Opinion

Footprints
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
In medicine, and in everyday life, we strive to do our best for ourselves and for those who need us.
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Hunt, gather, and turn on the Keurig
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
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
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
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
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
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
Seventy-five years after his death, the case of Babe Ruth still presents pertinent questions.
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Sick humor
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
We seek relief in humor, even (maybe especially) in bad situations of our own and others.
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Looking back and looking ahead
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Since becoming an attending physician 25 years ago, I’ve seen roughly 18,000 individual patients between my...
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Alzheimer’s disease: To treat or not?
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
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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Flying cars and subdermal labs
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
An experimental technology that utilizes patches with microneedles to measure interstitial fluid sounds...
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Safety first: Regulations
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Some see regulations as necessary to protect public safety, while others argue that they block innovation, success, and profits.
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You’ve been warned
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
If people want to smoke, I have a hard time believing that they’re unaware of the health risks.
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The timekeeper
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
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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What’s in a drug name?
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Brand names are generally shorter and easier to type, spell, pronounce, and remember than generic names....