Dr. G Opines
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Mental Health
DOPAMINE: WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT DOES
On three recent occasions, TV talk show participants have mentioned dopamine, during a casual conversation about another person. It was…
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Mental Health
BRIGHT LIGHT THERAPY AND NON-SEASONAL DEPRESSION
One way depressive disorders are categorized places patients in seasonal and non-seasonal groups. Seasonal affective disorder, better known as cabin…
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Healthcare Policy
PRIMARY CARE DOCS LEAVING MEDICARE
My position on Medicare pay to physicians is clear. I’ve stated it in many past blogs, and nothing has happened…
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Bone & Joint Problems
SHOULD ARTHROSCOPIC KNEE SURGERY CEASE?
Degenerative knee disease is a very common problem. It is the term given to changes in the knee joint that…
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Drugs & Medications
MULTIVITAMINS ARE GREAT PLACEBOS
We all know people who spend a ton of money on vitamins—Vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin B, any brand, any…
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Drugs & Medications
MONITOR PATIENTS ON GLP-1’S
Glucagon Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists (GLP-1RA’s) are drugs you don’t prescribe for a patient and then forget about. They are…
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Drugs & Medications
HOME INR TESTING FOR WARFARIN
Are you one of the 6 million Americans who have atrial fibrillation? If so, do you take a blood thinner…
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Aging
BEST AND SAFEST DRUGS FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Drugs designed to improve the dementia found in Alzheimer’s sufferers have not lived up to their “billing.” By that, I…
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Mental Health
OCD: OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER
All of us, at one time or another, wondered if we were “OCD.” That time when you couldn’t remember if…
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Diabetes
DOES METFORMIN AFFECT DIABETES?
Metformin is the first drug physicians have prescribed for the treatment of diabetes for several decades. It has been the…
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