Opinion
Neurologic disease doesn’t discriminate against anyone
Rush drummer Neil Peart’s recent death from glioblastoma is another example of how “neurologic disease doesn’t discriminate against anyone,...
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Standards for health claims in advertisements need to go up
“Unproven treatments are just that – unproven – and shouldn’t be marketed as effective ones,” says Dr. Allan M. Block.
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Patient poaching: High on practices’ dirty tricks list
“Basically, what the other doctor did was perform a walletectomy (or, in this case insurance-ectomy) on the patient under the guise (to her) that...
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Is it time for neurologists to manage high blood pressure?
Dr. Allan M. Block argues that while elevated readings definitely overlap with neurologic practice, treating and managing them directly should not...
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Lay press stories about research: Putting them into perspective for patients
Dr. Allan Block discusses a case of a patient who had a question regarding early research into potential long-term risks of a treatment for an...
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When patient autonomy gets in the way
Dr. Allan M. Block says doing a consult on an alert and reasonable patient who doesn’t want one seems like harassment.
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Small-practice neurologists still have a role to play
Dr. Allan M. Block observes how the pros of running a solo practice for him may soon come into conflict with competition from a nearby planned...
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Happiness in my solo practice
“I’m happy in my little one-office world,” says Dr. Allan M. Block, who has no desire to expand beyond it.
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It’s board recertification time!
While the esoteric details of anatomic terms and neural pathways may be forgotten over time, it’s important to have an “instinctive understanding...
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Clicking override when the EHR system argues about an order
“I don’t take this job lightly. When I order a test it’s because I’m trying to do the right thing for the patient. ... Sometimes those things don’...
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Being a leader in medicine doesn’t have to mean changing careers
“If doing my best for patients day in and day out doesn’t make me a ‘leader in medicine,’ I don’t know what does,” says Dr. Allan M. Block.
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Lack of CBD oil regulations hearkens back to patent medicines
Marketing of unapproved CBD oil formulations grows unabated with little scrutiny in the midst of a confusing set of state and local regulations...
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Learning to live with a slow week at the office
Business comes and goes in waves, so Dr. Allan M. Block has been trying to learn to live with quieter weeks at his practice.