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I have not started anyone on dabigatran, a newer oral anticoagulant that doesn’t require frequent blood monitoring of a patient’s INR, (blood clotting time) and is not affected by diet. For patients on warfarin …
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A new study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that emergency hospitalizations in the elderly resulted not from medications that carry a warning about adverse side effects but from …
Bone on bone – ask any person with an osteoarthritic knee what that feels like! Up until now, treatment has consisted of replacing the knee joint but a small trial of 20 patients in the …
Think of it: 100 trillion microbes inhabit our bodies – that outnumbers our cells by 10 to 1. The Human Microbiome Project (HMP) plans on mapping the composition of microbes that inhabit our body in …
A recent study published last month in The Physician and Sportsmedicine found that aging does not have to make us feeble – but only as long as we exercise. Typically, muscle mass (and therefore, strength) …
It’s a scenario that I’ve seen in more than one patient: a significant amount of weight is lost because of a restrictive diet only to be regained when the restrictions are eased.
A recent study published in the …
A judge today blocked a rule that would have required tobacco companies to show graphic images (follow this link to see picture of the packaging) depicting the possible consequences of smoking on cigarette packaging. Apparently the rule, which was …
I never find facts about handwashing boring – and it occurs to me that others probably do so before you tune out here’s something new I just learned: it doesn’t matter if you wash your …
We recently installed a new countertop in our kitchen and I wanted to go with a light color because I found it difficult to tell if the older, darker countertop was always clean. I’m glad …
There’s a reason the FDA prohibits restaurants and food establishments from using sponges to make the final wipe of surfaces that come into contact with food. Sponges are riddled with holes that can harbor microorganisms …
