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Postinfectious Cough by Dr. Matthew M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I am not a huge baseball fan to begin with, and when I am, I route for the Nationals. Thus, I pay little attention to the New York Yankees, and was not aware that Yankee pl ... Read on »

Prior Authorizations Suck by Dr. Matthew M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine "Suck" is a word I seldom use. It's a word I ask my children not to use. However, in this case the word is appropriate. If as a patient, you have ever had a delay in gettin ... Read on »

How the Government Plans to Lower Cost by Eliminating Doctors and Shifting Costs to Patients by Dr. Matthew M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine In our world of 24/7 media, where we seem to hear about the next big cure, important dietary change or very dangerous drug virtually every day, it is hard to believe that th ... Read on »

Questions Are the Answer by Dr. Matthew M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine One of the advantages of having a blog has given me incredible opportunities to works with so many doctors, patients and others interested in health care. However, one ... Read on »

Do Not Stop Your Statins by Dr. Matthew M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine As my tween daughter would say, "OMG!" The media is a buzz with the news that the FDA is changing the warnings on statins. The New York Times claims " Safety Alerts Cite C ... Read on »

Your Fired! Can Doctors Fire Their Patients? by Dr. Matthew M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine In today’s Wall Street Journal, and article that is getting a lot of attention is More Doctors 'Fire' Vaccine Refusers . The article discussing the increasing frequency of p ... Read on »

I'm Your Cook, Not Your Doctor by Dr. Matthew M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Today on NBC's today show , celebrity chef Paula Deen confirmed she had Type 2 diabetes. She was diagnosed 3 years ago, but only decided to come out today. She also mentio ... Read on »

Nicotine Patches Do Work! by Dr. Matthew M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Here is another example of less than responsible journalism. Both the Wall Street Journal and Fox News report "Quit smoking: A new case for going cold turkey." Even NPR aske ... Read on »

Retainer, Concierge and Boutique Medicine are Not the Same Thing by Dr. Matthew M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Health care is in crisis. Reimbursements from insurance companies continue to dwindle, while the expenses of running an office continue to rise. Looming cuts in Medicare ... Read on »

Statins and Prostate Cancer by Dr. Matthew M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The Wall Street Journal is reporting on a study published in the journal Cancer , and described by Reuters that links statins to reducing the risk of prostate cancer. Acc ... Read on »

More Evidence that Lantus Causes Cancer by Dr. Matthew M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine There is a new study reported in Bloomberg this morning that Sanofi’s Lantus Doubled Cancer Risk in Study of Diabetics . The study, which was presented yesterday at the San ... Read on »

No Medicare "Doc Fix" Could Result in Over 50% Salary Cut to Primary Care Physicians by Dr. Matthew M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Fortunately, the 27% reduction in Medicare payments to physicians that is set to take place in a matter of weeks unless congress acts is getting some press. Fox News publi ... Read on »

Industry Funded Studies by Dr. Matthew M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine One of the advantages of being a blogger is the comments, feedback and communications I receive from readers. Though not all of it is positive, many of these interactions w ... Read on »

PSA: To Screen or Not to Screen by Dr. Matthew M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine There has been much confusion/concern/media attention since the recent announcement (see the NY Times article US Panel Says No to Prostate Screening for Healthy Men ) that P ... Read on »

Is meaningful use the right incentive to get physician's to use EMR's? by Dr. Matthew M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Before I took over one of the classes that now teach at the medical school, I asked students why the value of that class was so low. One of the reasons they gave was that i ... Read on »

Disappointing Results for Crestor by Dr. Matthew M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine In my recent post All in for Crestor , I discussed how the SATURN study comparing Crestor to Lipitor was likely a make or break study for AstraZenca's cholesterol pill. As ... Read on »

All In For Crestor by Dr. Matthew M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The American Heart Association will be holding its annual meeting this November. Cardiobrief.org just posted the announced "late-breaking" clinical trials. These are the bi ... Read on »

Why OTC Lipitor is a Bad Idea by Dr. Matthew M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine As reported by the Wall Street Journal , Pfizer, the maker of one the best selling drugs ever, is trying to get the FDA to approve an Over the Counter (OTC) version of their ... Read on »

Chantix should not be withdrawn. by Dr. Matthew M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Despite the rising rates of obesity, smoking is still the single leading cause of preventable death in the US. Quitting smoking is very difficult because one needs to addre ... Read on »

Paying For Your Time by Dr. Matthew M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine There has been a lot of Internet/Twitter buzz regarding a recent CNN article " Would your doctor pay for wasted time ?" by Elizabeth Cohen. The premise of the article is th ... Read on »

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