Archive for March, 2024

I bet you haven’t heard of Tardive Dyskinesia.  Unless you are a Neurologist or Psychiatrist you probably don’t know about Tardive Dyskinesia. It is kind of a medical secret.  The pharmaceutical industry doesn’t want to talk much about Tardive Dyskinesia. Most general physicians, PCP’s, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants don’t know about Tardive Dyskinesia. Most […]

It was 50 years ago, while training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Vanderbilt University Hospital, I confronted my first case of TMD/TMJ.  As a junior resident I was allowed to assist the chairman of the department operating on a patient who exhibited the disparate symptoms of this confusing and devastating disease.  Before having the […]

In his book, “Mistreated, Why We Think We’re Getting Good Health Care, and Why We’re Usually Wrong”, Dr Robert Pearl M.D., retired CEO of Kaiser-Permanente Health Care System, describes why sepsis (infection) is an orphan disease even though it is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality.  Within the practice of medicine, physicians concentrate their efforts […]

Temporomandibular Joint Disorder is a devastating disease.  It is a progressive disease which usually starts out with minimal symptoms, once ignored, progresses into multiple symptoms which eventually ruins the patient’s ability to continue with life’s normal functions and duties.  It has been estimated that millions of workplace hours are missed each year in the US […]