5 Easy Ways to Prevent Heart Attack & Stroke

A scientific study on the notion of regular exercise

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Alex Spencer to Pursue Medical Degree

Are Low-nicotine Cigarettes the Answer?

Breathing doesn’t have to be a chore

Cancer Prevention – Methods and Means for Dectecting Early

Counting Calories to Lose Weight

Deep Thinking

Do You Lift Weights Regularly?

For good health, go with the (blood) flow

Flu Shots

Government Stumbles on School Drink Restrictions

How We Treat Chronic Pain

Injury Prevention (PDF Download)

Instrument Donation

Losing Weight Via Exercising

Making The Rounds – August 2008  Selling Lipitor

Making The Rounds – December 2008  Screening for Aortic Aneurysm

Making The Rounds – November 2008

Making The Rounds – October 2008

Making The Rounds – September 2008 - Caffeine: Good or Bad?

Pancreatic Cancer

Pain Articles

• What Prescribers Are Doing to Help Solve the Problem (V1, No. 1R)
• What Patients Can And Should Do to Help Reduce the Problem  (V1, No. 2R)
• Use of Opioid Medication (V1, No. 3R) 
• Putting the Opioid Epidemic in Perspective (V1, No. 4R)
• Non-Narcotic Medications for Pain (V1, No. 5)
• Non-Medication Treatments for Pain (V1, No. 6b)
• Chronic Pain and Depression (V1, No. 7)
• Methadone and Suboxone (V1, No. 8)
• Surgical Treatment of Common Pain Problems (V1, No. 9)
• Devices and Injections (Vol 1,No 10)
• Non-Narcotic Medications for Pain (January 2017)
• CHRONIC PAIN AND DEPRESSION (March 2017)
• METHADONE AND SUBOXONE (April 2017)
• MIXING STUFF WITH OPIOIDS June 2018)
• DIVERTING RELATIVES: What to do: Narcan and Narc-ing (August 2017)
• WILL SOLUTIONS FOR THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC TAKE AWAY MY PAIN CONTROL? Oct 2017)
• WHAT COMES AFTER THE NEW RULES? Nov 2017)
• A Letter to Santa (Dec 2017)
• NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS FOR PATIENTS WITH PAIN
• COSTS OF MEDICATIONS, (ESP. IF YOUR DOSE EXCEEDS 90 MG of MORPHINE) (Feb 2018)
• MARIJUANA AND OPIOIDS (March 2018)
• Dr. Kirkpatrick’s Comments to State’s Proposed Policy re: Opioid prescriptions (V3 No. 4)
• Exercise (May 2018)
• NARCAN—A Miracle Drug that can save lives (V 3 No 6)
• ANTDEPRESSANTS MAY HELP OR HARM PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC PAIN (V3 No. 7
• HOMELESSNESS AND OPIOIDS (V3, No. 8)
• The Pendulum Strikes Back (Dosage changes)
• WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE COMPLICATIONS OF OPIOIDS—part 1 (V3 No. 9)
• WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE COMPLICATIONS OF OPIOIDS—part 2 (V3 No 10)
• WHAT ABOUT PHYSICAL THERAPY AND CHIROPRACTIC THERAPY FOR PAIN (V3 No11)
• WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH MARIJUANA?
• HOW TO DISPOSE OF UNWANTED or UNNEEDED PILLS (V 4 No 1)
• GETTING HELP FOR CHRONIC PAIN July 2019
• MIXING STUFF WITH OPIOIDS (April 2019)

Screening for Aortic Aneurysm

Screening for Colorectal Cancer

Smaller Portions Sizes, Please

The Thanksgiving meal...By Dr. Rich Kirkpatrick

Those clogged pipes can lead to congestive heart failure

Top Beverage Recommendations

Understanding the Disease known as Obesity