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Reminisce About the Old Days on the Psychiatry Consult Service
I reminisce once in a while on my early days running the Psychiatry consultation service at University of Iowa Health Care. I was involved in a delirium prevention committee back in 2011. The old blog post below shows my frustration with how slow progress seems to be in committees. I used to watch Hogan’s Heroes…
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Old Blog Post: Volunteer to Prevent Delirium
I ran across an old blog post I wrote in 2011 on preventing delirium and thought it would be interesting to share it. In all fairness, I think attitudes have changed for the better in the last several years. Blog: Do you have to be interested in Psychiatry to Volunteer for the Delirium Prevention Project?…
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Exercise for Brain Health Reblog!
This is a reblog of my post about 4 years ago for brain health. You don’t have to do extreme sports to get the benefit of regular exercise. At least 150 minutes a week of moderate exercise) can boost your memory and thinking (see the CDC article). Since I wrote that post, I’ve continued to…
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Rounding@Iowa Podcast on General Inpatient Hospice Care
This is an excellent podcast episode about General Inpatient Hospice Care and I am proud to have been part of her early professional career when I interviewed her for residency at The University of Iowa Health Care. She and Dr. John Wilde gave an absolutely stunning presentation about hospice and palliative care in response to…
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My Comments About the Deprescribing Issues
I just had a few comments to share related Dr. George Dawson’s post I highlighted yesterday. This whole discussion about deprescribing is complicated and naturally leads to further thought about how to approach the complicated clinical relationship issues involved. There was a relevant article in Psychiatric Times which addressed some of the factors involved in…
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Looking Back in My 6th Year of Retirement from Psychiatry: A Reblog and More
This is partly a reblog of my post in 2022, “Overdiagnosis of Psychiatric Disorders Still Happens” and partly a shout-out to my colleague and friend, Dr. George Dawson, MD on his recent post “The Politics of Deprescribing: Deconstructing the HHS Mental Health Agenda.” I’m also looking back on another one of my posts with a…
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Jim Does The Georgian Shuffle Juggle!
I’m working on a new juggling trick called the Georgian Shuffle. I learned it from Juggle Gym. It didn’t take too long to sort of get the hang of it although I’m pretty slow yet. It’s fun to do and I may smooth it out after a while. Sena likes the claw throw, which is…
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House of Svengoolie Show Movie: “The Swamp Thing” & “Hey Jude”
I watched the whole 1982 movie, “The Swamp Thing” and I hope you appreciate that, because most of it was pretty tough to sit through without yawning. Sena saw parts of it (we have two TVs) because, well, she likes to flip channels. And flipping channels is what could make you miss the best parts…
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Big Shoes Friday Blues Show is a Kickin’ Mule!
Last night I finally got it straight from host Ed English what the new name is for the Friday night blues show on KCCK-FM. It’s the Big Shoes Friday Blues Show. Ed has a lot of good energy, his voice is bright, he’s smart, and he makes sure that women and local blues artists get…
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Dental Work by Tiny AI Robots?
Sena told me about a news story about tiny fit-in-your-mouth Artificial Intelligence dental robots that could make crowns. You know, I recently lost a crown and I’m still waiting to get a tooth pulled so I can move forward with getting a denture installed eventually. For some reason, this reminds me of a Chrysler New…
