Procedures
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PET THERAPY AS TREATMENT FOR ANXIETY
In today’s high stress world, anywhere you go you may you may encounter a person accompanied by an animal. It…
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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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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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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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THE GALLERI TEST: “PROCEED WITH CAUTION”
On two previous occasions, I have written blogs about the MCED (Multi-Cancer Early Detection) test known commercially as the Galleri…
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STABLE CHEST PAIN? CCTA IS YOUR ANSWER
The information that follows may be as important as any previously reported here! I’m referring to a 2021 recommendation from…
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FASTING FOR BLOODWORK IS OUTDATED
Here’s something that might brighten your day. “It really doesn’t matter if you’re stomach is empty” [when you have blood…
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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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HYDROCEPHALUS—“Water on the Brain”
Recently, I’ve had occasion to know two people who were diagnosed with Hydrocephalus. Today, this is still a serious, relatively…
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ANTHEM BLUE CROSS COMES TO ITS SENSES
In one of the most tone deaf, uninformed, out-of-touch with reality decisions ever made in the history of American health…
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