Casebook of a Community Internist
Blogs
- 1/11/2024
Should we encourage dogs in healthcare settings?
Be it as a pacifier in the ER, or as a diagnostician at the airport, dogs can make great 'medical devices.' - 12/20/2023
Finger sepsis
We've come a long way in controlling—but not conquering—germ invasion. - 12/6/2023
Nobel laureates: Medicine and physiology
Let us remember the greats in medicine and keep celebrating new visions. - 11/27/2023
Calories, vitamins and supplements
Given how important nutrition is to health, are we taught enough about it? - 11/16/2023
Medical wisdom
Would you like to be cared for by an algorithm, or a concerned and well-trained individual? - 11/1/2023
The concept of ‘normal’ and emotional plaque
Here's a thought experiment to consider where the baseline of normal deviates throughout our lifetime. - 10/13/2023
ECT, etc.
A conversation with a patient who owed his life to pacemaker and his mood to house current. - 9/27/2023
Just my luck or serendipity?
In looking at historic cases and my own, I question where serendipity fits into all of it. - 9/6/2023
The mighty machine at what price?
In our quest for efficiencies via computers, patient trust is eroding and doctors are being reduced to bytes of functionality. - 8/28/2023
The complexities of lithium
How often have I seen an outpatient on Lithium, not realizing catastrophe is just a diuretic away? - 8/17/2023
It's high time for a healthcare passport
Surely there is a better way when it comes to health information sharing and transfer. - 8/10/2023
Is common sense that common anymore?
In this age of healthcare system dysfunction, here's a list of things that just make common sense.