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Heart Disease
BLOOD THINNERS AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: Who Should Take What?
Since 2014, the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the Heart Rhythm Society have recommended a set…
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Gastrointestinal Diseases
COMMON BENIGN ANORECTAL PROBLEMS
We’ve all experienced conditions that make us “feel bad all over.” When you have a headache, you just want to…
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Aging
THE USE OF STATINS IN THE ELDERLY
For some people, the use of statins continues to be a concern. Concern, not because they don’t do what they’re…
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Aging
LIFE EXPECTANCY GETTING SHORTER! Really?
Life insurance companies, healthcare agencies like the CDC, economists, and the U.S. census bureau all have a keen interest in…
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Preventive Medicine
EXECUTIVE PHYSICALS: Are they worth the money?
Most large medical centers like the Mayo, Ochsner, and Cleveland Clinics and medical school hospitals like Massachusetts General at Harvard…
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Cancer
PANCREATIC CANCER: It doesn’t get much worse!
The Worst of the Worst Cancer of the pancreas! It’s one of those diagnoses doctors hate to make, but it’s…
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Preventive Medicine
ADULT IMMUNIZATIONS: An Update
Because of the number of available vaccines, and because of declining immunity and the need for booster doses of many…
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Mental Health
THE CLOCK DRAWING TEST: Dementia or No Dementia?
TESTING FOR DEMENTIA: Diagnosing dementia is a sensitive area to which medical science has given a lot of attention. And…
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Diabetes
THREE TESTS TO DIAGNOSE DIABETES: (Or is it Four?)
The American Diabetes Association, and doctors who treat Diabetes Mellitus, use three tests to determine if a patient is diabetic.…
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Pediatrics
CIRCUMCISION: To Do or Not To Do, is the Question!
Circumcision is not a subject most of my readers ever give much thought. Folks in our age group aren’t having…
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