What is At-Home Genetic Testing? Understanding what an at-home test will – and will not – tell you For a price (typically several hundred to a thousand dollars) you can order a genetic testing kit online or by phone. You’ll…
I haven’t blogged for awhile. I haven’t been inspired. Now I have just finished my notes for Friday. It was a busy day and I left the office before I had finished all my documentation. That happens often. I get…
This article is from Kaiser Health News. It also was mentioned on NPR and The Rivard Report. We’re still waiting on our quadrivalent vaccine to come in. The pharmacies are 600 pound gorillas and get theirs first. As this article…
Here are a couple of recent articles dealing with the type of a fat in the diet and mortality and obesity and mortality. Being Modestly Overweight Linked to Increased All-Cause Mortality Risk By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD,…
Antibiotics are often prescribed for upper respiratory tract infections inappropriately. According to the most recent study, 1/3 of antibiotics are prescribed inappropriately. Overuse of antibiotics leads to resistance of bacteria. Here is a summary of a recent JAMA article from…
It’s never too late. From a recent review article on smoking cessation from the Annals of Internal Medicine. Even patients who have lung cancer have an average survival that is longer in those who quit smoking than those who continue…
We are constantly bombarded with medical news. It is part of the fodder of the news media. The problem with this is that information is not all of the same caliber. It doesn’t all carry the same weight. Case in…