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Medicare to pay for obesity counseling: Nice feature.

Posted on January 23, 2012 by drlesliegreenberg

Medicare patients can now get obesity screening and dietary counseling without paying a co-pay.  The Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that effective immediately these services will be offered without “cost sharing,” meaning co-pays from the patient. The … Continue reading →

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Vaccine suggested earlier. Hmmm. . . another shot?

Posted on January 17, 2012 by drlesliegreenberg

An FDA advisory panel is supporting an earlier administration of the pneumonia vaccine. Prevnar 13 is to prevent pneumococcal disease–which is a bacteria causing pneumonia and other invasive disease. The advisory panel is poised to suggest the Prevnar 13 be … Continue reading →

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Did you know that DEATHS from hepatitis C are now more common in the US than HIV?

Posted on January 13, 2012 by drlesliegreenberg

As a result of this finding, the Centers for Diseases Control (CDC ) is launching a “No More Hepatitis” campaign with screening recommendations.  Currently, the CDC  suggests hepatitis labs for patient who ever injected illegal drugs, received clotting factors made … Continue reading →

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Are you young with high blood pressure?

Posted on January 10, 2012 by drlesliegreenberg

A common belief is that high blood pressure is only important to people as they get older.  We each have an age in our head that we think that we are young (!) … and do not need medicine like … Continue reading →

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Crohn’s disease of the bowel

Posted on January 7, 2012 by drlesliegreenberg

I see many patients with GI complaints.  Some have Crohn’s disease which is inflammation of the digestive tract—it can affect anywhere between the mouth and the anus. Symptoms are stomach pain, weight loss, bleeding from the rectum, stomach pain and … Continue reading →

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Face pain? Sinuses acting up?

Posted on January 5, 2012 by drlesliegreenberg

The sinuses are four pairs of hollow spaces in the bones of your face.   The hollow spaces are lined with tissue that makes thin, watery mucus.  The sinuses connect to each other and drain through the nose.  Can you tell … Continue reading →

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Hives. What causes them? How to make them go away?

Posted on January 3, 2012 by drlesliegreenberg

I love to see hives.  So treatable.  So temporary.  And, to avoid them in the future is . . . so rewarding. What are hives? Raised bumps in the upper layers of the skin. Red or pink or pale (almost … Continue reading →

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Do YOU need hepatitis B vaccine?

Posted on December 23, 2011 by drlesliegreenberg

New indication for an old vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control’s Advisory committee on Immunization Practices (the organization that tells us doctors when, why, and which vaccines) is now recommending hepatitis B vaccine series to unvaccinated adults less than 60 … Continue reading →

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IUDs

Posted on December 15, 2011 by drlesliegreenberg

I was asked by a patient recently to discuss IUDs.  There are two kinds of intrauterine devices on the market.  One is hormonal, one is not. The hormonal IUD, a progesterone-secreting device, is called the Mirena.  It works for 5 years.  One … Continue reading →

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Will my knee pain get worse?

Posted on December 11, 2011 by drlesliegreenberg

There are identifiable risk factors which may predict who has worsening knee arthritis.  If you are male, obese, feel worse pain in your knee (your opinion), or have worse looking knee xrays (my opinion) your knee pain is more likely to … Continue reading →

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