Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: July 8, 2024
The intersection between medical research and mass media becomes increasingly problematic in the social media era, where things that are preliminar...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: July 1, 2024
As a neurologist. I’m not here to offer a range of financial services. I have neither the time, nor interest, to ...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: June 18, 2024
The human brain has a remarkable ability to see a relationship between two separate objects that isn’t always app...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: June 10, 2024
In the daily trenches of general neurology, one can only be on top of so much. You have to prioritize the things you’re most likely to see and refe...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: June 4, 2024
Low-field MRIs are new and perhaps noteworthy. They may have potential, but they are still not ready for prime ti...
News
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: May 31, 2024
Sometimes a cure is not possible, and the best we can do is put off the inevitable, do our best to relieve suffer...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: May 16, 2024
If doctors find something they enjoy more than medicine and are successful at it, they have nothing to feel guilt...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: May 10, 2024
In total, Big Pharma has paid a lot of money to doctors, but when you break it down to a per doctor level, the pa...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: April 25, 2024
Inpatient medicine these days, for better or worse, is a younger person’s game.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: April 16, 2024
Is routine depression screening a waste of time? Many seem to think so.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: April 2, 2024
As the number of available drugs and treatment options increases, when does a disease surpass the knowledge base ...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: March 27, 2024
AI needs to be a lot better before I let it handle patient questions and concerns.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: March 19, 2024
Medicine, unfortunately, is littered with ideas that should have worked, but either didn’t, or at least aren’t as good as we thought they should ha...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: March 15, 2024
What we learn through training and years of experience isn’t so much the answers to everything as much as the road map on how to get there.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: February 29, 2024
We want to be believe something will cure whatever ails us without side effects or other fuss.
