Comments (16) | Post a CommentWhat's Causing That Pain in Your Feet?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Nov 14, 2008, 4:25 pm PSTI developed plantar fasciitis about 20 years ago. The most prominent symptom for me, as for many others, was terrible pain on first putting my feet on the floor when getting out of bed in the morning. These…Read More
Growth Hormones in Athletes: Do They Help?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, May 23, 2008, 12:56 pm PDTLast December's Mitchell Report described the widespread use of steroids and growth hormone by professional baseball players. Even though it's illegal to use growth hormone for any purpose other than to treat…Read More
Feeling Anxious? Your Thyroid May Be to Blame
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, May 02, 2008, 1:52 pm PDTWe have all experienced the nervousness and worry associated with preparing for an examination at school, beginning a new job, receiving an unexpected bill in the mail, or recalling a traumatic moment from the…Read More
Drugs in the Water: What Can We Do?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 9:27 pm PDTThe media now warns that our drinking water is contaminated with multiple pharmaceuticals.An Associated Press survey of the water supplies of 28 major metropolitan areas found small amounts of prescription and…Read More
Surgery for Spinal Stenosis
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Apr 04, 2008, 12:06 pm PDTSpinal stenosis is caused by a narrowing of the spinal canal that compresses the nerves, either within the spinal cord or as they leave the cord and pass through narrow openings in the spine. There has been…Read More
Anabolic Steroids in High School Athletics
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Thu, Jan 03, 2008, 2:54 pm PSTThe Mitchell Report on the use of performance-enhancing drugs by professional baseball players followed on the heels of Olympic-winning sprinter Marion Jones's losing her medals for using anabolic steroids. The…Read More
CT Scans and Cancer Risk: Should You Worry?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Dec 14, 2007, 12:55 am PSTThe use of computed tomography (CT) scans as a diagnostic tool has grown explosively over the past 25 years — from 3 million in 1980 to 62 million last year in the U.S. alone. Now we're getting worrisome news…Read More
Supplements for Knee Pain
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Oct 19, 2007, 4:47 pm PDTHurry, hurry, hurry! shouted a recent full-page ad in the Baltimore Sun: Call the Regional Hotline now to order the "amazing joint health miracle." The ad went on to warn that drug stores have already sold out…Read More
Tick Bites and Lyme Disease Prevention
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Mon, Aug 20, 2007, 9:42 am PDTConfirmed cases of Lyme disease have become more frequent in recent years, either because the infection is now more common or because greater awareness of the disorder has brought more cases to the attention of…Read More
Snakebit? Don't Waste Time on Ineffective Measures
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Jun 15, 2007, 11:16 am PDTBased on his more than 30 years of experience treating snakebite, physician Paul S. Auerbach of the Stanford University School of Medicine dispels some myths about what to do if bitten by a poisonous snake.He…Read More
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