Top 10 Scariest Diseases

Top 10 Scariest Diseases

Sometimes, when medical students or young doctors don’t pursue a diagnosis or treatment as aggressively as I feel the situation dictates, I find myself repeating an old mantra. “You’re not scared enough,” I tell them, “You’re not scared enough …yet.” Fear during the...
The Twindemic

The Twindemic

It is almost automatic to think “COVID!” when you hear the word “virus” nowadays. Understandably so, as the coronavirus pandemic has been at the forefront of news and impacted our way of life for the majority of the last 2 years. But if you can think back to a time...
When Should You Visit an Emergency Room?

When Should You Visit an Emergency Room?

We know.  We get it.  Almost everyone has an ER horror story of waiting hours to be seen only to brusquely dismissed and discharged home with “It’s only a virus!”  Or, a month after the ER visit, there arrives an unexpected bill in the mail for...