Practice reminders about how to improve communications from you to us and vice versa so we can work most effectively on your behalf
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Prevnar is a new and additional vaccine against bacterial pneumonia intended to provide better pneumonia protection for older patients
Good beds make a good night’s sleep. The essence is a firm underneath in the mattress with a soft and resilient top. That can be accomplished relatively inexpensively with certain mattresses and foam or polyester toppers. Getting a mattress that requires a mortgage is not necessary nor superior.
New review of mammography in JAMA explores our lack of coherent or easily applied decision-making about the benefits and risks of the test and whether and when women should undergo screening mammograms
Recent hypertension guidelines by the ACC/AHA substantially relax treatment standards. I explain why I disagree with the changes, as do various other professional groups. Here’s the short story.
Hip and spine fractures caused by osteoporosis are serious. We can detect and treat osteoporosis safely and effectively. Here’s a quick update.
Last month the USPS Task Force released a comprehensive analysis of studies that looked at possible benefits of vitamins and vitamin/mineral combinations in reducing cancer and preventing heart disease. The report reiterated that they found no evidence that vitamins helped either class of disease.
We all can use practical help to maintain our weight. Many of us need a sustained plan to attain a proper body weight and avoid the adverse health consequences of diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease that frequently accompany overweight. Dr. Kanner’s short slide show has been helpful to many of his patients since its first posting in February 2008.
BMC Medicine article on DNA barcoding of randomly chosen herbal products yields troubling results.
The sky is falling. My headache must be a brain tumor. Advance catastrophication raises a patient’s anxiety and rarely is helpful. Doctors need to proceed thoroughly and calmly but still rationally protect against risk to the patient in a timely fashion.
