Physicians pride themselves on taking a scientific, evidence-based approach to therapeutic questions. Unfortunately, in many clinical situations the evidence is scant or limited. One common and thorny situation is whether to give antibiotic prophylaxis to total joint Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2013
CURING our prescription drug abuse ills
The California State Senate Business and Professions Committee recently passed out of committee SB 809, a measure which will levy a 1.2% license fee for pharmacists, NPs, physicians, and podiatrists to increase funding for the Continue reading
What preventive services does my patient really need?
Thank goodness for the steady march of technology. Do you remember how hard it was to find a BMI calculator in the good old days? You’d actually have to go to Google or Bing and enter “BMI calculator” to find one. How arcane is that? Ditto to find Continue reading