I worked in a nursing home for many years and as a team, we did our best to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations of our residents. We did this by talking with residents and their families about …

Golden Rain Acacia
Cytisine is extracted from the seeds of the Golden Rain acacia and has been used for about 40 years in “former socialist economy countries” as an inexpensive aid to smoking cessation. It …

A fistula is an opening between two parts of the body that don’t normally exist. These abnormal openings develop for any number of reasons: infection, trauma, or medical conditions that predispose the individual to developing …

I’ve been thinking about the emotional toll on cancer survivors who experience a recurrence of their disease since several of my patients are currently undergoing further testing and evaluation for possible breast cancer recurrence. For …

Several recent studies of adult African, heterosexual men, show that the risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases are significantly reduced in those who were circumcised. This has prompted interest in trends in circumcision …

Sometimes things get “fixed” and it really just gets broken more. Such is the case with the state of health care in this country and for patients who do not earn living wages. For those …

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released new statistics on the number of people who survive a cardiac arrest that occurs outside of a hospital setting. It was nothing short of appalling: 92% of people …

A herniated disc, often called a “slipped disc”, is a protrusion of the soft cushion located between each vertebrae. This cushion is made up of two layers: a soft inner jelly wrapped in a fibrous …

It was an extremely busy day – I had 4 patients that I needed to send for urgent diagnostic work-ups: two patients with an acute abdomen, one elderly pt with a TIA and another with severe shortness of …

Generally speaking, the earlier during perimenopause a woman develops hot flashes, the more likely it is that she will continue to experience it years after her periods end.
A small study of 349 women who were …