‘Dear Patients,This guide is one of a series of books meant to provide simple answers for day-to-day health questions. It is my effort to pass on 55 years of wisdom accrued as a child of a physician and as a Johns Hopkins-trained internist with over 30 years in practice. I hope this advice is helpful …
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UTI stands for Urinary Tract Infection….also know as a bladder infection. The are among the most common infections affecting adults in they used to be very easy to treat as the bacteria causing such infections were uniformly sensitive to all the various antibiotics we prescribe. But over the years, we are experiencing more and more …
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The internet is a great source for information, but the current method of searching for topics that are both useful and accurate leaves a lot to be desired. Too much of the internet is trying to sell or has an angle. What we need are solid unbiased resources, and that is something that I try …
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Back in my days at University of Iowa, I was fortunate to be instructed by two preeminent neurologist who specialized in STROKE and Vascular Neurology: Dr. Harold Adams and Dr. Jose Biller. Dr. Biller is now head of the department of Neurology at Loyola Medicine in Chicago, and his clarity of thought about stroke risk …
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I remember vividly the when CT scanners that were first put in The Johns Hopkins Hospital back in the 80’s. There were something like 5 scanners put in all at once. They were revolutionary and they blew our minds. The tests yielded grainy images and took an hour or more to construct via computer. Image …
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