Dr. G Opines
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Drugs & Medications
SAW PALMETTO FOR BPH
For decades, “medical lore” has asserted that saw palmetto reduces the symptoms associated with an enlarged prostate. Benign prostatic hyperplasia…
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Human Interest
THE HOUSE I GREW UP IN
Right away I must apologize. “For what?” you ask. I’ve committed one of those unforgivable grammatical sins—I used “a preposition…
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Office Practice Info
PHYSICIAN JOB PROSPECTS
An article in the May 2024 issue of Medical Economics magazine claims that “the demand for medical services is increasing…
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Bone & Joint Problems
MALLET FINGER
Almost everyone has 8 fingers and 2 thumbs. Thumbs are important but not for this blog. There are 4 fingers…
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Drugs & Medications
SALT SUBSTITUTE REDUCES CHANCES FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Substituting regular table salt (100% sodium chloride) with salt substitute (62% sodium chloride, 25% potassium chloride, 12.5% flavorings) reduced the…
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Drugs & Medications
OTC DRUG FOR ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
I must warn you, the reader, in advance, this blog is rated “R” and contains information that is of a…
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Drugs & Medications
TREATMENT OF SORE THROAT
When it comes to medical protocols, the symbolic pendulum swings back and forth all the time. Many concepts in medicine…
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Human Interest
IRVINGTON
Recently, a friend who had been reading about my youth activities on DrGOpines.com, pointed out that I was actually writing…
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Human Interest
THE IRON SKILLET
In life, “nothing lasts forever” and “all good things must come to the end.” These are trite cliches’, but they…
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Drugs & Medications
TOBACCO USE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE
It surprises me in today’s culture that anyone starts smoking. So much information about the harms of smoking is in…
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