Dr. Harvey Bruce Simon MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
55 Fruit St Infectious Disease A Boston MA, 02114Rating
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Dr. Harvey Simon is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Simon specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
Education and Training
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1967
Harvard Medical School 1967
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- On call. I saw on TV that President Bush had a complete checkup and that his heart rate was 44. I know that the vice president recently got a pacemaker; why didn't the president get one, too?
- On Call. I am a subscriber to Harvard Men's Health Watch, but I am writing about my wife, not myself. She's only 58 and she's always been healthy, but over the past year she's been bothered by shaking and trembling in her hands, particularly when she
- On call. My 78-year-old father-in-law may need a bypass to treat his heart problem. My wife read about a new keyhole-type operation. What is it, and would it be better for Dad?
- On call. I'm a 62-year-old man in good health. I take Zocor for my cholesterol as well as a baby aspirin and several vitamins every day. My problem may seem silly, but it's really a nuisance: uncontrollable yawning. Do you have any idea why I yawn so
- On call. I am a 64-year-old man, and I've always been proud of my perfect health record. I've also been proud of my full head of hair, even after the gray started creeping in. Four months ago I caught pneumonia and spent eight days in the hospital (t
- On call. It seems that every time I turn on the TV (or pick up your newsletter), I'm getting advice about what I should eat. Do all these reminders do any good?
- On call. I've noticed that my newspaper always seems to have a story about testicular cancer in an athlete. Do athletes really get the disease more often than ordinary men?
- On call. I don't trust the claims of all the new herbal drugs and products. Many claim to be clinically proven. What does that mean? Is this valid scientific research? If not, why are such claims tolerated by the medical world?
- A Harvard study reported in my newspaper showed that drinking milk correlates with a higher incidence of prostate cancer. But we were always told that as we age, we need more calcium to keep bones healthy, and milk is a good source. Should we stop dr
- Except for high cholesterol, I've always been pretty healthy for my age (72). But I recently started puffing on the stairs, so my doctor sent me for a set of tests. After the echocardiogram, he told me I had congestive heart failure. He gave me Lasix
- On call. I've read that aspirin may help prevent colon cancer as well as heart attacks. I take an aspirin every day, and I wonder if it may also help with prostate cancer.
- On call. I notice that many restaurants have gone back to serving butter with bread, and many of my wife's friends are as well. Is butter back on the "good" list?
- On call. September 11 was an emotional day for all of us, but September 12 was a confusing day for me. I read two newspapers that reported on research in the New England Journal of Medicine. The New York Times headline said: "Prostate cancer surgery
- On call. I have arthritis of both knees. Prescription medicines didn't help and they irritated my stomach. I tried glucosamine, and it didn't do much good either. Finally my doctor sent me to a specialist, who washed out both knees with an arthroscop
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