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So you take your grandmother to the hospital. She fell and has severe back pain. After a long, exhausting ER visit, it turns out she doesn’t have any broken bones. Nevertheless, she just can’t seem to stand up without... Continue Reading »
I have spent a great deal of my career working at night and sleeping during the day. At one point, I worked full-time night shifts for roughly seven years. Near the end of that adventure, my wife, Jan, said,... Continue Reading »
Summer is here at last! And what a winter it was. Across America, people are emerging to see the great glowing ball in the sky and asking, “What’s that thing?” But summer is a time of accidents and injuries,... Continue Reading »
There’s a lot of media coverage of marijuana these days. Across the land, marijuana laws are being revisited, and its use is being steadily decriminalized. In many places medical use is allowed, while in Colorado recreational use is legal.... Continue Reading »
This month we celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus for the redemption of our sins. However, that magnificent event was also meant to show us that, for believers, death is not the final event. The resurrection of Jesus... Continue Reading »
There are lots of ways to “go to the doctor” now. Since we all end up needing healthcare at some point, it would be useful to have a working knowledge of what sort of healthcare providers are lurking about... Continue Reading »
January and February are typically our peak months for influenza in South Carolina. As such, I hope that if you’re reading this, you aren’t doing so while sitting under a blanket shivering, shaking, coughing and aching. Unfortunately, lots of... Continue Reading »
Whether our loved ones are young or old, we do not want them to die. Period. Even if we live with faith in our eventual, eternal reunion with them, we know that their passage will leave a void. I... Continue Reading »
Among the many things that we all fear, stroke has to be one of the worst. Stroke, or cerebrovascular accident (CVA), is one of those medical events that can fundamentally change the way we live. It can affect our... Continue Reading »
Now that autumn is upon us, and winter is around the corner, people will start to have fevers with increasing frequency. Fever, a natural human response to infection, is produced by the hypothalamus in response to chemicals in the... Continue Reading »
Among the greatest challenges of modern healthcare is the management of mental illness. While I’m no psychiatrist, I see the mentally ill with regularity in my practice. From epidemic depression and anxiety, to undertreated and undiagnosed schizophrenia and bipolar... Continue Reading »
It’s hard to separate opinion and evidence. I know, because for many years I looked at my patients in the emergency room and wondered what made them different. And one of the things that seemed to show up over... Continue Reading »
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