Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH

135 COMMONS WAY

Articles

Evidence-based medicine may interfere with an understanding of nutrition

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Even a basic understanding of current nutrition science and human health allows a physician to use food as medicine and to counsel patients to avoid unhealthy foods.

Use the annual exam to make patients healthier

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I do not use annual visits for disease management but rather health promotion.

What evidence guides clinical decisions?

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I am convinced that primary care and much of medicine today are in an “evidence desert”. Let me explain.

Why my new practice is devoted to reversing chronic disease

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Restore Health is devoted to reversing chronic disease and getting patients off medications.

Fixing the problems with primary care

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Physicians are the only professionals in society that try to do complex work during brief visits.

Change the schedule and improve primary care

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How to re-engineer primary care to be attractive and effective.