

How Healthcare Changes May Affect You
Healthcare is changing -- how does that impact you and yours? You have probably already noticed the major changes in terms of impact on you or a family member, but perhaps not if you don't take medication, haven't seen a doctor, or have been to the hospital. Let me mention a few things and provide my own advice regarding how to handle the changes. Doctors as Employees: Hospitalists attend to you in the hospital, which often have several different providers -- not your specifi


Degenerative Knee Disease: Surgery or Therapy?
How will arthroscopic surgery effect you when you are suffering from a degenerative knee disease? In 2017, The BMJ, an international peer reviewed medical journal, published recommendations from an expert panel finding that knee arthroscopy was not any more advantageous than therapy. They strongly recommended against arthroscopy for degenerative knee disease; physical therapy was shown to be more effective in treating degenerative knee disease. Below is an infographic from th