Dr. G Opines
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Healthcare Policy
ANOTHER MEDICARE RUSE!
Medicare is once again being disingenuous in its attempts to better compensate primary care physicians. Their usual method is to…
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Aging
POSTMENOPAUSAL HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY
In 2002, The Women’s Health Initiative, WHI, a study of the health habits of American women, completely shut down hormone…
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Sports Medicine Info
EXERCISE MIMETICS AND MYOKINES
EXERCISE MIMETICS AND MYOKINES Within the past few weeks, I published an article about the benefits of exercise for treating…
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Bone & Joint Problems
CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTS QUESTIONED
Today, every long-standing, accepted, and recommended medical policy or protocol is subject to scrutiny, investigation, doubt, or revision. These tenets,…
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Office Practice Info
SOME PATIENTS ARE “DIFFICULT”
It’s simply human nature, but some patients don’t like their doctor and doctors certainly don’t like all of their patients.…
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Drugs & Medications
IMMUNOSENESCENCE
Vaccination, immunization, inoculation; call it what you like, it’s the process of activating the human immune system by the injection…
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Drugs & Medications
VITAMIN D NO HELP TO HEALTHY ADULTS
In September 2024, DrGOpines.com presented an update on the use of Vitamin D by healthy adults and children. In it,…
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A Day in the Life Scenarios
PHYSICIANS ARE NOT “PROVIDERS”
Finally, someone besides me has taken offense at physicians being called providers. Since today’s world contains all levels of folks…
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Heart Disease
MANAGEMENT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association, the two largest organizations dedicated to the prevention and treatment…
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Drugs & Medications
GLP-1 RISKS FOR ELDERLY PATIENTS
With the use of a new drug, over time, information about adverse effects becomes clearer. Late effects of a medication…
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