Information about H1N1 influenza and the forthcoming vaccine continues to evolve. Here is a summary of our most recent updates and recommendations.
Why our health care system is so wonderful and so dysfunctional is an immensely complex tale that is of immediate political importance to understand. Introduction to a planned series of reports.
Fall is arriving, along with traditional influenza and the new swine flu. With appropriate precautions and available immunizations, we should all be able to enjoy a healthy season. Here is the current status and our recommendations.
An FDA advisory panel was widely reported last week to recommend banning Vicodin and Percocet because the committee believes the amount (500 mg) of Tylenol those drugs contain is dangerous and contributes to liver damage and fatalities. What should we do about Tylenol dosage in general?
The AMA opposes including a publicly run health insurance plan in reorganization of US health insurance. We at Orchard Health Care strongly feel precisely the opposite, that an available public plan is critical for any reform plan to succeed.
The New York Times lead story today was on the nationwide shortage of primary care physicians, which imperils the ability of the Obama administration to successfully implement health care reform.
A new flu epidemic, caused by an H1N1 virus that appears to be a relative of “swine flu,” has occurred in Mexico with numerous deaths, and with apparently much milder manifestations in the U.S. and elsewhere. How do we react?
Two large studies in the New England Journal of Medicine on prostate cancer PSA screening released yesterday provide data but not necessarily clarity.
If you require an MRI, you probably should remove any transdermal medication patches before you are scanned to avoid possible minor burns from possibly undisclosed metallic particle content in the patch.
Grapefruit juice impairs the breakdown of some important drugs, such as statins, but it is not an all or none issue. Small amounts may be reasonable.