Opinion
The desk
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
I’d much rather have my patients and I talk while sitting across my desk, in comfortable chairs, then in a sterile exam room with them on the exam...
Opinion
Fast, cheap ... or accurate?
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
As primary care doctor visit times shorten, the likelihood of inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics, opioids, and benzodiazepines increases.
Opinion
Dodging PE
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
A kindness from childhood is paid back in adulthood.
Opinion
Incommunicado no more
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
We’ve accepted the trade-off of better connectivity with family and friends for expanding our time at work.
Opinion
Alzheimer’s disease: What is ‘clinically meaningful’?
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Do we need to lower the bar in Alzheimer’s disease drug trials?
Opinion
The way I see it
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
One of the remarkable things about the brain is how it works very hard to keep us from realizing what it’s doing in the background.
Opinion
Scams
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
All that the scammers need is one sucker to hit the jackpot.
Opinion
Go outside: It’s good for you
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
The routines of our everyday lives have consequences.
Opinion
The ongoing search for answers
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
We learn just as much, if not more, from a negative study as from a positive one.
Opinion
Holding out hope for ambroxol
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
That ambroxol, a cold medicine, may benefit patients with Parkinson’s disease is an enticing notion, but solid...
Opinion
Diagnosing rare disorders
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Advances in medical science don’t change the fact that human error never goes away.
Opinion
Why is a healthy diet so hard to maintain?
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
The question really isn’t “what’s the best diet?” That’s been answered. The real question is “how do I stick with it?”
Opinion
Grateful and hopeful
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
2022 certainly wasn’t bad for my family and me, though not as good as any of us hoped.
Opinion
Taking our own advice
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Those of us taking care of others often don’t do the same for ourselves.
Opinion
Dialing down the negativity
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
In-person communication, or on the phone, adds a greater chance to reason through things, explain misunderstandings, and clarify statements rather...