DB'S MEDICAL RANTS

Internal medicine, American health care, and especially medical education

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Wisdom from Dr. Charles

I have no problem in sharing appropriate parts of my life with patients, e.g. sports teams I root for, my love for golf, a movie I saw.

Saw palmetto does not work

Patients with enlarged prostates were given either an herbal extract or a dummy pill. No significant difference was found.

Antibiotics for asthma

These data are interesting. One can construct a plausible theory for this result. However, as I often do, I must urge caution.

I guess he is serious

Now many readers might ask – why do I give this guy any publicity? Well I do believe in the free market of ideas.