Dr. DJan 6, 20225 minMedicationsAre Your Meds Making You Sick? (Anxiety drugs) Many people come to see me because of anxiety. Life is full of stresses: getting the kids to school, keeping the boss happy, getting the...
Dr. DDec 13, 20216 minMedicationsAre Your Meds Making You Sick? (Sleep drugs)Sleep trouble, insomnia, is one of the biggest reasons people go to see their doctors. It’s not surprising, then, that sleep aids are a...
Dr. DNov 29, 20214 minMedicationsAre your meds making you sick?In response to questions from readers and patients, I’m doing a series on how medications can make you sick. I've talked a little about...
Dr. DNov 11, 20214 minWhy Do You Always Lose the Fight? Jenny, 16, was sobbing. She and her father had just been fighting in my office. He called the girl a “a mean mouthed crappy kid,”...
Dr. DJul 26, 20215 minThe song says "...suicide is painless..."...but for whom? Suicide has been on my mind for a while now. The rate has been going up steadily for decades. Physicians and nurses are...
Dr. DJun 17, 20214 minEstrangementI just read an interesting book, Shadow Daughter: A Memoir of Estrangement, by Harriet Brown. Ms. Brown presents individuals who have had...
Dr. DMay 24, 20214 minThank you for leaving the seat upI try not to take sides when couples have a dispute. Sometimes one person is doing something that seems very wrong to me. In that case I...
Dr. DMar 16, 20217 minThe ghost of a chanceThe bad old days before the Affordable Care Act Aaron was nineteen years old. This was in the bad old days before the Affordable Care Act...
Dr. DFeb 25, 20214 minPlaying the "What If" GamePeople, when they first come to see me, often think I’m going tell them what they should do. But this isn’t my job. My job is to help...