Dr. G Opines
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Healthcare Policy
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLAN? YOU BETTER BE HEALTHY!
Dr. Richard Feldman is a family physician who served as the State Health Commissioner of Indiana from 1997 to 2001.…
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Cancer
PROSTATE CANCER: MANY QUESTIONS ANSWERED!
The November, 2024 issue of American Family Physician, the scientific publication of the American Academy of Family Physicians, has an…
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Cancer
PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENT WORSE THAN THE DISEASE?
Prostate cancer is a disease about which many physicians and patients have developed a “cavalier” attitude. The disease itself has…
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Healthcare Policy
MEDICARE CUTS PHYSICIAN REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE UMPTEENTH YEAR IN A ROW
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has once again reduced physician payment for 2025. Next year, physicians will…
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Cancer
MEDICAL NEWS BRIEFS #23
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: To operate or not to operate? That’s the question: Carpal tunnel syndrome is compression of the median…
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Drugs & Medications
CAFFEINE: TURN-ON OR TOXIN?
Caffeine, caffeine, caffeine! It’s everywhere and in almost everything. It’s one of the more enigmatic substances available for human consumption.…
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Drugs & Medications
AN INJECTION FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE?
I bet you thought high blood pressure was just that—high blood pressure! Well, it is, but what the heck is…
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Gastrointestinal Diseases
ADULT LACTOSE INTOLERANCE
Lactose and Lactase, although they’re spelled almost the same, differ completely. But the interaction between them is very important. What…
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Diabetes
MEDICAL NEWS BRIEFS #22
There are three (3) categories of Blood Pressure: New European guidelines for high blood pressure (HBP), hypertension define three categories.…
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Healthcare Policy
TREATING A MISCARRIAGE IS NOT A CRIMINAL ACT!
I have seen numerous political ads on TV, recently, alleging that doctors who treat women after a spontaneous miscarriage are…
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