Procedures
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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FASTING FOR BLOODWORK IS OUTDATED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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MEDICAL NEWS BRIEFS #25
More Studies Confirm SEMAGLUTIDE’S Superiority: Additional scientific studies have once again shown semaglutide’s superiority to all other GLP-1 receptor agonists…
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TREATING A MISCARRIAGE IS NOT A CRIMINAL ACT!
I have seen numerous political ads on TV, recently, alleging that doctors who treat women after a spontaneous miscarriage are…
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ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT)
ECT, electroconvulsive therapy, is one of the more controversial treatments in all of medicine. Clinicians, administrators, psychiatrists, proponents, detractors, and…
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HEARING LOSS: MORE DISABLING THAN YOU THINK
Being hard of hearing is far more disabling than people think. Folks who are deaf from birth live in a…
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HEMORRHOIDS
Four years ago, I wrote a blog on common anorectal problems. Among those, the most common was hemorrhoids. In one…
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