If George W. Bush were still commenting on social issues, he might say “is our children nuts?” With reports of 15% of children 10-19, globally, experiencing a mental illness, according to the WHO (1), and 12 million American adolescents on psychotropic medications (2), ya gotta wonder. Everything from family breakup, COVID, cell phones, the economy, and globalContinue reading “woe, woe, woe…”
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what did you do at the U, Daddy?
A dear friend and double classmate of mine (VHS, UofM), Darai, got to asking me about my medical career. We were discussing our dear old teacher and coach who had just turned 90. I had helped orchestrate a campaign to get him cards and letters for his birthday. I mentioned that for a teacher, hearing from old studentsContinue reading “what did you do at the U, Daddy?”
stroke: room for improvement?
Come next month, I’ll have not seen a patient for 5 years. But those questions coming in from friends and relatives can still jog this old medical brain. A couple weeks back, Ron, who’s a distant cousin, good friend, and husband of much missed Barb (1), a nurse who used to field most of his medical queries,Continue reading “stroke: room for improvement?”
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