Ode to the Persecuted…Well, at Least They Think They Are…

Conversion Therapy or Sexual Reorientation Therapy is the topic of many states across America. Not because of a resurgence in use, but because many states are banning the practice from being used on minors. Since more states are following suit and many LGBTQ advocacy groups lobby to have their state pass similar measures to protect …

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Thy snot runneth over…

So, my favorite 1am phone call for a patient with a sore throat, cough, of course nasal discharge which goes by the technical term, snot. The patient is miserable as I roll into the exam room, feeling way more no thrilled about this than I hope I was showing.  Nice enough gentleman who was not …

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Please don’t diagnose addiction…

Let me say this situation is the latest in a stream of crap that has rolled by me in my professional life. So tonight, a patient presented in the ER, that was reported to the ER physician by his wife and his bishop, as having a substance use problem. For those of you not in …

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