Doctor Secrets! My Real Life…

We often hear “alcohol was a factor” when talking about motor vehicle accidents. But you never hear “music was a factor”. But nearly everytime I see somebody screeching off their tires, zig-zagging through traffic, or speeding like their car’s invisible,  I invariably also feel their bass shaking my windows. Do you? I think the role [...]

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I don’t think a day goes by that I don’t find myself stitching somebody up for a job site cut, abrasion, impaling, burn e.t.c. What’s amazing to me is that EVERY time I’ve inquired, the mishap was predictable and preventable and NOT a freak accident.  EVERYTIME!  e.g. People not wearing gloves with saws and grinders, [...]

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One of my dear patients asked me today: “If I take this sleeping pill you’re givin’ me will I wake back up?” “Duh, yeah.” In retrospect, with the Michael Jackson debacle all over the news I think it’s not an unreasonable question. Sleeping pills today are carefully designed not to arrest breathing – or we’d [...]

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