Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: April 22, 2019
“Patients are bombarded with direct-to-consumer advertising for many drugs in every media outlet. The doctor’s discussion room shouldn’t be one of ...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: March 28, 2019
During office visits, Dr. Allan M. Block suggests that it may be prudent to “speak as if everyone is recording, behave as if everyone is filming.”<...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: March 20, 2019
Check boxes for preprogrammed order lists may be leading to test overkill, says Dr. Allan M. Block.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: February 26, 2019
“Anonymous websites, by their very nature, tend to attract nastiness since the writers can’t be held accountable. As a result, many of them have tu...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: February 4, 2019
“Hippocrates’ ‘Do no harm’ is a key part of being a doctor, but Jiminy Cricket’s ‘always let your conscience be y...
News
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: January 25, 2019
Dr. Allan M. Block has yet to see valuable start-of-the-year advice about running a practice, particularly a smal...
News
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: January 11, 2019
Organizing photos during the holiday break afforded Dr. Allan M. Block a trip down memory lane.
News
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: January 3, 2019
Dr. Allan M. Block says he has no problem telling abusive patients to go elsewhere.
News
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: December 5, 2018
What do you do when relatively benign and reasonably harmless treatment options for an acute condition have margi...
News
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: November 7, 2018
Medicine continues to penalize those services that require thinking, even though this task is the center of being a good doctor and always has been...
News
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: October 20, 2018
Dr. Allan M. Block says he prescribes more generics now than when he first started practicing, now that experience has taught him insurance coverag...
News
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: October 4, 2018
Dr. Allan M. Block’s experience has told him that, if for whatever reason a patient doesn’t like him, it’s best t...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: September 10, 2018
“All of us are affected by this problem,” says Dr. Allan M. Block.
News
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: August 30, 2018
The effects of an emotional distraction, such as a family emergency, are a surprising reminder of how our brains operate, says Dr. Allan M. Block.<...
News
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: August 2, 2018
Although there are some patients Dr. Allan Block could easily be friends with, keeping an emotional distance make...
