Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: October 18, 2023
The situation in the Middle East, serious as it may be, is not part of the doctor-patient relationship any more t...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: October 10, 2023
To actively solicit donations from someone under your care is tasteless and inappropriate.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: October 2, 2023
As technology advances us toward a digital, paperless world, paper – for better or worse – still has its place.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: September 28, 2023
In medicine, and in everyday life, we strive to do our best for ourselves and for those who need us.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: September 18, 2023
Over the millennia we’ve changed daily routines from something critical for survival to what we need for individual success in a chosen field.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: September 11, 2023
In life, as in medicine, priorities change and evolve with the times.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: September 5, 2023
Music is a part of that mysterious essence that makes us human. It touches all of us in some way.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: August 29, 2023
Private equity buyouts may benefit some businesses, but medical practices are not one of them.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: August 22, 2023
Advertisements for unproven treatments abound, and it is up to the consumer to judge the merits of such “sketchy”...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: August 2, 2023
Seventy-five years after his death, the case of Babe Ruth still presents pertinent questions.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: July 28, 2023
We seek relief in humor, even (maybe especially) in bad situations of our own and others.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: July 18, 2023
Since becoming an attending physician 25 years ago, I’ve seen roughly 18,000 individual patients between my offic...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: July 10, 2023
Whether Alzheimer’s treatment should be a full-court press or not is a glass half-full or half-empty question tha...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: July 7, 2023
An experimental technology that utilizes patches with microneedles to measure interstitial fluid sounds intriguin...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: June 30, 2023
Some see regulations as necessary to protect public safety, while others argue that they block innovation, success, and profits.
