Comments (20) | Post a CommentYou Might Want to Put off That Knee Surgery
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Oct 24, 2008, 4:07 pm PDTMany thousands of patients with painful osteoarthritis of the knees are treated each year in the U.S. by arthroscopic surgery, a minimally invasive procedure where surgical instruments are inserted into the…Read More
Angioplasty for Chronic, Stable Angina?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Oct 17, 2008, 11:36 am PDTIf you are one of the estimated 9 million Americans with angina—chest pain resulting from narrowed coronary arteries — you and your doctor can choose from 3 treatment options: medical…Read More
Food Allergies: Some Annoying; Others Life-Threatening
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Oct 10, 2008, 8:39 am PDTFood allergies are adverse immune reactions to proteins in certain foods. About 1.5 million people in the United States are severely allergic to peanuts, and half of these are also allergic to tree nuts such as…Read More
Two Old Food Myths Exploded
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Oct 03, 2008, 2:21 am PDT"Avoid nuts and seeds if you have diverticulosis." Diverticulosis, sometimes referred to as diverticular disease, is characterized by outpouchings of the internal layer of the colon that can eventually form…Read More
Is the Flu Vaccine of Value for Older Individuals?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Thu, Sep 25, 2008, 10:13 am PDTYou may have seen newspaper stories lately questioning the value of flu shots in older individuals. I want to discuss that issue here.For almost 50 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…Read More
Flu Shot: Should You Get Vaccinated This Fall?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Thu, Sep 18, 2008, 6:08 pm PDTMost of the 5 percent to 20 percent of Americans who come down with influenza (flu) in a year have an unpleasant, short illness. The flu, however, can be quite dangerous to some: According to information from…Read More
Prescriptions Replacing Counseling In Many Cases
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Thu, Sep 11, 2008, 5:40 pm PDTI have a strong bias in favor of psychotherapy ("talk therapy" or "talk treatment"). This partiality may stem from my (limited) experiences dealing with psychiatric patients when I was a medical student, at a…Read More
Options to Prevent or Treat Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Mon, Sep 08, 2008, 2:30 pm PDTI see where the makers of Evista® (raloxifene) are offering a 30-day free trial of this drug, which lowers the risk of both osteoporosis and breast cancer in women who have gone through menopause. This gets me…Read More
What's the Fastest Growing Cancer Diagnosis in U.S.?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Sep 05, 2008, 9:54 am PDTA full-page ad in a recent Time magazine, paid for by the Light of Light Foundation, recommends that you ask your doctor to check your neck for thyroid nodules — abnormal growths that form a lump in the…Read More
Older Men and Prostate Screenings
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Wed, Sep 03, 2008, 3:44 pm PDTIn a recent blog, I described the unpleasant symptoms suffered by an elderly colleague who underwent hormone treatment for recently discovered prostate cancer. He might have been spared those ill effects if the…Read More
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