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If the end justifies the means, then why not pay patients to take their medicine? The statistics are startling – 33% to 50% of patients don’t take their medications and 25% never get them filled …
I was recently asked by a patient to explain the steps involved in the V/Q scan or ventilation perfusion scan which we order if we suspect a pulmonary emboli (blood clot). Truth was, I’ve ordered …
It was just one of those weeks where every day consisted of some very challenging medical cases so much so that I wondered if there had been a full moon (nope it was a new …
They won’t kill you but the pain sure is breathtaking – just ask anyone who suffers from leg cramps in the middle of the night.
Medically referred to as “nocturnal leg cramps”, these severe muscle contractions …
A middle-aged woman who I’ll call Martha came to see me concerned about a neck mass and given her long smoking history, she admitted to being worried about lung cancer. This woman was thoughtful and articluate and …
Every other year since 1990, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) publishes data on youth associated risk behavior by monitoring six categories of behavior. The survey, officially entitled “Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance – U.S. 2009” (YRBS) …
New research has linked a brain hormone to panic attacks. Called orexin, this hormone is secreted in abnormally high amounts in those who suffer from panic attacks. Previous research showed that orexin regulates vigilance, arousal, wakefulness and …
Imagine being able to find metastatic dormant cancer cells far too small to be detected by MRI, CT or PET scans. Research being conducted at the University of Pennsylvania has successfully demonstrated this ability using animal models. …
The idea of preventing or even treating cancer with a vaccine has always faced a particular challenge: cancer cells originate in our bodies and a vaccine wouldn’t be able to distinguish good cells from bad ones. …
I recently had a patient ask about the use of antioxidants during chemotherapy. Although my patient didn’t have cancer – her family member did – I remembered reading about this when my mother was being …
