Dr. G Opines
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Drugs & Medications
TRIPTANS ARE BEST FOR MIGRAINES
Migraine headaches are truly a troublesome problem. Ask anyone who has experienced the pain and other symptoms associated with a…
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Drugs & Medications
LIPITOR: THIRTY YEARS OF BENEFIT
Lipitor (atorvastatin) has been in use in the U.S. since 1997 (28.5 years). It has been one of the most…
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Gastrointestinal Diseases
GLUTEN ENTEROPATHY
Recently, I was asked to write a blog about gluten and gluten enteropathy. It has taken a lot longer than…
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Cancer
REMEMBERING RARE AND ODD DISEASES
As regular “DrGOpines-ers” know well, on three recent occasions, I have written brief paragraphs explaining unusual diagnoses. Medical science, and…
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Drugs & Medications
GLP-1 DRUGS ARE TRULY MIRACULOUS
First came penicillin (1928) which cured many serious bacterial infections and stopped syphilis in its tracks. Then followed the genius…
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Cancer
WHAT’S THE GALLERI TEST?
The Galleri test is also called the Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED) test. It is, at this point, still considered to…
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Human Interest
CLASS BASKETBALL: BAD FOR INDIANA?
I think any “red-blooded” Hoosier fan my age (81) would agree that high school basketball, as we knew it, died…
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Drugs & Medications
THE PLACEBO EFFECT REVISITED
Several years ago, I wrote a blog titled “The Placebo Effect.” In it, I wrote about how important this psychological…
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Human Interest
THE NEW STATE OF IU BASKETBALL
Add: Had I waited one day before writing this, my concern would have been answered. The INDY STAR and Facebook,…
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Human Interest
A FEW MORE COMMON DIAGNOSES: HEARD OF THESE?
I realize I have written about the same subject the last two times, and the title of this post is…
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