Dr. G Opines
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A Day in the Life Scenarios
A WEEK AS AN AVERAGE FAMILY PHYSICIAN
Family Physicians are the “Jack-of-all-trades” of physicians. They focus on disease prevention, the overall coordination of care, provide a wide…
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Drugs & Medications
DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER DRUG ADVERTISING
From the day it began, I have been annoyed by, and disagreed with, the use of direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription…
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A Day in the Life Scenarios
FAMILY PHYSICIANS ESSENTIAL TO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
Family physicians are “the front door for people seeking health and healing, and connection…” That “hallowed role….has been relegated to…
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Human Interest
SOCIAL MEDIA
When we hear the term media we immediately equate it with any method of mass communication such as newspapers, magazines,…
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Drugs & Medications
BLADDER INFECTIONS AND CRANBERRY JUICE!
Antibiotic resistance has become a big problem in today’s medical world. The overprescribing of antibiotics has enabled bacteria to mutate…
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Human Interest
INDY 500 STIRS EMOTIONS!
If you’ve ever been to the Indy 500, at some point in the pre-race ceremonies you become overwhelmed with emotion.…
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Heart Disease
CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY STAGNANT, RISK FACTOR PREVALENCE WORSE!
Most of us are aware of the risk factors for cardiovascular disease. We hear about them in public service announcements,…
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Personal History
EVEN THE BEST DOCTORS ARE SUED!
A recent article in Medical Economics online magazine states that 31% of physicians are sued at some point in their…
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End of life Issues
BRAIN DEATH: MORE CONFUSING THAN HELPFUL!
Three years ago I published a blog post on brain death. It was an in-depth analysis of the criteria and…
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Preventive Medicine
DIETARY SUGAR AND HEALTH OUTCOMES
It’s old news that the sugar in our foods and beverages is not good for us. It’s a well-known fact…
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