Tag Archives: University of Nevada

Do you suspect dementia in your loved one?

Posted on January 8, 2020 by drlesliegreenberg

Do you suspect dementia in your loved one? There are many ways to investigate if dementia is present. Your physician may give a screening test like the Mini Cog, the General Practitional Assessment of Cognition, or the Ascertain Dementia 8-item … Continue reading →

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Thyroid cancer. Should we screen for this?

Posted on January 2, 2020 by drlesliegreenberg

Thyroid cancer. Should we screen for this? There are organizations who look over all the known data and update us, physicians, on what screening tests are beneficial to the population as a whole. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) … Continue reading →

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Cholesterol

Posted on May 27, 2019 by drlesliegreenberg

Cholesterol. I attended a lecture recently from a well-known local cardiologist specializing in cholesterol. Here are the “pearls” from the talk. What is cholesterol? Cholesterol are lipids that are carried on particles. A cholesterol panel estimates what kinds of particles … Continue reading →

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Vocal cord dysfunction

Posted on April 29, 2019 by drlesliegreenberg

Vocal cord dysfunction. What is this? Feels like throat tightness, not lung/chest tightness. Starts less than 5 minutes into exercise and recovers within 5-10 minutes from stopping exercise. These patients do not benefit from beta-agonist (albuterol) challenge like those who … Continue reading →

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Exercise Induced Bronchospasm

Posted on April 22, 2019 by drlesliegreenberg

Exercise-induced bronchospasm, non-physicians may call this exercise-induced asthma. What is this? It is respiratory distress or wheezing that starts within 15 minutes of exercise onset. Usually it resolves within 15-60 minutes after exercise stops. This can occur in endurance athletes, … Continue reading →

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How to coach patients to help them be successful in blood pressure management?

Posted on April 15, 2019 by drlesliegreenberg

How to coach patients to help them be successful in blood pressure management? Research shows that in one-year only 50% of patients take their blood pressure medication as prescribed. One of my roles as a physician is to coach and … Continue reading →

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What are “red flag” symptoms for those with low back pain?

Posted on April 4, 2019 by drlesliegreenberg

What are “red flag” symptoms for those with low back pain? When a patient presents to the office or hospital with low back pain, we are looking for the “red flag” (or VERY concerning symptoms) because it reveals that there … Continue reading →

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Social determinants of health. As a physician am I asking the right questions?

Posted on April 1, 2019 by drlesliegreenberg

Social determinants of health. As a physician, am I asking the right questions? I recently went to a conference given by Aaron Dieringer MD who is also a Masters in Public Health candidate. He showcased the ways that I can … Continue reading →

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Inflammatory bowel update

Posted on March 28, 2019 by drlesliegreenberg

Inflammatory bowel update. Of note, inflammatory bowel includes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Inflammatory bowel disease is not irritable bowel. I recently attended a lecture by a local gastroenterologist Here are some of the “pearls” from that talk… Patients with … Continue reading →

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Intravenous magnesium sulfate helps with asthma exacerbations!

Posted on March 25, 2019 by drlesliegreenberg

Intravenous magnesium sulfate helps with asthma exacerbations! I was the attending physician on the hospital service recently and had many children with respiratory distress present to the emergency room. Many of them had RSV or influenza infections resulting in respiratory … Continue reading →

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