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Hard habit to break
After almost 30 years as a doctor the job becomes a part of your personality, one that’s as important as many other aspects of what makes us who...
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Bored? Change the world or read a book
The mind that keeps working is a powerful tool, driving us forward in all walks of life.
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Hard-won medical advances versus miracle cures
We live in a world of amazing technological achievements, but that doesn’t mean all diseases have been cured and problems fixed.
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Fridays at the oasis
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Time to toss the tomes
If I haven’t opened my old medical textbooks in 20-25 years, the odds are that I’m not going to now.
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How do you treat noncompliance?
The consequences of noncompliance in migraineurs certainly aren’t as bad – or as expensive – as those for seizure patients, but they aren’t minor...
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Downtime? Enjoy it
Learning to ride out the highs and lows that make up an average patient load is just another part of the job.
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Move away from the screen ...
A recent study found that people who stopped using social media for 1 week had “significant improvements in well-being, depression, and anxiety...
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The puzzling thing about puzzles
Some things remain a mystery despite our attempts to solve them.
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A tip of the cap
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The unseen benefit of an MRI
In medicine, there isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach to treatment.
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The EMR gets it wrong: SNAFU
What goes into the EMR stays in the EMR, even if it is erroneous.
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It’s a gimmick
After 23 years in practice, the only gratitude that means anything to me is the occasional heartfelt “thank you” from a patient.
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Courtesy: It’s not so common anymore
Our supposedly polite society seems to have gone in reverse during the pandemic, though the change had probably started before then.