To my patients,As you know I usually email you with a response to something Gynecologic that has appeared in the news. This is somewhat different. The following was written by Dr Lisa Larkin, an internist in Cinncinnati who is a colleague and a very good friend. Recently (finally) she was elected to the Board of the North American Menopause Society (as most of you know I was President of that Society) and is a speaker on relevant internal medicine topics at the course I co-direct "Surviv...
As most of you are aware, I usually send these email blasts in response to medical articles that appear in the news, and most often, The New York Times. This is an example where, almost four months ago, I alerted my patients to a rising problem of antibiotic resistance, mainly with urinary tract infection because physicians were failing to do appropriate cultures prior to initiating broad spectrum antibiotic use. In the July 14th New York Times, a front-page article was entitled, “As ...
Last week Dr. Goldstein received a great honor from the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. He was presented with their highest award, known as the Joseph H. Holmes Clinical Pioneer Award recognizing his career long contributions to research and patient care in gynecologic ultrasound. It really reflects his commitment to the field and to his patients. On behalf of his whole staff here at the office, we are very proud of him. I want to share what they wrote with all of you.Josep...