Canadian pharmacies sometimes provide needed first-quality drugs at greatly reduced prices. GoodRx helps find drugs inexpensively at local pharmacies.
The Republican-passed American Health Care Act reintroduces medical underwriting and preexisting conditions into health care. It will take us back to the dark ages of health care that were even worse than you remember now.
I registered earlier this year with DPH to be able to offer medical marijuana to patients in Orchard Health Care who might possibly benefit from its use.
Getting you the medication I prescribe or you want often takes more time and energy because of drug formularies and obstacles such as “prior authorizations.” You should be aware of how complex it can be for all of us.
Narcotics are now more difficult to prescribe or to refill, because hard copy original signature prescriptions are required and refills are not allowed. In addition, there is electronic monitoring of all narcotics prescriptions.
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel just wrote a piece in the NY Times declaring the annual physical a waste of time and money. I contend he is wildly off base and his view is harmful to primary care.
Chest CT scans on an annual basis have been shown to find lung cancers in former long-term smokers early enough to reduce mortality by 20%. We should consider starting annual chest CTs for all current and former serious smokers.
An Op-Ed Commentary in the Lincoln Journal on March 7 reminded me that the forces of darkness and ignorance are alive and strong even in our communities. The writer proposed to remove fluoridation from our water despite almost seven decades of clearly beneficial results. I had to respond.
A front-page NY Times article about a Maryland doctor, “Family Physician Can’t Give Away Solo Practice” on page 1 April 23, 2011, explores the decline of personalized solo practice and acknowledges that “a centuries-old intimacy between doctor and patient” is being lost. Dr. Kanner comments in letter to editor.
If you are uninsured and need serious medical care, your costs are almost unimaginably higher than you pay as an insured person. Some illustrations to underscore why we must change the insurance rules to get everyone into the system.