Opinion

Dealing with an anti-masker
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
“If I’m going to try to help you get better, then you should be willing to wear a mask to help protect me, too.”
Opinion

Lost time amid COVID-19
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Hopefully, The Lost Year will gradually become a memory as life goes on and normalizes.
Opinion

Twenty years later, two gambles that paid off
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
After 20 years of solo practice, I am still doing something that I found I loved in my first week of residency.
Opinion

Do general neurologists fall victim to a plethora of treatment options?
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Are a widening array of treatment options pushing MS into the realm of subspecialist care?
Opinion

Is the troll tracker crying wolf?
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
It’s probably been over a year since a warning email from the PMP told me something I didn’t already know.
Opinion

An unplanned ‘vacation’
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
I’m ready to go back to the regular world of practice. I just have to hope that the regular world is going to come back to me.
Opinion

A cure for dementia? Not so fast
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
There are dangers in taking as definitive preliminary findings, or generalizing specific research findings.
Opinion

Preserving civility in trying times
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
It’s nice to know many people out there still subscribe to civil ideas and polite behavior, even when the circumstances are difficult.
Opinion

Car is king, but commuting takes a back seat
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Perhaps the pandemic will also bring a lasting change in how and where many do their jobs.
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Improving interprovider communication
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
No amount of technological wizardry is going to make it easier to find meaning in a meaningless note, contact someone who isn’t listening, or hear...
Opinion

There is no cure for gullibility
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
In a world used to instant gratification, people need to realize that a cure for COVID-19 will never happen overnight.
Opinion

Blogging? No thanks
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Compared with blogging, time spent seeing and treating patients is time better spent.
Opinion

Taming a terrible illness
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Hopefully, like previously devastating illnesses, COVID-19 will be brought under control.
Opinion

Why are we still talking about hydroxychloroquine?
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Continuing to give it to sick people, despite the growing evidence against it, violates the “do-no-harm” tenet of our field.
Opinion

Repeat MRIs: Educating patients
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Generally one MRI is all that is needed, although there are exceptions.