After more than 19 years working in La Clínica in Almuñécar, tending to the sick and injured of the town, Dr. Wolfgang is leaving the practice at the end of December.
Doctor Wolfgang Piller
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Loneliness
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
Loneliness is a common feeling and happens when we have a mismatch between the quantity and quality of social relationships that we have, and those that we want.
Hope for mankind
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
Superfoods is a marketing term used to describe foods with supposed health benefits, but there is no legal or medical definition for them.
Ungrateful Walking Dead
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
More evidence has been added to the assumption that low PSA levels predict the likelihood of developing prostate cancer, thus the final verdict about the frequency of screening is coming closer.
Adam & Eve
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
The next paradise will be without men
Progress In The Slow Lane
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
In March 2014 the U.S. Prevention Services Task Force presented its update on “Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults,” meaning more than 65 years of age.
Horrible Helicobacter
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
With the discovery of antibiotics we seem to have declared war on bugs and by eradicating them shouldn’t we have solved the problem?
Philippines… Forgotten People, Forgotten Illnesses.
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
Philippines… forgotten people, forgotten illnesses. Support “German Doctors”
Depressing News
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
Checking my portfolio of Seaside Gazette articles reveals that there are definitely two subjects missing over the years: alcohol and hypertension. Thus I shall start with the more pleasurable subject, which for some is a problematic one. Alcohol in moderation is pleasurable and considered to be healthy, e.g. reducing the risk of heart disease, stroke, hypertension and diabetes.
Placebo, (genetic) Matter Over Mind
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
Placebo in medicine means that a drug or treatment is effective although it is not designed to be. It plays an important part in research because something ineffective is being compared to a new drug or treatment to see, whether there is a beneficial difference, thus proving that it works.