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'Cramps' Rhymes With 'Stamps'; Here's How to Lick 'Em Feb. 05, 2019
Class is in session. Today's topic isn't the sexiest, but if you've ever had a muscle cramp during s... Read More
Polis Aims to Reinvent Health Care Jan. 28, 2019
Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado took bold action Wednesday to pursue lower prices and better access to ... Read More
Vitamin D and Diabetes Jan. 25, 2019
Vitamin D may play a significant role in helping people with prediabetes not develop the disease. In... Read More
Illiteracy in the Old Jan. 16, 2019
Roughly 90 percent of Americans age 65 and older use prescription drugs, with an average 20 prescrip... Read More
My New Year's Gift to Conservatives AND Liberals Jan. 06, 2019
Happy New Year. In my next column, I'll get back to the business of debating politics. Today's colum... Read More
Too Much Attention? Dec. 26, 2018
The rate of diagnosis for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children has nearly doubled ov... Read More
Weighing a Doctor's Advice on Nutritional Supplements Dec. 21, 2018
Last month, I reported on vitamin and mineral supplements that roughly half of all Americans routine... Read More
Congress Must Fix Dysfunctional Obamacare Dec. 21, 2018
Until a year ago, Obamacare's fans could continue to pretend the emperor wasn't naked. Their scheme ... Read More
Punishing Patients Won't Reduce Opioid Deaths: A New Medicare Prescription Rule Will Aggravate Undertreatment of Pain Dec. 19, 2018
A patient with metastatic prostate cancer tried to kill himself after he could not get the medicatio... Read More
Raise Compassionate and Responsible Children Dec. 18, 2018
Dear Annie: I just finished watching a piece on the news about young people assaulting others and ca... Read More
His Motivation Was Love Dec. 12, 2018
At 6 feet, 2 inches and 275 pounds, Daniel Huffman was the co-captain and a star defensive tackle on... Read More
A Wake-Up Call for the Sleep-Deprived Dec. 07, 2018
What is a person to do when two essential habits of busy health-minded Americans come into conflict ... Read More
Fentanyl Is the Latest Deadly Twist in America's Continuing Opioid Epidemic Dec. 05, 2018
The opioid epidemic has a deadly new star: fentanyl, which is easier to overdose with than prescript... Read More
Vaccine Rates Get Shot in the Arm Dec. 05, 2018
Since 2015, when California legislators banned nonmedical vaccine exemptions, more and more kinderga... Read More
Can Vitamin D Help Prevent Diabetes? Nov. 30, 2018
Three in 4 Americans have a vitamin D deficiency, according to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetic... Read More
Fighting the Myths Behind the No-Vaccination Movement Nov. 29, 2018
According to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of childr... Read More
Cherry-Picked Nov. 28, 2018
The Food and Drug Administration is charged with defining what is and is not a specific food. Right ... Read More
Under the Weather? How You Can Weather the Storm Nov. 27, 2018
Sickness happens. It's part of life, the not-fun part. Even though you're a ferocious warrior for yo... Read More
Study Highlights Importance of Listening Nov. 26, 2018
One of the greatest attributes a physician can have is the ability to listen. And two recent studies... Read More
Conservative States Move Toward Medicaid Expansion Nov. 23, 2018
The American people are taking Medicaid expansion into their hands. It should be a lesson for Florid... Read More
