The FDA has approved Zostavax for patients 50 and older (http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm248390.htm). Prior to this the vaccine was available for patients 60 and older...Read More
This is an opinion piece I wrote to the Fort Myers News-Press concerning an article they recently wrote titled, “Patients hit with add-on charges,” by Frank Gluck, The News-Press, Jan. 23....Read More
A recent Mayo study indicates that shingles recurs far more than physicians believed in the past. There is a vaccine for shingles approved for age 60 and up....Read More
A recent NEJM article shows that Gardisil (Human Papilloma Virus) vaccine is currently approved in the US for “both males and females over the age of 9,” but current CDC recommendati...Read More