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Randy Dotinga

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Randy Dotinga

Randy Dotinga has been a full-time freelance journalist for more than 20 years. He writes about medicine/science, history, books, and the odd & unusual. His clients range from The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, and dozens of medical trade publications to CrimeReads and Noir City Magazine, a journal about film noir. He is former president of the American Society of Journalists & Authors.

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Trio of Eye Diseases Linked to Falls, Fractures in Older Adults

Patients with cataracts, AMD, or glaucoma had 25% to 38% higher adjusted risks vs controls

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Mind of the 'Maestro': Inside the Head of Leonard Bernstein

Psychiatrist and concert pianist Richard Kogan, MD, on the great composer's complex inner life

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You Think the TREE Is Crooked: Penile Fractures Up at Christmas

Painful sex-related injuries jump as stockings are stuffed, German study finds

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Eye Injuries From Fireworks Greater in Areas Where They Are Legal

Local firework bans may influence injury rates, expert says

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Metformin Linked to Lower Odds of Developing AMD in Non-Diabetic Patients

Findings suggest the cheap diabetes drug could potentially prevent a leading cause of blindness

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Atropine Drops for Kids' Myopia Fail to Boost Long-Term Visual Outcomes

But docs aren't ready to ditch the treatment, which is commonly used in Asia

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Serious Syphilitic Uveitis Cases Almost Tripled Over 10-Year Period

Increase comes amid a shortage of gold-standard treatment

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A Medical Student, a Dying JFK, and 鈥楧estiny鈥�: What a Young Doctor Saw 60 Years Ago

A look back at a conversation with one of the last surviving witnesses from Trauma Room One

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Brolucizumab Noninferior to Aflibercept for Diabetic Macular Edema

At a non-approved dose, the anti-VEGF drug had similar outcomes as rival

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AI Gets It Mostly Right on Allergy Myths

ChatGPT sometimes gave opposite answers, and clinicians themselves didn't always agree

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