Dr. G Opines
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Drugs & Medications
UPDATED COVID VACCINE, RSV, INFLUENZA: THE TIME IS RIGHT
Here it is September already! That means it’s time to make an appointment with your doctor or pharmacy to get…
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Drugs & Medications
VITAMIN D AIN’T WHAT IT’S CRACKED UP TO BE
It wasn’t long ago that researchers and clinicians thought vitamin D was the secret to a healthy life. A lot…
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Human Interest
THE CAITLIN CLARK PHENOMENON: LONG MAY IT LIVE!
If you’re not a sports fan I’m sorry because you’re missing one of the biggest stories to come along in…
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Gastrointestinal Diseases
NEW DRUGS BLOCK STOMACH ACID
Only recently did I hear about a new class of drugs that shows effectiveness in controlling GI problems that are…
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A Day in the Life Scenarios
ANNUAL PHYSICIAN SURVEY
In the current issue of Medical Economics magazine, the editors present their “95th” annual “Physicians Report.” Every year, they conduct…
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Women’s Health
AMENORRHEA: WOMEN WONDER WHY
Back in the 1960’s, third year students at the Indiana University School of Medicine, spent three months on the Obstetrics…
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Aging
”DEMENTIA DEEMED HIGHLY PREVENTABLE”
When you learn that in the United States, 2 out of 3 (67%) patients with dementia are women, that women…
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Diabetes
TIRZEPATIDE AND ELI LILLY (LLY)
As you know, I have dubbed the GLP-1 receptor agonist drug class as the “drugs of the decade.” And rightfully…
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Human Interest
ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT)
ECT, electroconvulsive therapy, is one of the more controversial treatments in all of medicine. Clinicians, administrators, psychiatrists, proponents, detractors, and…
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Aging
HOT FLASHES: MENOPAUSAL MISERY
I’m not a woman so I’ve never experienced the misery that comes with “the change of life,” but I have…
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