Healthcare Musings For January 15, 2021

Healthcare Musings For January 15, 2021

  January 15, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   Thinking About Abraham, Martin, and John   As dark and disturbing as the last week has been, we have seen darker and more disturbing days. As I was thinking about the fact that today would be Martin Luther...
Goodbye 2020! Did We Learn Anything?

Goodbye 2020! Did We Learn Anything?

  Never before have I been happier to see a year finally end. 2020 was a traumatic experience. For many years, the humorist Dave Barry has been writing a column at the end of the year that summarizes the past events of the year lest we forget them. This year’s...
Healthcare Musings For September 18, 2020

Healthcare Musings For September 18, 2020

  September 18, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, Pondering the Message of Caste in the Context of These Times   One of the benefits of retirement is the time to participate in book groups and other gatherings of older folks who are still interested in a wider...
Are We On the Threshold of a Great Awakening?

Are We On the Threshold of a Great Awakening?

  The header for this post should look familiar since last Friday’s post featured a very similar picture. The picture on last Friday had been taken on the previous Tuesday evening when about 200 people gathered on the New London Town Green to demonstrate their...
Healthcare Musings For June 5, 2020

Healthcare Musings For June 5, 2020

  June 5, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   It’s Never Been This Late Before   Many times during my practice life I would try to have a conversation with a patient about some change in lifestyle or a choice that they might make to avoid some future...
America’s Pre Existing Condition

America’s Pre Existing Condition

  There is a certain wisdom in Yogi Berra’s observation that, “It is deja vu all over again.” When I was practicing I would frequently have that thought as I was trying to manage a patient with a chronic disease. Whether the problem was CHF, poorly controlled...