Author Archives: Ann G. Sjoerdsma

9/30/16: PRECISION MEDICINE: What Is It, and Will It Work? We Won’t Know for a Long Time

9/12/16: GENOMICS 101: DNA, Genes, & Proteins, Our Instructions for Life

8/17/16: BEWARE OF CLOTS: The Risk of Deep-Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Emboli After Surgery and in the Hospital

7/24/16: TO TAKE OR NOT TO TAKE: Aspirin in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease & Cancer

7/8/16: COGNITION TESTING: Knowing the FAQ & the MMSE

6/15/16: JUDGING THE “COVER”: How Skin Changes With Age, Environmental Exposure (Mostly Sun Damage)

5/26/16, INSULIN RESISTANCE: Chewing the Fat on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, a Preventable Disease

5/12/16: THE STANFORD 25, PART 2: Bedside Diagnostic Techniques That All Physicians Should Know How to Perform, But May Not (Probably Don’t)

5/2/16: THE STANFORD 25: Bedside Diagnostic Techniques That All Physicians Should Know How to Perform, But May Not (And Probably Don’t)

4/8/16: THE HUMAN MICROBIOME: THE SCOURGE OF CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE and the Amazing Transplant Cure