The dangers of the quick fix in medicine
There may be drugs that help prevent disease. As physicians, we want to do what is best and right — and easiest — for...
Tom Butcher of BNL and the high cost of energy
Tom Butcher doesn’t just stand around at the water cooler and complain every time he gets a heating oil bill — he’s doing something...
Do the drugs known as statins get an unfair rap?
When statins were developed and approved, they were thought to be a drug class with a very clean side-effect profile. They are among the...
Painter depicts neighborhood in days past
Louise Brett often paints and draws scenes from the past — a horse walking through the Belle Terre gate, ships in Port Jefferson Harbor,...
Seven highly effective habits for preventing heart disease
What if I told you that you could practically eliminate your chances of getting heart disease? I was at a Harvard/Brigham and Women’s Hospital...
Heart attacks and women: there is a difference
A heart attack is a heart attack, right? Not necessarily. All heart attacks cause infarction (death of heart tissue/muscle), but in terms of severity...
Living a life of extremes: Lisa Miller of BNL
Lisa Miller lives a life of extremes. At work, she looks inside brain and bone cells through some of the highest-tech equipment in the...
Proton pump inhibitors: a mixed bag
Last week I wrote that proton pump inhibitors and H2 blockers are two mainstays of medical treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease. Since GERD affects...
Knowledge for the sake of knowledge: Gene Van Buren
Some people like slamming things together, whether it’s a young child sitting on a floor crashing two matchbox cars into each other or an...
Options for managing GERD, reflux disease
It seems like almost everyone is diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux disease, or at least it did in the last few weeks in my practice....
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