Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: June 19, 2023
If people want to smoke, I have a hard time believing that they’re unaware of the health risks.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: June 13, 2023
Over time this whimsical character and the calendar blocks he holds have taken on a bigger significance, quietly counting out the days of my career...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: June 5, 2023
Brand names are generally shorter and easier to type, spell, pronounce, and remember than generic names.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: May 31, 2023
For all we do in our every day lives, the brain does things on autopilot that we don’t even think about.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: May 22, 2023
Being a doctor, and the desire to help others, becomes so ingrained into our personalities, and is such a central part of who we are, that it’s har...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: May 15, 2023
The legacy system in medical schools should end for one simple reason: It’s not fair.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: May 9, 2023
In our current postpandemic world we’re facing a serious nursing shortage.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: May 2, 2023
Given the right conditions malaria could easily return here.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: April 24, 2023
Even after 30 years of learning about the 2-3 pounds of semi-solid tissue we all carry upstairs, and doing my bes...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: April 17, 2023
Turning treatment decisions over to algorithms and computers is a bad idea for the people we’re supposed to be caring for.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: April 11, 2023
When life and insurance coverage stack the deck against you, the empathy of others can help carry you through.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: April 3, 2023
It’s interesting the ways we mark the passage of time in our lives.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: March 27, 2023
I’d much rather have my patients and I talk while sitting across my desk, in comfortable chairs, then in a sterile exam room with them on the exam ...
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: March 22, 2023
As primary care doctor visit times shorten, the likelihood of inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics, opioids, and benzodiazepines increases.
Opinion
- Author:
- Allan M. Block, MD
Publish date: March 13, 2023
A kindness from childhood is paid back in adulthood.
