the attitude of the American public toward vaccines, the CDC, and local and…
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