Tag Archives: Dr. Leslie Greenberg

University of Nevada Reno school of Medicine free health clinics!

Posted on October 11, 2018 by drlesliegreenberg

University of Nevada Reno school of Medicine is offering free health clinics! And 200 free flu shots. Who is invited? Underinsured, uninsured and those without social security numbers are welcome! When? For children through adults October 6. October 23 November … Continue reading →

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Tales from the hospital newborn rounds with medical students…What do we screen for?

Posted on October 9, 2018 by drlesliegreenberg

Tales from the hospital newborn rounds with medical students… What do we screen for? Oh, my life as a physician and medical educator. I have a new crop of green third-year medical students. They have just spent two years studying … Continue reading →

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Marijuana and adolescents…

Posted on September 10, 2018 by drlesliegreenberg

Marijuana and adolescents… I live in Nevada and it is now legal to use marijuana for both recreational and medical use. How prevalent is marijuana use? 5.4% of 8th graders, 14% of 10th graders and 22% of 12th graders have … Continue reading →

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Should you as an ex-smoker have a CT scan to rule out lung cancer?

Posted on September 3, 2018 by drlesliegreenberg

Should you as an ex-smoker have a CT scan to rule out lung cancer? This is a great question. A few years ago the National Lung Screening Trial found a reduction in disease-specific and all-cause mortality with lung cancer screening. … Continue reading →

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Pregnant women, should you ask for skin staples or stitches with a C-section?

Posted on August 27, 2018 by drlesliegreenberg

Pregnant women, should you ask for skin staples or stitches with a C-section? A meta-analysis (combined multiple studies) with 2300 patients looked at complication rate or infection, separation, hematomas (blood collections under the skin surface) and cosmetic result. All 10 … Continue reading →

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Men, do you know your cholesterol level?

Posted on August 20, 2018 by drlesliegreenberg

Men, do you know your cholesterol level? There was a recent lipid (cholesterol) guideline released by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association which showed that men with a low-density lipoprotein (LDL) component of cholesterol of at least 190 benefit … Continue reading →

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Antibiotic prescribing is rampant at urgent care and retail clinics. Does this surprise anyone?!

Posted on August 13, 2018 by drlesliegreenberg

Antibiotic prescribing is rampant at urgent care and retail clinics. Does this surprise anyone? JAMA Internal Medicine recently published a study including 2.7 million urgent care visits, 48,000 retail clinic visits, 4.8 million emergency department visits and 148.5 million medical … Continue reading →

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Breastfeeding linked with reduction in diabetes…

Posted on August 6, 2018 by drlesliegreenberg

Breastfeeding linked with reduction in diabetes… This is not new news, as my children are now teenagers…and this was known then. What is new is the percentage DROP in incidence of diabetes in mothers who breastfed per JAMA Internal Medicine. … Continue reading →

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One more form of birth control “bites the dust.”

Posted on July 30, 2018 by drlesliegreenberg

One more form of birth control “bites the dust.” Which one? What was its history? Why? The Bayer company is taking Essure off the market. Essure was marketed as a nonsurgical alternative to “tying tubes.” Instead of a surgical tubal … Continue reading →

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Why does your doctor NOT look you in the eye?

Posted on July 25, 2018 by drlesliegreenberg

Why does your doctor NOT look you in the eye? Please click to watch this brilliant and entertaining video from a fellow physician Dr. Zubin Damania, better known as rapper ZDoggMD. Entitled “EMRs killed medicine”

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