Jon O. Ebbert, MD

Opinion

Medicine’s revenge against traveler’s diarrhea

Author:: Jon O. Ebbert, MD

Publish date: April 26, 2017

What is the evidence for the effectiveness of antibiotics, compared with other interventions such as loperamide, for mild traveler’s diarrhea?

Opinion

Tapering opioids

Author:: Jon O. Ebbert, MD

Publish date: April 10, 2017

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic pain released in March 2016 suggests that if “patients...

News

Dysmenorrhea and ginger

Author:: Jon O. Ebbert, MD

Publish date: February 28, 2017

Is there valid evidence that ginger offers a treatment option for dysmenorrhea?

News

Breakfast and weight loss

Author:: Jon O. Ebbert, MD

Publish date: February 15, 2017

Should you counsel breakfast skippers to eat breakfast as a weight-loss strategy?

News

Metformin for acne

Author:: Jon O. Ebbert, MD

Publish date: January 31, 2017

Is metformin a reasonable intervention for acne?

Article

Intermittent energy restriction

Author:: Jon O. Ebbert, MD

Publish date: January 4, 2017

Could intermittent energy restriction offer an effective alternative approach to weight loss?

Article

Preventing weight gain after smoking cessation

Author:: Jon O. Ebbert, MD

Publish date: December 6, 2016

About three-quarters of current cigarette smokers want to quit, 40% will attempt to quit annually, and 90% of self-initiated attempts will be unsuc...