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HEALTH RECONCILIATION FOR THE COMEBACK WIN

November 23, 2021 by

What is health reconciliation but being able to look in the mirror and acknowledge who is looking back? If it sounds easy, then you’ve never been down the dark road of reconciliation, health or otherwise. The important thing is finding peace along the way. You may get better, you may not, but health reconciliation settles […]

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GOOD MEDICINE FOR HARD TIMES

November 10, 2021 by

Good medicine comes in many flavors. When it works the way it’s supposed to, the struggle to deliver is worthwhile. However, the struggle to deliver is never ends. Everyone has feelings about good medicine, starting with, “Is it good enough?”

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HEART SCIENCE FOR THE NON-SCIENTIST

October 5, 2021 by

Heart science arrives sooner or later. The good news is you will be told you have the heart of someone twenty years younger than you. The bad news is you might be told you the heart of someone twenty years older than you. If you max out on bacon every meal, with eggs cooked in […]

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HEALING PROCESS SECRET? STAY OUT OF THE WAY

September 21, 2021 by

I learned about the healing process early. The first fourteen years included two brothers, then a sister. My dad used to tell us to “quiet down, there’s a sick man in the hospital.” In North Bend, Oregon, the hospital was about a mile and a half from our house. We weren’t that noisy. After a […]

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MEDICAL ADVICE SAVES LIVES SOONER THAN LATER

July 30, 2021 by

Medical advice is different than mechanical advice for a car? While it is shocking news to some, the wrong advice can kill you. The guy at the car wash says your brakes are fine because you stopped when they gave the sign. But those brakes are grinding at every light. When is the right time […]

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HONOR SYSTEM? HOLD THE HONOR

May 16, 2021 by

The problem with the ‘honor system’ is the definition. From merriam-webster.com: : a system (as at a college) whereby persons are trusted to abide by the regulations (as for a code of conduct) without supervision or surveillance The idea of honor doesn’t work when people who know better decide to ditch honor for the definition spit […]

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PUBLIC HEALTH, YOUR HEALTH, MY HEALTH, ALL AT ONCE

February 2, 2021 by

Public health was the topic of a well crafted ad calling for it to be the ‘biggest priority in the future.’ When a slick marketing man hypes his product so well, I’m interested. When health is mentioned, public health, I’m more interested. The insurance ad linked the virus vaccine today to the extended history and […]

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GROWING OLDER WITH A SECOND EMOTION

October 26, 2020 by

No one cures aging; growing older is not a disease. Instead of seeing it as a problem to challenge your mental health, flip the idea of growing older into an opportunity: You are older today than you’ve ever been. What makes it different than yesterday? A week older, a month older, a year older? What […]

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MEDICAL ADVICE TO IGNORE IN AN EMERGENCY

June 11, 2020 by

Medical advice is wasted on hypochondriacs. The problems they bring to an appointment change by the end. “It hurts when I do this,” turns into, “It hurts when I don’t do that. But now it’s something else.” Sound stressful? It is. It’s always something else. How do I know? Please continue.

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ARMY MEDIC: JOB TWO OF FIVE

March 20, 2020 by

Army medic was the job I signed up for when I joined after freshman year in 1974. Army medic was my dad’s idea. The old Marine also advised against joining the Navy, but that’s expected. I went in on the Buddy Plan with a high school buddy. We lasted three days together in receiving, then […]

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