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Game Changer-Evidence Supporting Treating Acute Venous Thromboembolism As An Outpatient

In the September 17, 2014 JAMA journal, a well documented evidenced-based review on the management of acute venous thromboembolism shows that in the majority of

November 23, 2014 No Comments

May Is High Blood Pressure Education Month

The AMA this week featured an article reminding us that we can prevent 1 of 3 deaths from cardiovascular disease, the number one killer in

May 20, 2014 2 Comments

Patents on “reinvented” medications lead to higher insurance premiums

Earlier this week a patient of mine showed me another reformulation of Minocycline- this time for a mouth rinse for periodontal disease. It was going

May 17, 2014 4 Comments

It Is Time To Speak Up About The Medicare Payments To Doctors Data Dump

The siege against the doctors continues. For decades some have been asking the government to report what they have been paying the individual doctors for

April 27, 2014 No Comments

It is Busy Season in Fort Myers Florida

It is Busy Season in Fort Myers Florida.

April 15, 2014 12 Comments

It is Busy Season in Fort Myers Florida

As I was winding down my office business today I realized I haven’t blogged for a bit of time. There have been plenty of things

April 15, 2014 1 Comment

New Anticoagulants Prove to be Safe and Effective

In the recent February edition of Cardiology today a large data set (meta-analysis) that incorporated over 70,000 people supported the favorable risk-benefit profile for the

March 8, 2014 No Comments

Medical Marijuana Back in the News – This Time For Seizures

This past week or so America is reading about how parents are carting up their kids and moving to Colorado in order to receive “Medical

March 1, 2014 1 Comment

The Benefits of Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Omega -3 fatty acids are in the news a lot lately. This recent posting indicates brain atrophy with aging is linked to low measured omega-3

January 28, 2014 4 Comments