Category Archives: General Medicine- Adults

Mom was right! Eat your veggies.

Posted on August 20, 2014 by drlesliegreenberg

Want to decrease your risk of dying? Eat your fruits and vegetables. The following information was garnered from a British study of 65,000 people for 12 years. Eating seven or more portions of fruit and vegetables daily decreased risk of … Continue reading →

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Great strategy: “Lend a Hand” to patients with diabetes

Posted on August 4, 2014 by drlesliegreenberg

Great strategy:  “Lending a Hand” to patients with diabetes Lend a hand?  Yes!  Each finger represents a way to help a diabetic. Stop smoking!  Tobacco poses a greater risk or morbidity and mortality than any other abnormality in diabetics. Control … Continue reading →

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Tattoos? Think before you ink.

Posted on July 15, 2014 by drlesliegreenberg

As of 2012, 1 in 5 adults had a tattoo.  This is up from 14% in 2008.  Truthfully, tattoos are usually trouble-free.  But tattoos can pose health risks… Unsterilized tools. Contaminated ink. Scarring. Blood-borne diseases (HIV and hepatitis). Toxins in … Continue reading →

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Patients don’t fill their prescriptions?!

Posted on July 9, 2014 by drlesliegreenberg

What?  Actually, 1/3 of prescriptions go UNfilled.  The fancy word for this is “nonadherence.” A Canadian study followed nearly 16,000 patients.  The results: nonadherence most often this occurs due to prescribing expensive drugs and preventive therapies for chronic conditions. Also, … Continue reading →

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Aspirin is not needed if you do not have a history of heart attack or stroke

Posted on June 30, 2014 by drlesliegreenberg

Again,  aspirin is not needed if you do not have a history of heart attack or stroke. There ARE benefits to taking an aspirin per day if you have a history of cardiovascular disease, but there is increased risk of bleeding … Continue reading →

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Beware of herbals and supplements as these may cause liver problems.

Posted on June 26, 2014 by drlesliegreenberg

Hepatotoxicity from herbal and dietary supplements is on the rise in the US. Body-building supplements are implicated as the most common cause of liver injury. The symptoms that the patients presented to the doctor with were most often with jaundice … Continue reading →

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Does timing of aspirin use change heart attack and stroke events?

Posted on June 23, 2014 by drlesliegreenberg

Maybe. A small Dutch study showed that heart attack survivors who were taking low-dose aspirin to ward off a second heart attack benefited most when they took aspirin at bedtime. We know that cardiovascular events are more often to occur … Continue reading →

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Traveler’s diarrhea

Posted on June 2, 2014 by drlesliegreenberg

Summer is traveling season. . . this brings up the age-old question of … What to do to avoid diarrhea?  What to take?  When to take it? What is traveler’s diarrhea?  It is defined as passing 3 or more loose … Continue reading →

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Over the counter treatment for benign prostatic hypertrophy symptoms

Posted on May 26, 2014 by drlesliegreenberg

Benign prostatic hypertrophy?  BPH symptoms in men are urinary frequency, difficulty starting and stopping stream of urine, weak urine stream, and needing to get up from bed at night to urinate. Who gets this?  Only men.  More than 80% of … Continue reading →

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Need sexually transmitted infection screening?

Posted on May 21, 2014 by drlesliegreenberg

If you are a sexually active woman under the age of 24 you most likely need STD screening.  A federal task force is suggesting that STD screening should be regularly done in all American women who are sexually active.  Gonorrhea … Continue reading →

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