Commentary
January 14, 2018
Who Knew? Cleaning Stainless Coffee Carafes
Frustrated by the apparently simple problem of cleaning the oily residue – that adversely affects coffee flavor – from a stainless steel coffee carafe, I was determined to find an answer. As it turns out, the answer is really simple!
January 14, 2018
Stairs Can Hurt You at Home
Stairs at home can be dangerous and are a frequent source of significant injury.
January 13, 2018
Drugs From Canada
Canadian pharmacies sometimes provide needed first-quality drugs at greatly reduced prices. GoodRx helps find drugs inexpensively at local pharmacies.
December 6, 2017
Shingrix: New! Improved! Shingles Vaccine Coming
Shingrix is a new highly effective vaccine for shingles (herpes zoster) infections that has been approved by the FDA and will be available early in 2018. We plan to offer it to everyone over age 50, including those of you who have had Zostavax or had the shingles infection. Shingles is chicken-pox revisited.
May 8, 2017
We Are All Preexisting Conditions
The Republican-passed American Health Care Act reintroduces medical underwriting and preexisting conditions into health care. It will take us back to the dark ages of health care that were even worse than you remember now.
March 1, 2015
Prescriptions and Prior Authorizations
Getting you the medication I prescribe or you want often takes more time and energy because of drug formularies and obstacles such as "prior authorizations." You should be aware of how complex it can be for all of us.
February 2, 2015
Salt, More Salt, Yet Again
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.
January 31, 2015
Benadryl, Amitriptyline May Promote Dementia
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.
January 11, 2015
Annual “Physical” Without Value? I Think Not.
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.
January 11, 2015
Tanning Beds Are Stupid and Dangerous
Tanning salons provide intense UV radiation that ages your skin and induces deadly skin cancers. How stupid to pay to seriously damage yourself.
December 28, 2014
Eat or Be Eaten, Dominance, Sex: Animal Life
Watching large animals in the wild led me to reflect on the human condition
November 23, 2014
Comfortable Beds
Good beds make a good night's sleep. The essence is a firm underneath in the mattress with a soft and resilient top. That can be accomplished relatively inexpensively with certain mattresses and foam or polyester toppers. Getting a mattress that requires a mortgage is not necessary nor superior.