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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…
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Baby, They Took My Tooth Out!
This afternoon an oral surgeon yanked that tooth left behind after one of my crowns popped out while flossing in mid-June. It had to be removed in two pieces with a jigsaw the surgeon got for half price at Lowe’s Hardware. The procedure itself was completely painless after local anesthetic. They gave me a big…
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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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