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Randy Dotinga

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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A photo of Vice President Richard Nixon and Senator John Kennedy during the 1960 debate.

95-Year-Old Physician: Here's How I Stood Up to a Deeply Ill Richard Nixon

Nixon was still recovering from a difficult infection when he debated JFK in 1960

A photo of a pregnant woman using an asthma inhaler.

Asthma Biologics OK During Pregnancy if Patient Agrees, Consensus Statement Says

Safety data sparse, but asthma control often worsens in pregnancy

A photo of a male optometrist using a ophthalmoscope to check his male patient for glaucoma.

Free Eye Care in Underserved Areas May Improve Disease Detection

Patients without recent vision exams were diagnosed with glaucoma, cataracts

A computer rendered cutaway of an eye depicting retinal detachment

Disadvantaged Patients More Likely to Present With Severe Retinal Detachment

This group may be delaying treatment until symptoms become severe, findings suggest

A photo of a male ophthalmologist performing optical coherence tomography on his female patient.

Statin Use Linked to Higher Risk of Glaucoma

In contrast, a larger but less diverse study found cholesterol-lowering drugs protective

A photo of the eye of a man with uveitis

Novel JAK1 Inhibitor Reduced Treatment Failures in Active Noninfectious Uveitis

But the trial was halted when the funder changed its business focus

A photo of the White House.

This U.S. President Was Dying, but His Doctors Zipped Their Lips

Eight decades after FDR's decline and death, do White House physicians owe truth to the public?

A photo of Theodore Roosevelt next to an x-ray image of the bullet lodged in his chest.

This Ex-President Also Survived an Assassination Attempt on the Campaign Trail

In 1912, a former president was trying to get back into office when he was shot at close range

A distorted Amsler grid over a photo of an eye.

Rheumatology Meds Seen Cutting AMD Risk

Claims data point to possible protective effect for one common drug class

A photo of an eye after an intravitreal injection

Eyes Off the Prize: Prior Auth Snags Force Delays in Ocular Treatment

While insurers rarely reject requests, they can take weeks to approve anti-VEGF injections

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