This is the time of year when people make New Year’s resolutions. We all know that most of them are doomed to failure. There are some reasons why that happens. That means that there are some ways to [...]

There are a finite number of medical things to write about for Christmas. For that reason, I beg your indulgence as I dust off one of my previous Christmas articles. Some things are worth repeating. As we celebrate [...]

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has increased in frequency over the years. Some of that is due to better diagnosis. Some of that has been due to reclassifying children with other developmental disabilities as having ASD. However, that does [...]

There are several layers to our ability to think as rational human beings. They are based on our experiences and education. Those things affect how our brain tells us to act. The most basic layer is common sense. [...]

On Thanksgiving we celebrate the feast that the Plymouth colony had with the Wampanoag tribe that lived in the area. The story goes that the native Americans heard gunshots of celebration. They thought the gunshots were signs of [...]

The Emergency Room is a busy place. There are lots of opportunities for things to fall through the cracks. A study published in July 2023 showed that the hectic pace led to hundreds of thousands of incorrect diagnoses [...]

When my mother was a child she caught diphtheria. She was able to survive. However, two of her siblings died from the same round of diphtheria. In 1938, measles, diphtheria and whooping cough were all in the top [...]

I was ushering at one of our weekly Saturday evening Masses. I greeted one of the widows attending the Mass. She told me that the one year anniversary of her husband’s death had just passed. It was difficult [...]

Halloween is a fun time for children. We sometimes forget about the origin of the celebration. November 1st is All Saints Day in the Catholic Church. It used to be called All Hallows (old word for Holies) Day. [...]

Sigmund Freud proposed many ideas as part of his psychoanalytic theory. Many of those ideas involve psychological defense mechanisms that humans use. One of those was called Projection. His logic is that the human ego has to protect [...]