Girgis Family Medicine

09/25/2025

https://www.physiciansweekly.com/post/will-overreliance-on-ai-tools-lead-to-deskilling-of-doctors

Dr. Linda Girgis provides insightful commentary on a recent New York Times article, “Are AI Tools Making Doctors Worse at Their Jobs?”

07/18/2023

https://drlinda-md.com/2023/07/what-to-do-if-you-were-bit-by-a-tick-no-need-to-panic/

Tick season is here again along with the worry of Lyme Disease. According to CDC statistics, approximately 300,000 people in the US are diagnosed and treated every year. However, only about 35,000 cases get reported. Testing for Lyme Disease early often produces false negatives and it is important t...

02/16/2023

Known outbreaks for the infectious disease in New Jersey increased more than five-fold over last year, according to state health officials.

02/16/2023

Patients receiving treatments rarely become symptom free.

02/16/2023

While clinical guidelines are the norm in medicine these days, most of us recognize that these are merely for guidance and can’t eliminate gut instinct....

12/16/2022

According to the GOLD report, initial management of COPD should aim at reducing exposure to risk factors such as smoking or other chemical exposures.

06/15/2021

Diagnosing Lyme disease is often difficult, but there is good evidence that submitting a removed tick for identification is good practice.

04/09/2021

COVID-19: A Tsunami Is Building Apr 9, 2021 Disclaimer: The thoughts and ideas in this post are Dr. Tuchler’s alone and do not represent Kaiser Permanente’s positions, strategies, or opinions.   A tsunami is building. Even as we prepare for a fourth wave, there really is cause for optimism. We ...

04/01/2021

I will be speaking tonight at 6 PM with about COVID vaccine side effects. Hope you can join!

This week we will be talking about side effects. Please let us know your questions about side effects, allergies, safety, and what to expect when getting the...

01/12/2021

Critical but Little-Known Facts About the COVID-19 Pandemic Jan 12, 2021 New information is published almost daily about the coronavirus pandemic. Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, there have been many thousands of articles and commentaries published on almost every imaginable aspect....

06/06/2020

The coronavirus has put added stress on nearly everyone in the nation - New Jersey especially. The Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Greater Mercer County (JFCS) acknowledged that stress and expanded its mental health services to hold free drop-in hours to allow callers the opportunity to conn...

05/11/2020

The war between science and pseudoscience is real and has grown violent. The Skeptics, a group of anti-scientists, have begun their attack on real scientists and have even hired their own militia. Real scientists who are targeted need to enter a protection program, which often includes changing...