Dr. G Opines
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Human Interest
WHAT’S HAPPENED TO PHYSICIAN PRESTIGE?
Impersonal care and poor rapport, that’s what! These are two very important aspects of medical care, today, that affect how…
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Office Practice Info
HOSPITAL CREDENTIALING NOT AUTOMATIC
HOSPITAL CREDENTIALING NOT AUTOMATIC To become a member of a hospital medical staff, a physician must undergo a thorough investigative…
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Cancer
MIDLIFE PSA PREDICTS RISK FOR PROSTATE CANCER
Finally, someone has presented a common sense approach for using the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) blood test. Long criticized for…
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Heart Disease
FINDING HEART DISEASE BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!
Many years ago, I was troubled by a situation involving a man in his 30’s who had every indication he…
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Drugs & Medications
NEW DROPS FOR OLD EYES
As we age, many things about our bodies change. If we don’t become bald, what hair we have eventually turns…
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Drugs & Medications
STATINS HAVE FEW SIDE EFFECTS
The Lancet is the leading medical journal in Great Britain. Actually, it’s one of the most respected medical journals in…
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Human Interest
MEDICAL SCHOOL SYNDROME: TEMPORARY HYPOCHONDRIA
During the first two years of medical school, on several occasions I was certain I was suffering from some dread…
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Physician Office Issues
SOME BLOOD TESTS ARE OBSOLETE
It amazes me how often and how rapidly things in medicine change. Inquiring minds are everywhere in the vast realm…
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Cancer
CANCER SCREENING IN THE ELDERLY
Dermatologists have not established an end point, or an expiration date, when they no longer screen for skin cancer. Skin…
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Gastrointestinal Diseases
RECENT CLINICAL PEARLS
Several articles ago, I mentioned “clinical pearls” as a tool used in medical education. Many such pearls are in the…
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