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Being a pediatrician

Most people know that I had a career in Air Force medicine. However, most of them do not know why I chose to do so. In addition, people do not know that I decided to be a pediatrician [...]

2024-06-13T11:08:24-05:00June 13, 2024|HEALTH|

EV and health

Automobile manufacturers are making an ever increasing number of electric vehicles (EV). Some people love them. Some people hate them. The primary purpose of the vehicles is related to climate change. However, one may wonder what the impact [...]

2024-06-06T11:02:46-05:00June 6, 2024|HEALTH|

Portable water

It is hard to watch a movie of the Old West without seeing a scene set in a saloon. Watching movies about England always seem to have scenes in pubs. One might wonder why that is the case. [...]

2024-05-30T10:21:07-05:00May 30, 2024|HEALTH|

Iphone health app

Accidents are never planned. However, there are ways of planning that can make the problems in an accident be minimized. An example of that is an injury to someone who is alone. When medical help arrives, they will [...]

2024-05-23T09:32:41-05:00May 23, 2024|HEALTH|

Artificial intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been in the conversation in many areas. One might wonder what impact it might have on medical practice. There are a number of areas that AI can be useful in medicine. For example, there [...]

2024-05-16T09:45:00-05:00May 16, 2024|HEALTH|

Parental Story Telling

Many years ago when I was about 12 years old, I had a cousin who had a baby girl. I asked my parents about the father. They told me he lived in Mexico. I had no reason to [...]

2024-05-09T12:11:44-05:00May 9, 2024|HEALTH|

CITIMINT

Things tend to come in threes. For that reason, I will do one more article on mnemonics. I used to train Family Practice residents and medical students during their time on the pediatric rotation. There were times when [...]

2024-05-02T09:28:46-05:00May 2, 2024|HEALTH|

QQSCALA

Last week I wrote about a mnemonic that I created for diagnosing migraine headaches. I want to share another mnemonic that I created to address pain. There are many questions that can be asked about pain. However, if [...]

2024-04-25T09:32:57-05:00April 25, 2024|HEALTH|

Migraine diagnosis

Headache is a common presenting symptom at any age. One of the common types of headaches is migraine headaches, which can range in severity. The question is often how to tell if someone is having migraines or another [...]

2024-04-18T10:45:10-05:00April 18, 2024|HEALTH|
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