Are you Taking Heartburn Medication?

August 10, 2010

Have you ever heard of a proton pump inhibitor?  No, it is not from Star Trek!!!
Proton pump inhibitors are commonly prescribed medications that suppress acid in the stomach.  Many people know this as heartburn or reflux.  Taking these medications appears to be associated with fractures in postmenopausal women and bacterial infections in many patients.
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Miscarriage News

August 6, 2010

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As a father of four great kids, my wife and I have also had some experience with miscarriages.  After each miscarriage the doctors would tell us to wait six months before thinking about getting pregnant again.  A new study just released is shedding some light on when you should try to have another [...]

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Is Gisele Right?

August 5, 2010

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Unless you live in a cave, you have probably heard about Gisele Bundchen’s comments about breast feeding.  In a nutshell what Gisele says is it should be a law that you have to breastfeed your child for the first six months of the baby’s life.  Gisele went on to talk about how it helped [...]

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Case of the Month July 2010

August 2, 2010

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A patient, that we will call Ben, reported to my office with low back pain that was traveling down his right leg all the way to the foot.  Upon exam it was pretty clear to me that Ben had a pretty tough case of sciatica, and trust me when I tell this, sciatica [...]

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Summer Fun

July 28, 2010

Does anything say summer more than going to a game and having a hot dog or two or twenty!!

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There is a new trend at ball parks and arenas this year, buy a ticket and get all you can eat on select concessions.  Good idea? Sure.  Good for you?  Umm, no.
Typically when you get [...]

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Congrats to Harvard Medical School

July 21, 2010

Back in October I wrote an article about doctors getting paid to market drugs…you can read the article here.

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In this article I talk about Eli Lilly releasing data on how much money they pay Doctors to talk about their drugs.  I applauded them for it, and continue to do so.
It appears that Harvard Medical [...]

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Would You Want Your Eggs Harvested If You Had Passed Away?

July 15, 2010

There is an interesting article in the Boston Globe this morning about a young woman who was on life support after a heart attack.  The family made the decision to remove the breathing tube, however a few hours later, before she passed away, they asked the doctors to hook it back up.

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Glucosamine

July 8, 2010

Have you been taking Glucosamine for chronic low back pain?  A recent study has shown that this may not help when compared to a sugar pill, better known as a placebo.
I had no idea that more than 25% of people with chronic low back pain had tried Glucosamine at one point.
The article does mention some [...]

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Case of the Month June 2010

July 6, 2010

I got a frantic phone call last month from a patient we will call Mary.  Mary had been in an auto accident and was in severe pain.  Mary was stopped at a light when she got rear ended from behind.  The impact was so hard Mary hit the car in front of her.  Luckily Mary [...]

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Heart Attack on a Plate Anyone?

June 29, 2010

In a capitalistic society, do companies have any societal obligations or is it just a balance sheet driven world?  Let’s say a company is selling the absolute most un-healthy product you could imagine.  Is there any obligation to society to not produce this product?  What if you know you can sell millions of them and make your [...]

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