April 2, 2020
Reading the paper or watching the news can be stressful for anyone these days. But those with chronic medical or mental health conditions in particular may run the risk of becoming anxious or depressed.
April 1, 2020
Newly signed into law, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act is a $2 trillion aid package aimed at shoring up America’s health care system and providing relief to those harmed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
March 31, 2020
New medications are expanding the toolbox for health care providers like me to treat patients with high cholesterol. That gives more than 100 million at-risk Americans a better shot at effective, patient-centered care.
March 30, 2020
I have been a doctor for 35 years and I have seen a lot of crises. But I have never seen the country’s health care resources strained the way they are right now.
March 27, 2020
The COVID-19 outbreak has triggered new rounds of clinical trials to identify treatments for the coronavirus.
March 24, 2020
The verdict is in: personalized, patient-centered care is better care. That’s especially true when it comes to dry eye disease.
March 23, 2020
The last thing anyone impacted by COVID-19 needs is an unexpected medical bill. Yet health insurance industry experts say that likely will happen to some patients.
March 23, 2020
A bottle of Purell sits on a table inside my front door. If I had guests, I would ask them to use it.
March 19, 2020
All patients have a story about how they began experiencing symptoms, saw their doctor and came to a diagnosis.
March 18, 2020
The number of people with Parkinson’s disease doubled from 1990 to 2015 – and is expected to double again over the next 20 years. The disease’s growing prevalence underscores why increased awareness and research for brain illness remain critical.
