by David Hilden, MD MPH | Apr 17, 2016 | Cancer, Cardiology, Health in the News, Medical research
There was a big development in health care news this week. The buzz is all about the latest guidelines on aspirin since our friends at the US Preventive Services Task Force updated the recommendations. It came out in the Annals of Internal Medicine just this week on...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Apr 7, 2016 | Cardiology, Getting medical information, Pearls from Medical Science, Preventive care
Reading this stuff . . . so you don’t have to. One goal of mine for this blog is to connect people to medical science. But ask any doctor – staying current on the latest in medical evidence is not easy. Look at this picture – it could be the...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Mar 16, 2016 | Cardiology, HCMC, Humanities and Medicine, Medical Education
“That it will ever come into general use, notwithstanding its value, is extremely doubtful; because its beneficial application requires much time and gives a good bit of trouble both to the patient and the practitioner; because its hue and character are foreign...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Mar 7, 2016 | Cardiology, Dermatology, Gastroenterology, Preventive care, Tips from Healthy Matters radio broadcast
Hi from the mailbox! Another great Healthy Matters show this week -thanks to the listeners who are up on a Sunday morning – getting dressed, eating breakfast, going to church, drinking their coffee – and tuning in to listen to me talk about fungus and pus....
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Feb 17, 2016 | Cardiology, Health and wellness, Preventive care, Tips from Healthy Matters radio broadcast
Procreative success and Blue Zones? The whole thing sounds like it may not be suitable for discussion in mixed company. But rest assured, it’s all good, nothing indelicate going on here. This is a post about living long and living well. Please read on . . ....
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Feb 7, 2016 | Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Tips from Healthy Matters radio broadcast
Regular listeners to Healthy Matters know that I often can’t get to all the questions that come from listeners via phone or text message, or I can’t answer the questions as thoroughly as I’d like when doing live radio. So every so often I’m...
