Dr. Eve Sobel will join Dr. Kanner in Orchard Health Care on July 1. Meet and greet sessions are planned in May and June.
Recent SPRINT study showed that lowering the goal for treatment of high blood pressure to 120 systolic substantially reduced death from heart disease and stroke compared to older target of 140 systolic in older adults.
Seriously bad respiratory virus has been afflicting us since early March.
Please get your flu shots with us (or elsewhere) in the next few weeks if you haven’t yet done so.
Another study demonstrates that salt-restricted diets are not needed for most people in their 70’s. People with important heart and kidney disease are another story.
Common drugs with anticholinergic properties (such as older antihistamines, many antidepressants, and antispasmodics for the bladder and intestine, may impair memory and promote dementia if used for long periods.
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.
Tanning salons provide intense UV radiation that ages your skin and induces deadly skin cancers. How stupid to pay to seriously damage yourself.
Studies in exercise physiology may teach us more effective and efficient ways to exercise for our health. I intend to look carefully into this area.
Flu is here. This year’s vaccine is not spot on target but still clearly worthwhile. If you get flu symptoms, come in promptly for evaluation and testing and possible Tamiflu prescription.