Dr. G Opines
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Blood Diseases
BLOOD PRESSURE DRUGS PROTECT THE KIDNEYS
Diabetes mellitus ie. “sugar diabetes,” has numerous devastating manifestations. The worst of these is any of the serious problems that…
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Preventive Medicine
RECURRING UTI’S: WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Women have Urinary Tract Infections (UTI’s) far more often than men setting them up for recurrent UTI’s. Women’s anatomy makes…
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Physician Office Issues
PHYSICIAN’S PRACTICE FINANCES ARE SHAKY
Medical Economics magazine, in its July/August issue, published their “96th Physician Report” on the financial health of physician practices. It…
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Dermatology
BAD VEINS MEAN NO SHORTS FOR SENIORS!
When we senior citizens exceed the age of 65, the veins in our legs have just about had it. They’ve…
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Cancer
”PREVALENCE OF CANCER SURVIVORS IN THE U.S.”
Unfortunately, every year millions of people are diagnosed with cancer. As I said in a blog published in 2021, it’s…
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Diabetes
GLP-1 RA’S ARE SPAWNING NEW WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS
Research on Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), especially into new methods and mechanisms to treat this terminal disease, is ongoing. Coincidentally,…
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Drugs & Medications
MUSCLE RELAXANTS DON’T HELP CHRONIC PAIN
Most chronic pain is the result of an insult, or two, to the musculoskeletal system. A failed surgery on the…
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Cancer
ADULT CANCER SURVIVORS: WHAT ARE FAMILY DOCS TO DO?
Cancer is by far the scariest diagnosis patients receive. Every patient is filled with anxiety when just the word “CANCER”…
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Drugs & Medications
MACULAR DEGENERATION STILL AN ENIGMA
In July, 2019, I published a blog about macular degeneration in which I lamented the absence of a discernible cause,…
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Healthcare Policy
PRIVATE PRACTICE IS DYING
In 1974, when I entered private practice, the vast majority of physicians were independent practitioners. The few physicians who were…
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