Health Blogs

Medications used to treat migraines show no real difference in effectiveness. Those were the findings from a recent large review of previous studies. This is important to you if you are paying a ton ... Read More »

Making health care safer, that’s what we all want. Medical mistakes contribute to unnecessary deaths each year, many of these during a hospital stay. To improve patient safety, the healthcare ... Read More »

When was the last time you cracked open a fortune cookie? Those little slips of paper, filled with uplifting, motivational messages, always seem to brighten our days. Snippets of inspiration such ... Read More »

Flu stories are all over the news. As a primary care doctor, here are the questions I think you should be asking at this point in the flu season. 1. Am I too late for the flu shot? No, ... Read More »

Every year new medications and study results change the way we practice medicine. Many families will be affected by these new updates and recommendations. Innovation in medicine and science is ... Read More »

Doctor avoiders, we all know and love them. Trust me, I understand when inertia has kept you away from the doctor and it feels kind of good. But then it gets weird; so keep these things in mind ... Read More »

Physical ailments are pretty much a given as one ages and the healthcare system in the US is attempting to gear up for what’s been termed the “silver tsunami”—in other words, the aging of ... Read More »

For physicians and patients the 2012 presidential election profoundly influenced the future of our healthcare system. Controlling healthcare costs and thus controlling our debt is important to us as ... Read More »

I didn’t travel outside of this country until I was 30 years old. I had such a narrow understanding of the differences of cultures on this planet and really had very little appreciation for the ... Read More »