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There was an article in yesterday’s New York Times by Jane Brody entitled, “Older Women, Mammograms and Confusion.” I’ve always enjoyed reading Jane Brody as I usually find her to be extremely on point and accurate. However, I found this article to be exactly as the title implies – confusing. I agree with her that one cannot go by the recommendation of various Societies because they are conflicting. The United States Preventative Services Task Force, which, I believe, in many other d...
To my patients, In last week’s Science Times, the weekly column on personal health by Jane Brody was entitled, “A New Focus Turns to Preventing Breast Cancer.” I have tremendous respect for Jane Brody and almost always agree with what she writes and the thoroughness with which she presents information. There are, however, some points in that article that I feel I must comment on. She does mention, and rightly so, that if breast cancer is confined to the breast with no spread ...
To my patients, In a recent Sunday New York Times there was an article entitled, “Why do we dread menopause” by a professor named Susan Mattern from the University of Georgia. In the article "why do we dread menopause" she highlights that if you Google search “menopause and…” you come up with a whole assortment of very negative symptoms like weight gain, depression, hair loss, etc. She goes on to state that such a bleak view of menopause is unique to only modern cultures. S...
To my patients, As you know I usually email you with a response to something Gynecologic that has appeared in the news. This is somewhat different. The following was written by Dr Lisa Larkin, an internist in Cinncinnati who is a colleague and a very good friend. Recently (finally) she was elected to the Board of the North American Menopause Society (as most of you know I was President of that Society) and is a speaker on relevant internal medicine topics at the course I co-direct "Surviv...
An article in the Science Section of last week’s New York Times mandates sending this out. The article was entitled, “Popular but not very effective.” The subtitle was, “Cardiovascular supplements and diets do little for hearts.” It was a relatively extensive article about a number of popular supplements and different diets based on research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, which reviewed data from hundreds of clinical trials involving almost one million people. Obvio...
As most of you are aware, I usually send these email blasts in response to medical articles that appear in the news, and most often, The New York Times. This is an example where, almost four months ago, I alerted my patients to a rising problem of antibiotic resistance, mainly with urinary tract infection because physicians were failing to do appropriate cultures prior to initiating broad spectrum antibiotic use. In the July 14th New York Times, a front-page article was entitled, “As ...
Last week Dr. Goldstein received a great honor from the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. He was presented with their highest award, known as the Joseph H. Holmes Clinical Pioneer Award recognizing his career long contributions to research and patient care in gynecologic ultrasound. It really reflects his commitment to the field and to his patients. On behalf of his whole staff here at the office, we are very proud of him. I want to share what they wrote with all of you. Josep...
In yesterday‘s New York Times, a teaser on the front page was entitled “Treatment for brittle bones”. The article itself was entitled “Osteoporosis drug deploys genetic tool to build bone”. On Tuesday the FDA approved a new drug known as Evenity (generic is romosozumab-aqqg). The article talks significantly about the fact that this is the first drug that restores bone without breaking it down. Understand that bone is a dynamic organ. It is constantly being laid down and taken away un...
The lead article in yesterday‘s New York Times was entitled, “Fungus immune to drugs quietly sweeps the globe”…”Lethal infection adds alarming information to dangers of overusing medicine.” For those of you who read the article there is no fear. This is a new species of the fungus Candida called Auris that is significant for people who have immune compromised systems, such as patients on chemotherapy, long-term steroid use, the very young and the very old. ...
You know about osteoporosis but are you aware of muscle wasting In the Science Times of September 4th, the weekly column called, "Personal Health," by Jane Brody talked about an entity called "sarcopenia". This is the wasting of muscle that is seen in elderly patients. It can begin as early as age 40. It can become extremely pronounced in women in their 60's. And as women approach their 80's and beyond, it is increasingly recognized as a major impediment to continued health and well-being. It i...