Anxiety Disorder but You Are Hooked On Your Anxiety Medication
Such a pretty spider. The fear of spiders is called Arachnophobia and, if you have a strong fear that interferes with your daily...
Cutting Alcohol: The Less-Than-Obvious Benefit
Almost one year ago, on my birthday to be exact, I decided to eliminate alcohol completely from my weekly diet. I was not a heavy...
CT Scans and Radiation: On-going Consequences for One Patient
In my past posts, I've described the exposure of one of my patients to the radiation from three CT Scans in the span of one-year and...
One Activity To Do When Someone Is Grieving
Modern society and the quick-fix culture pushes the idea of the magic pill to solve the problem of living a life. The assumption that a...
What Is The Radiation Risk From So Many CT Scans Being Performed In Such Short Time Frames?
This blog post will be short. It comes on the heels of three of my patients who have participated in more than one Computed Tomography...
The Need for Better Disclosure of Medication Risks
As with the vast majority of suicides that become known to us, in the days after the initial news was broadcast, the preventable tragedy...
When in a Big City in Mexico, Watch Out for This
This post is not for the obvious "watch out for drug cartels" which is a statement high on the "duh" continuum. It is about the taxi...
Domestic Violence: A Community Concern
(Re-submitted due to a recent event death in my community) A typical reaction to the knowledge of a domestic violence incident was either...
