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KCCK Big Mo Christmas Blues Show!
I heard this funny Christmas tune last night on the Big Mo Blues Show on KCCK. And if your family’s Christmas was like this-you have my sympathy.
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Costa Rica Tarrazu Comes in K-Cup Pods Now!
Sena ordered some Costa Rica Tarrazu coffee in K-Cup pods. There are two varieties, a medium roast and a dark roast. Tarrazu coffee always reminds me of our time spent in Madison, Wisconsin years ago. There were so many fun things to do and interesting sights to see. OK, so the dark roast is extra…
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What The Heck, Let’s Talk About Butter
I’ve been pretty serious the last few blogs. Let’s lighten up and talk about butter. Is it bad for your health? Not necessarily, according to a WebMD article. In fact, butter has health benefits: There are risks, of course, including the risk of heart disease because butter has a lot of calories and saturated fat.…
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An Old Blog Post About My College Days in Texas
There’s something embarrassing yet fascinating about reading my old blog posts from years ago. The one I read yesterday is titled simply “I Remember HT Heroes.” I make connections between my undergraduate college days at Huston-Tillotson College (now Huston-Tillotson University (an HBCU in Austin, Texas) and my early career as a consultation psychiatrist at The…
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Another Look at an Old Blog Post on Psychiatric Case Formulation
I just had a look at a blog post on case formulation I wrote about 12 years ago. Aside from sounding a little pompous, I decided to check on the title I gave it back then: “What Kind of Disease Does the Person Have And What Kind of Person Has the Disease?” I looked at…
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Shout Out to the European Delirium Association
I just want to give an enthusiastic shout out to the European Delirium Association (EDA). I rediscovered the website. It’s updated and an extremely helpful organization in the study of delirium. It provides excellent education about the disorder. I met one of the past presidents of the EDA, Alasdair MacLullich back in the early 2010s.…
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Gratitude to Pastor Robert Stone
I came across a couple of items that prompted my renewed gratitude. One of them was an article in Bloomberg on the web, “US Medical Schools Grapple With First Admissions Since End of Affirmative Action” by Richard Abbey, Ilena Peng, and Marie Patino, published on December 14, 2023. It’s about how hard it is for…
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CDC Issues Health Alert Network Announcement Recommending Vaccinations for Seasonal Respiratory Illnesses
The CDC recently issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) announcement urging physicians to recommend that patients get their influenza, Covid-19, and RSV vaccines.
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Time for Another Blast from the Past
I found an interesting blog post from my previous blog, The Practical Psychosomaticist. I wrote it in 2011 and it’s about the patient experience of delirium. I was delirious briefly after a colonoscopy many years ago. I don’t remember much about it. But from what Sena tells me about it, it was similar to other…
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Whirlpool Care Counts Laundry Program Cleans Up!
Sena and I just recently saw the TV commercial about the Whirlpool Care CountsTM Laundry Program, which has been providing washers and dryers for schools. It was launched to address school absenteeism, one cause of which is bullying of kids who don’t have clean clothes. They are also more likely to drop out of school.…
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