Articles

Read articles written by Dr. Joseph Ferguson in the Fredericksburg Advance.

Weight Loss Medications Are Effective, and Expensive

There are options, however, for those who need them that are considerably less expensive.

APR 06, 2025 | By Dr. Joseph Ferguson

The CT Calcium Score, Part II

Don't let fear of modern technology in the form of a pill keep you from safe, life-saving measures.

JAN 14, 2025 | By Dr. Joseph Ferguson

TO YOUR HEALTH: Natural is Neutral

Whether a treatment is natural is less important than if it's safe, effective, and affordable.

DEC 06, 2024 | By Dr. Joseph Ferguson

The CT Calcium Score: Could It Save Your Life?

There is a good chance that you have not gotten the one screening test that you need the most.

OCT 21, 2024 | By Dr. Joseph Ferguson

Homeopathy

November 12, 2021 Homeopathic medicine is the brainchild of Samuel Hahnemann who was born in 1755 and died in 1843. He began concocting...

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October 29, 2021 There are many who have been disappointed in scientific medical care. Human practitioners of scientific medicine are...

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October 15, 2021 To what extent are research findings likely to have identified an actual trend? What is the likelihood that the findings...

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October 1, 2021 Who do you want operating on your liver? A surgeon or a politician? Who do you want flying your airplane? A pilot or a...

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September 17, 2021 A vaccine is a drug. One of the most sacred duties of a physician is deciding whether a patient should be taking a...

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A placebo is an inactive treatment. The placebo effect is the observed improvement in symptoms that occurs when an inactive treatment is...

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Hucksters selling useless medical treatments love to say their treatments are “natural.” So we must ask the question, what is the value...

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When two facts are related, sometimes one causes the other. But causation is not always present when facts are correlated. Parts of the...

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