Articles about Primary Care
Every year, the flu epidemic marches on as winter approaches. And every year, Americans have an opportunity to arm themselves with the most effective weapon available: the flu vaccine. Dr. Kumar Dharmarajan, chief scientific officer for Clover Health, said that the severity of a flu season cannot be predicted but that one of the surefire […]
For many people, tracing lineage is a continuing mystery; every root that is uncovered leads to more branches deep down – the more you dig, the more you find. In decades past, the search often required countless hours at libraries, a knack for reading and interpreting documents and a keen ability to connect dots across […]
Attempting to quantify the most common medical disorders in the Palmetto State brings to mind the tale arising from the ancient Indian subcontinent of the blind men describing a strange animal – an elephant. One, who touched only the trunk, thought it was much like a snake; another, feeling the tail, thought it resembled a […]
Most people know what they need to do to get healthier. After all, we are all inundated with messages about the best exercise system or latest diet plan – all which promise to make us feel and look better. However, knowing what changes to make to get healthier and consistently implementing the changes as part […]
“Hey Doc, there’s just one more thing. It’s nothing really, but…” is how many appointments Dr. Stuart Markovitz had with his male patients would end prior to his retiring as a general internist and coming back as a specialist in men’s sexual health. “I called it the ‘doorknob problem’ because it wasn’t until the appointment […]
We all know what a hospital emergency room – an ER – is. It’s the first place you turn to for medical attention when a personal disaster strikes. But what if a catastrophe, natural or man-made – such as a hurricane or a mass shooting – forced all of our hospitals and all of their […]