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    Footprints

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: September 28, 2023

    In medicine, and in everyday life, we strive to do our best for ourselves and for those who need us.

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    Opinion

    Hunt, gather, and turn on the Keurig

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: September 18, 2023

    Over the millennia we’ve changed daily routines from something critical for survival to what we need for individual success in a chosen field.

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    Dusty, but still cool

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: September 11, 2023

    In life, as in medicine, priorities change and evolve with the times.

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    The magic of music

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: September 5, 2023

    Music is a part of that mysterious essence that makes us human. It touches all of us in some way.

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    It’s not an assembly line

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: August 29, 2023

    Private equity buyouts may benefit some businesses, but medical practices are not one of them.

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    Buyer beware

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: August 22, 2023

    Advertisements for unproven treatments abound, and it is up to the consumer to judge the merits of such “sketchy...

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    Babe Ruth’s unique cane, and why he used it

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: August 2, 2023

    Seventy-five years after his death, the case of Babe Ruth still presents pertinent questions.

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    Opinion

    Sick humor

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: July 28, 2023

    We seek relief in humor, even (maybe especially) in bad situations of our own and others.

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    Opinion

    Looking back and looking ahead

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: July 18, 2023

    Since becoming an attending physician 25 years ago, I’ve seen roughly 18,000 individual patients between my...

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    Opinion

    Alzheimer’s disease: To treat or not?

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: July 10, 2023

    Whether Alzheimer’s treatment should be a full-court press or not is a glass half-full or half-empty question...

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    Opinion

    Flying cars and subdermal labs

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: July 7, 2023

    An experimental technology that utilizes patches with microneedles to measure interstitial fluid sounds...

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    Opinion

    Safety first: Regulations

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: June 30, 2023

    Some see regulations as necessary to protect public safety, while others argue that they block innovation, success, and profits.

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    Opinion

    You’ve been warned

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: June 19, 2023

    If people want to smoke, I have a hard time believing that they’re unaware of the health risks.

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    Opinion

    The timekeeper

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: June 13, 2023

    Over time this whimsical character and the calendar blocks he holds have taken on a bigger significance, quietly counting out the days of my...

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    Opinion

    What’s in a drug name?

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: June 5, 2023

    Brand names are generally shorter and easier to type, spell, pronounce, and remember than generic names....

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