Why change of venue is important to you
Why change of venue is important to you By Dr. Mark Lopatin, MD The year was 2000 when I was sued by a patient who alleged an adverse reaction to a medication started by another physician. It did not matter…
Politics and Patients Don’t Mix
So the American Health Care Act was rejected. And I want to scream! Not because it failed, but instead because of the way the whole thing was handled. While both parties will argue that they were trying to do what is…
Call for equitable compromise
Jeffrey Lurie owns the Philadelphia Eagles. He’s the guy with the big checkbook, and he gets to say how the team is run. But he doesn’t get to call the offensive plays. That’s the coach’s job. So why is it…
Why does he have a painful, swollen ankle?
POSTED: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2015, 6:00 AM FILED UNDER: MEDICAL MYSTERY Mr. G was referred to me after his left ankle had been hurting him for two months. The first physician he went to thought he had cellulitis, an infection of the…
Medical mystery: Leg weakness led to bigger issue
The first time A.B. came to my office in 2003, she was in her late 40s, suffering from swollen and painful joints. After blood tests, she was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. Unlike the more common "wear and tear" osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic disorder in which the immune system turns on the body, gradually destroying tissue in and around the joints.