Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: December 4, 2019
Dr. Allan M. Block argues that while elevated readings definitely overlap with neurologic practice, treating and managing them directly should not....
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: November 14, 2019
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 acut...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: October 25, 2019
Dr. Allan M. Block says doing a consult on an alert and reasonable patient who doesn’t want one seems like harassment.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: October 7, 2019
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 neur...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: September 23, 2019
“I’m happy in my little one-office world,” says Dr. Allan M. Block, who has no desire to expand beyond it.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: September 5, 2019
While the esoteric details of anatomic terms and neural pathways may be forgotten over time, it’s important to have an “instinctive understanding o...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: August 16, 2019
“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’t...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: August 5, 2019
Dr. Block reflects on seeing former patients’ grave markers during visits to his father’s burial site.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: July 19, 2019
Dr. Allan M. Block describes how he uses the word dementia with patients and families, and why.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: July 2, 2019
“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.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: June 20, 2019
Marketing of unapproved CBD oil formulations grows unabated with little scrutiny in the midst of a confusing set of state and local regulations and...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: June 6, 2019
Business comes and goes in waves, so Dr. Allan M. Block has been trying to learn to live with quieter weeks at his practice.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: May 31, 2019
Some states have little to no regulation of expert medical witnesses and who is qualified to testify about the standard of care in different specia...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: May 21, 2019
Dr. Allan M. Block describes how a patient’s theft will affect his solo practice habits.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: May 15, 2019
In car repair, there’s a mysterious bogeyman known as “the last guy.” And in medicine, there’s “my last doctor,” says Dr. Allan M. Block.
