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May 11, 2009 03:55 PM EDT -- My father was a doctor and used to tell me about one of his patients, who blamed his doctors for his ills: "I was fine before I came to see you but by the end of my first visit, I had high blood . . . more
March 09, 2009 10:36 AM EDT -- Some recent headlines about placebos and the placebo effect shocked me: Half of doctors prescribe placebos, survey shows (USA Today) U.S. Doctors Prescribe Drugs for Placebo Effect, Survey . . . more
March 04, 2009 02:18 PM EST -- Perhaps it does no good to worry, but that's exactly what many of us do when thinking about health and disease. I know I do. If you have ever tried to worry less about your health, you probably . . . more
December 22, 2008 12:55 PM EST -- One of my patients thought her previous doctor was "no good." She and her husband saw the same physician, and soon after her husband had a routine physical exam, he died suddenly. At . . . more
November 04, 2008 04:29 PM EST -- Life is full of warnings and, clearly, some are more helpful than others. But warning labels are so common that you may begin to ignore them. Or, you may not notice them at all. Just how should one respond . . . more
September 29, 2008 05:12 PM EDT -- “I’m sorry I don’t remember your name, I’ve seen so many doctors…and why are you here, again?” When I see patients in the hospital, I hear this a lot. That’s because people admitted to a hospital are . . . more
July 01, 2008 02:01 PM EDT -- I hear it all the time: "I can't take any medications. I'm allergic to everything!" Some of my patients provide a long list of medicines to which they are allergic, often ruling out . . . more
April 22, 2008 01:14 PM EDT -- The temptation is great. And, the convenience is irresistible. You don't feel well and there are remedies for the asking just down the road at your local convenience store. No prescription needed. . . . more
December 19, 2007 09:14 AM EST -- With all the pressure to do more for your health (Eat more vegetables! Take your vitamins! Drink more water!), it may be surprising to learn that in a number of situations, the problem is not too little, . . . more
October 10, 2007 03:22 PM EDT -- Many of my patients (and even more of my relatives) tell me that their arthritis pain is affected by weather. More remarkably, for many the joint symptoms precede weather changes.  Often my patients . . . more
September 04, 2007 04:31 PM EDT -- I just had The Test. It seems like it was only yesterday. Maybe it was yesterday. The details are fuzzy already. The truth is I can barely remember a thing. Having just turned 50, I was supposed to have . . . more
April 02, 2007 04:12 PM EDT -- April 2007 There may be more sources of health information today than there were even ten years ago, but that doesn't mean all of them are good. Inaccurate information continues to spread - whether . . . more
 
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