I’ve long considered having these classic, profound opening words of Mary Oliver’s most famous poem tattooed on my body somewhere. Since I quit clinical medicine a month ago, I’m at that stage where I’m researching tattoo parlors. It was just this morning, a late October …
I have alot of doctor friends who write, go figure! I wanted to feature their works in a thoughtful, engaging, different way, and here it is: A behind-the-scenes one-on-one Q&A-style chat! First up is Jill Grimes, MD, FAAFP, board-certified practicing Family Physician, medical media expert, and …
Hatred is spreading like an epidemic across the country. Just this past week, the United States has had another horrific mass shooting, and multiple attempted assassinations. The shooter targeted Jewish Americans at a synagogue; the mail bomber targeted prominent Democrats. What do the alleged perpetrators …
The Centers for Disease Control has launched an ambitious campaign aimed at preventing a million cardiovascular events by 2022, appropriately titled Million Hearts. Their website has some very basic information about the prevention of heart disease, summarized under the call to “Practice Healthy Living Habits” and …
If any physician suspects that a child (or an elder) is being abused, they are legally required to call the appropriate authorities. When Washington D.C. pediatrician Sanjiv Sriram saw that children were being abused, he did just that. He called Child Protective Services… on the …
Woke up this lovely Monday with two flat tires, one nonfunctioning furnace, indoor temp of 55 degrees, two kids needing to get to school, a booked afternoon clinic downtown, and an evening wake to attend. Before the morning was done we discovered that one car …
Just shared an embarrassing story from this past weekend over at Mothers in Medicine. Type A healthcare professionals, this may apply to you!
I am just now becoming more active in the fight against opioid addiction. I’ve shared my thoughts on this in real time and on a big stage. I’m newly waivered to prescribe Suboxone and Subutex. I’m working with both the obstetrics and substance abuse departments …
A huge chunk of my better youth was productively spent in the reading rooms, at long study tables, or in hidden cubbies of a number of libraries. Mom started us young, at the orange- carpeted seventies- style children’s room of my old hometown. I was …