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Medical InsightsThe cornerstone of all medical science and practice is internal medicine. Its principles should be readily available to all adults, especially in today's chaotic medical environment, which is full of complexities, inefficiencies, and difficult access issues. Take advantage of Dr. Goodman's expertise based on his 33 years' experience in virtually every medical situation and setting. [Editor's note: Dr. Goodman no longer contributes to Silver Planet, but we have made his archived blog entries available as a service to our readers.]
Posted 10/23/2009
Comments on Michael Jackson’s Death
He had the equivalent of a fatal disease: absurd medical care
By Eli Goodman, MD
No reasonable physician(s) under any circumstance would prescribe for any patient the collection of nonsensical, extremely dangerous pharmacological drivel to which the unfortunate Jackson found himself subject. It is a mystery and a tragedy that Jackson would entrust his medical care to such quackery. Read More >>
Posted 10/09/2009
Vitamins, Minerals, and “Supplements”
Whole foods in balance and in moderation are still best
By Eli Goodman, MD
Nutritious food that is properly prepared, in balance, and consumed in moderation remains the only guaranteed "best program" for optimal nutrition. The science of nutritional supplements, deficiencies, vitamins, minerals, etc., remains challenging. Controlled studies, including outcomes studies (i.e., those that determine if an intervention really helps us or not), are difficult to do because there are so many variables. Evidence-based guidelines are sparse. Read More >>
Posted 07/21/2009
Common Sense Advice on Health, Happiness, and Longevity
Suggestions for living a long, happy life
By Eli Goodman, MD
One of the more pleasant aspects of my professional life is to read excellent medical journals and publications. I read, skim, or speed read quite a few, mostly in my own specialty of internal medicine. (Yes, "internal medicine" IS a specialty.) Read More >>
Posted 05/20/2009
The HIPPAY Approach to Medicine
No, not the “hippy” approach
By Eli Goodman, MD
In September 1969, I entered Tufts University School of Medicine, in Boston. The classes of the first two or three days were lectures about introduction and orientation to the new and bewildering world that was to be our professional universe for the next four years and beyond. Read More >>
Posted 05/07/2009
The Physician's Most Important Tool
Hint: You probably own several
By Eli Goodman, MD
Imagine a simple tool that helps your physician accurately formulate perhaps 90% of diagnostic considerations, enhances the patient-physician therapeutic relationship, costs nothing extra, has no risk of adverse effects or harm, and the use of which itself is therapeutic. Must be too good to be true. Read More >>
