Hitting a Nerve
Hitting a Nerve
On a scale of 1-5 ... How frustrating is this?
Seeing patients at a financial loss and hoping to make it up on quantity is not the recipe for good medicine.
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Denial or a call to action?
Many of us excel at blaming our own symptoms, sometimes worrisome, on less-alarming things.
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A ‘minor’ gesture to protect my patients
Continuing to wear a mask provides some protection for me, and it provides some protection for my patients.
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A high-stakes numbers game
Whether Aduhelm succeeds or fails will all be in the numbers.
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Music and the human brain
I don’t try to understand music any more than I try to understand my dogs. I just know I couldn’t live without either.
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Sealing the envelope
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The problem with samples
In many cases, the time you save handing out samples isn’t worth the time you have to spend on them down the line.
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Death from despair
In a world where major advances have been made in many areas of medicine, including mental health, suicide shows no sign of abating.
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Is common courtesy no longer contagious?
It is distressing that the amount of rudeness is increasing to the point where we need to remind grown-ups about its consequences.
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The ripple effect
Our care may set off a chain reaction we can’t see.
Hitting a Nerve
The waiting room: Then and now
Placing limitations on the numbers of family members in the waiting room makes the difficult environment of being there easier for all to deal...