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The Little Ironies
I scheduled this morning’s early post about the Iowa State Fair Cribbage Tournament yesterday afternoon. Well after that, later in the evening Sena told me she read a news story about Rusty Martin, a former Iowa state senator, who had Stage 5 Alzheimer’s Disease and traveled to Switzerland to end his life via the assisted-dying…
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More Evidence Stair Climbing is Good for You!
OK, I found another news article backed by a scientific study that climbing the stairs is better for your health than taking the elevator. If you’re a regular stair climber, you’re 39% less likely to die from a cardiovascular disease and 24% less likely to die from any cause. When I was working as a…
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Living in the Arms of the Common People
The other day Sena was shopping at the grocery store and she was standing in line at the checkout lane. An African American woman (age maybe thirtyish) was having trouble with her WIC card. That’s the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC for short) debit card. It’s the federal assistance program…
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Shout Out to Dr. George Dawson, MD on Antidepressant Post
I just want to give a shout-out to Dr. George Dawson on his excellent post, “A Few More Lost Pieces of the Antidepressant Discussion.” I urge everyone who has a stake in this debate to read Dr. Dawson’s clear and thoughtful essay on this critically important clinical care issue.
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Reblog with Update of “The Dragon Breathes Fire Again”
This reblog of an August 10, 2023 post “The Dragon Breathes Fire Again” updates the situation with Dragon Ambient Experience (DAX). The article I referenced indicating that DAX could still be problematic has been removed and the website, protocoldotcom, is for sale. According to a Microsoft article, DAX is now a Microsoft product, combined with…
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The Big Shoes Friday Blues Show A Couple of Days Ago
I caught the Big Shoes Friday Blues Show on KCCK 88.3 FM on Friday August 7, 2026. I got a nice surprise because all of the songs Ed English recorded (He and his band were scheduled to perform on Friday) were listed on the playlist. That was the first time I can remember that ever…
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Thoughts on Super Movers
This post isn’t about burly guys who move your furniture. I found this article about super movers who are persons 80 years old or older with walking speeds comparable to those who are 30 years younger. Verghese J, Cotton K, Sathyan S, Ayers E, Mahoney JR, De Sanctis P, Wang C, Jin Y, Blumen HM,…
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Way to Go Dr. David Mair!
I just want to make a shout out to a former psychiatry resident I helped teach about 18 years ago. He and a group of other residents did an outstanding and hilarious job of making a couple of teaching videos about how to cope with violent patients. I realize that news stories about health care…
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Upping My Game on the Single Leg Sit to Stand Exercise
Sena has ordered a regular chair pad that I’ll use for my single leg sit to stand exercise. This is something I started back when we were staying in a hotel waiting for builders to finish building our new house a couple of years ago. I’ve been using a pile of clothes to increase the…
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Liaison Psychiatrist appointed to Wexford General Hospital in Ireland
A few days ago, I read a news article announcing that a liaison psychiatrist was appointed to Wexford General Hospital, which is located in Ireland. It has around 280 beds. I didn’t see the name of the liaison psychiatrist who will be the lone ranger psychiatric consultant there. That person has my deepest respect as…
