Reforming American Health Care Through Preventive Medicine The central vision of Preventive Medicine must be to keep patients healthy by effectively changing unhealthy lifestyles to avoid treatment requiring ailments. As a consequence, many fewer patients become sick or admitted into the hospital with expensive illnesses. This emphasis on prevention in public health care … [Read more...]

Setting People Up To Get Knocked Down Tennessee Ernie Ford sang "Sixteen Tons" when I was a young kid. There is a crucial line in that song that basically explains when you do things wrong, you can get hurt by any of several different methods. "If the right hand don't getcha, then the left one will." There is much concern about what causes diabetes, gallstones, cancer of the … [Read more...]

To My Patients About "Running On Time or Late" I am concerned with your needs and time requirements. You need to understand that this office runs quite a bit differently. Unfortunately, but like many other physicians, I run late. To be truthful, I spend a lot of time with my patients, telephone calls are put through and dealt with, and at times there are tasks and … [Read more...]