Allan M. Block, MD

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VA Versus the Private Sector — No Contest? Think Again

Author:: Allan M. Block, MD

Publish date: January 29, 2024

Maybe it’s time to stop laughing at the VA and realize they’re doing something right.

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A Healthy Dose of Superstition

Author:: Allan M. Block, MD

Publish date: January 23, 2024

It’s one thing to say a superstition is silly. It’s another to actually convince your primeval self of it.

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Coffee, COVID, and the Universal Antimicrobial

Author:: Allan M. Block, MD

Publish date: January 17, 2024

Just because something seems promising in early studies doesn’t mean it will pan out.

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Zoom: Convenient and Imperfect

Author:: Allan M. Block, MD

Publish date: January 9, 2024

What conference calling doesn’t convey is as important as what it does, and virtual is never a perfect...

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Taking Stock, With Gratitude

Author:: Allan M. Block, MD

Publish date: January 2, 2024

Regardless of what you celebrate, it’s a good time to take stock of your blessings.

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MediFinders Keepers ... Unfortunately

Author:: Allan M. Block, MD

Publish date: December 19, 2023

Like the “once in, never out” issue with a wrong diagnosis in the EMR, erroneous professional information on the Internet probably isn’t going to...

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EMRs: gumming up the works

Author:: Allan M. Block, MD

Publish date: December 6, 2023

EMRs, while well-intentioned, have taken the benefits of computer data storage and retrieval and twisted them...

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In general, I’m happy

Author:: Allan M. Block, MD

Publish date: November 29, 2023

Subspecialists are important to maintain medical excellence, but we still need people willing to do general...

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Staying in my lane

Author:: Allan M. Block, MD

Publish date: November 22, 2023

Part of life is accepting what you can and can’t do.

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Marketing the meds

Author:: Allan M. Block, MD

Publish date: November 13, 2023

Perhaps a portion of the significant amount of money spent on pharmaceutical marketing, branding, and...

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The placebo effect

Author:: Allan M. Block, MD

Publish date: November 7, 2023

Accumulating evidence suggests that some ingredients in over-the-counter cold and cough remedies are ineffective...

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Thinking about masks

Author:: Allan M. Block, MD

Publish date: October 27, 2023

While nothing is 100% successful, masks put a respiratory filter of sorts between us and the world (and vice versa).

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Where do you stand on the Middle East conflict?

Author:: Allan M. Block, MD

Publish date: October 18, 2023

The situation in the Middle East, serious as it may be, is not part of the doctor-patient relationship any more...

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Take two pills and make a donation

Author:: Allan M. Block, MD

Publish date: October 10, 2023

To actively solicit donations from someone under your care is tasteless and inappropriate.

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I’ll make a note of that

Author:: Allan M. Block, MD

Publish date: October 2, 2023

As technology advances us toward a digital, paperless world, paper – for better or worse – still has its place...

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