"This blog was developed to provide medical updates that are important and have my perspective as additional insight."
In his new book Hair: A Human History, Kurt Stenn explains a myriad of facets about hair growth and it’s distribution and development in humans, but of great interest to me was his explanation as to why hair has four phases of growth, like the four seasons. It is because our descendents, mammals had to grow …
A patient of ours, Brad Gerson, is doing good work in The Valley, bringing hearing aids to those who cannot afford such devices and who are in need. They do this by refurbishing old hearing aids that patients are no longer using, and they are looking both for donations of such hearing aids, and for …
Great institutions of medicine are resources for patients worldwide. When I studied at Johns Hopkins Hospital and University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics I developed a great deal of respect for the power and potential of these entities. On the west coast, we have other great institutions are are the equal to those back east, …
Blink Health ( https://www.blinkhealth.com ) is a new online service that is helping locate the cheapest generic medication in your area. This is sorely needed and has been lacking since Drugstore.com and Costco.com removed online information on their prices. Why is it that we can find out the financial information and secrets of others, but …
With all of the news about PPI medications and issues of kidney concerns and dementia concerns, I think it is wise to catch our breath and maintain some perspective. The jury is out on this topic. PPI’s are great medications and the topic of quitting PPI’s is always worth exploring, but I have written extensively …
Yes…it’s an old joke and we all know it. The answer to our question is ….”Practice, practice, practice.” This old joke fits in with my follow-up post about ZE & PPI medications because the story of why we hear so many criticisms about PPI medication is based on how assistant professors become professors. How?….Not practice, …
There are always changes going on with insurance and medication insurance coverage, and one of the most curious phenomenon is ‘uncovered’ medications. Medicines that insurance used to pay for, but they no longer do. This includes a variety of medications: sleeping pills, muscle relaxers, anxiety medications, and hormones….to list just a few. The reason they …
What is a beta blocker and why should you care? Well, because they are among the great pharmaceutical discoveries of the 20th century, and they are useful in so many ways. Perhaps you could benefit from a beta blocker. What is a beta blocker? It is a chemical that blocks the action of adrenaline …
The other day a patient asked me about my hobbies. Aside from doing some exercise, reading, and involving myself in my kids lives (to the extent that want such)….my hobbies are medicine and my website (which is to say….also medicine). It is this passion for what I do that keeps me motivated and engaged and …