Comments (5) | Post a CommentPrescription Errors: Don't Be a Victim
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Tue, Mar 10, 2009, 2:55 pm PDTMedication errors are common, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) estimates that 10 percent to 15 percent of these errors are caused by drug-name confusion. Confusing namesTrade names are chosen by…Read More
Screening Elderly Patients for Cancer
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Mon, Mar 09, 2009, 3:52 pm PDTIn August of 2008, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), a government-appointed panel of medical experts, said they were moderately certain that, for men aged 75 years or older, the potential harms…Read More
Are You Wasting Money on Multivitamins?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Wed, Feb 11, 2009, 3:28 pm PSTAdvertisements with tantalizing promises of improved health, prevention of cancer and heart disease, and greater energy have lured millions of Americans to spend billions of dollars on the purchase of…Read More
Do Healthy Adults Need an Annual Physical Exam?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Jul 11, 2008, 1:56 pm PDTThe American Medical Association (AMA) began advocating a comprehensive annual physical exam in the 1920s. For many years, this exam was quite simple and straightforward; it consisted of the doctor inquiring…Read More
Genetic Testing Do's and Don'ts
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Tue, Jun 24, 2008, 6:42 pm PDTUp until now, many people have been afraid to submit to genetic testing for fear that abnormal results might adversely affect their health insurance premiums or place their jobs at risk. These same fears have…Read More
Getting a Doctor's Appointment May Get Harder
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Tue, Jun 17, 2008, 4:41 pm PDTYou may have had the same experience as my daughter. Her long-time physician retired, and she's had a hard time finding another one to take his place. Why are there too few physicians? Mostly because U.S.…Read More
Feeling Cold? Could Be Your Thyroid
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Thu, Jun 12, 2008, 11:32 am PDTFor many years, my wife has had to put on sweaters when I was perfectly comfortable in the house. This winter, however, I was the one who kept turning up the thermostat. Noticing this strange turn of events, my…Read More
Medical Articles - Written by Scientists or Ghostwriters?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Sun, Apr 27, 2008, 2:28 am PDTTwo articles and an editorial in the April 16 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) describe articles ghostwritten by employees of Merck & Company or by outside writers hired by Merck.…Read More
Prostate Cancer: Genetic Predisposition
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Wed, Apr 02, 2008, 11:19 am PDTA hereditary predisposition to prostate cancer has been recognized for many years. For example, the risk for prostate cancer is about doubled in men who have a brother or father with prostate cancer compared…Read More
What's the Best Treatment for Prostate Cancer?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Sat, Mar 01, 2008, 5:57 am PSTMen diagnosed with prostate cancer can now choose from at least four treatment options: Watchful waiting, radical prostatectomy, external beam radiation, and implantation of radioactive "seeds" into the…Read More
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