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    Allan M. Block, MD

    Opinion

    Helping a patient buck the odds

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: April 11, 2023

    When life and insurance coverage stack the deck against you, the empathy of others can help carry you through....

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    Take time to relax and enjoy the ride

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: April 3, 2023

    It’s interesting the ways we mark the passage of time in our lives.

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    Opinion

    The desk

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: March 27, 2023

    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...

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    Opinion

    Fast, cheap ... or accurate?

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: March 22, 2023

    As primary care doctor visit times shorten, the likelihood of inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics, opioids, and benzodiazepines increases.

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    Opinion

    Dodging PE

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: March 13, 2023

    A kindness from childhood is paid back in adulthood.

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    Opinion

    Incommunicado no more

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: March 8, 2023

    We’ve accepted the trade-off of better connectivity with family and friends for expanding our time at work.

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    Opinion

    Alzheimer’s disease: What is ‘clinically meaningful’?

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: February 27, 2023

    Do we need to lower the bar in Alzheimer’s disease drug trials?

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    Opinion

    The way I see it

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: February 21, 2023

    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.

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    Opinion

    Scams

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: February 13, 2023

    All that the scammers need is one sucker to hit the jackpot.

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    Opinion

    Go outside: It’s good for you

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: February 6, 2023

    The routines of our everyday lives have consequences.

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    Opinion

    The ongoing search for answers

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: January 30, 2023

    We learn just as much, if not more, from a negative study as from a positive one.

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    Opinion

    Holding out hope for ambroxol

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: January 23, 2023

    That ambroxol, a cold medicine, may benefit patients with Parkinson’s disease is an enticing notion, but solid...

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    Opinion

    Diagnosing rare disorders

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: January 17, 2023

    Advances in medical science don’t change the fact that human error never goes away.

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    Opinion

    Why is a healthy diet so hard to maintain?

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: January 9, 2023

    The question really isn’t “what’s the best diet?” That’s been answered. The real question is “how do I stick with it?”

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    Opinion

    Grateful and hopeful

    Author:
    Allan M. Block, MD
    Publish date: December 21, 2022

    2022 certainly wasn’t bad for my family and me, though not as good as any of us hoped.

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