Well in London this week we have seen 2 cases where a patient has “cleared” HIV. When we talk about clearing a disease we mean that there is no trace of the virus detectable even when the patient is off the medications that suppress the virus. No trace of the virus detectable even when the …
Stop calling it burn out…
I agree it is more of a moral injury: Moral injury refers to an injury to an individual's moral conscience resulting from an act of perceived moral transgression which produces profound emotional shame. The concept of moral injury emphasizes the psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual aspects of trauma. I stumbled across this video from Dr. Z who does a video podcast that …
Porn, huh?
Let’s talk about public health crises, shall we? So, about a year ago Utah’s governor declared Porn as a public health crisis. Why is this a crisis? There are a dozen things that more effect on health than viewing porn and does that negatively impact health? Well, I guess if you whack it or rub …
Now it gets worse…
From the Daily Beast: An unvaccinated Oregon boy became the first person in over 30 years of contracting the deadly tetanus infection in the state. The 6-year-old boy was playing on a farm when he cut his head, according to a 2017 case report by the CDC. His parents cleaned and stitched the wound at …