The Parkinson’s Patient
via Shutterstock In 1817, Dr. James Parkinson, an English surgeon, scientist, and political activist, wrote in An Essay...
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Denying and Romanticizing Mental Illness
Reactions to mental illnesses or disorders vary. (I wrote about some of them in a 2012 essay in the pages of The New...
A World of Nightmares
O Rose thou art sick. The invisible worm, That flies in the night In the howling storm:Has found out thy bed Of crimson...
On Evidence-Based Medicine
Physicians throw around the term “evidence-based medicine” a lot. Whether it’s an antibiotic, IV fluid, or...
PCP Overdose in the Emergency Department
There was a crowd of security guards, physicians, and nurses in an ED room. The patient inside squirmed and writhed on...