Musings of a Distractible Mind
Thoughts of an odd, but not harmful primary care physician.
I got a question on the Facebook page for my podcast: What’s a nice thing to do when your doctor is retiring? My PCP is retiring in a couple months and while I scramble to find someone else (he’s given me some recommendations), I wonder if there is some gesture I could make to show my [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.Dr. Wes (a cardiology blogger who all should read) wrote a very compelling post about technology and the bondage it can create for doctors.: The devaluation of doctors’ time continues unabated. As we move into our new era of health care delivery with millions more needing physician time (and other health care provider’s time, for [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.Dear American Academy of Pediatrics: I think there is a mistake. Kids started coming into the office recently with forms for sports physicals, and the form is different. See Below: Someone added stuff to the form! Not only do we have to continue the inexplicable obsession with the hernia check (for maximum humiliation of boys, [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.I have a unique vantage point when it comes to the issue universal cholesterol screening in children, when compared to most pediatricians. My unique view stems from the fact that I am also an internist who deals with those children after they grow up on KFC Double Downs. The AAP’s recommendations are supposed to be [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.It’s time we get away from all of that serious nonsense, and back to something I am far more comfortable with: taking otherwise useful information and twisting it into utter nonsense. Yes, it’s time to journey back to the wonderful world of the physical exam. My ongoing mission is to explore the human body from [...]
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