Preventive Medicine
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OBESITY: AN AMERICAN EPIDEMIC
Obesity is an all-too-common metabolic disease that is the substrate/foundation of so many other illnesses. Diseases such as diabetes, heart…
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ESTROGEN OR NO ESTROGEN; THAT’S THE MENOPAUSAL QUESTION!
The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) probably had the most profound effect on the treatment of menopause than any other single…
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NOW THERE’S PROOF STEPS HELP
Last month, I wrote an article about the proposal to make daily step-counting the 5th vital sign. The number of…
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POST-MI BETA BLOCKER USE SHOULD CEASE
On August 6, 2025, DrGOpines.com posted an article titled “Post-MI Beta Blockers Questioned.” In it, the routine prescribing of Beta…
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NOW EVEN CHICKEN IS BAD FOR YOU!
Poultry, particularly chicken, has been, up until recently, the healthy food choice. It has had the blessing of nutritionists as…
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A PACEMAKER TO LOWER HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE??
I didn’t know this but every year, “more than one million patients are implanted with pacemakers.” Of those millions, over…
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DAILY STEP COUNT REPLACES PAIN AS 5TH VITAL SIGN
For a number of years, pain was designated as “the fifth vital sign.” Unlike the other four vital signs, temperature,…
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DIET DRINKS NOT HEALTHIER
Have you been to McDonald’s and watched people order a Big Mac, large fries, and a chocolate chip cookie then…
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MEDICAL “MISINFORMATION”
I fear I may be “wading into shark-infested waters” when I approach the subject in the title of this article.…
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ABOLISH THE USPSTF?
Abolishing the well-entrenched, forty-plus year old, highly-respected, 16-member institution called the United States Preventive Services Task Force, or USPSTF, will…
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