Hello, Spring. Where Are You? A Short Essay on COVID and Clutter
Phil was right. The groundhog predicted six more weeks of winter, and he was right. For the last several months, we here in the upper...
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Dr. Ed
- Feb 27
- 5 min
Why Your Doctor Doesn’t Listen to You
Scenario 1: You’re in the exam room, sitting in an open-backed gown. You and your doctor have discussed your high blood pressure (stay on...
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Dr. Ed
- Feb 20
- 6 min
When the Time Comes: What We Can Learn from President Jimmy Carter's Hospice Decision
The recent statement from the family of President Jimmy Carter opens the door for a crucial conversation about end-of-life decisions for us.
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Dr. Ed
- Feb 13
- 4 min
Message in a Bottle: Life Lessons from Rock Stars
Many of us can recall individuals who were destined for the Big Stage, the Big Room. These shining stars seemingly had that unique...
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Dr. Ed
- Feb 2
- 6 min
Welcome to the Dark Side of Your Medical Records
Once upon a time—and you know when I start with those four words, I’m taking you down a retrospective path—medicine reflected a sacred...
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Dr. Ed
- Jan 19
- 3 min
Why Goldfish Have a Longer Attention Span than We Do
We live in a world of constant, unpredictable, intermittent inattention. We are bludgeoned and bombarded with a tsunami of digital...
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Dr. Ed
- Jan 11
- 4 min
Now, where did I put my glasses?
A common medical term is sequela. You pronounce it like this: seh-QWEL-uh. And it means the after-effects of a disease. In other words, a...
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Dr. Ed
- Jan 6
- 3 min
The Lesson from Damar Hamlin. Are You Prepared for the Worst?
Damar Hamlin, a remarkable and beloved football player for the Buffalo Bills, suffered a cardiac arrest following what would appear to be...
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Dr. Ed
- Dec 21, 2022
- 3 min
The Big Bank Heist
It’s easy to drown in a sea of nostalgia and remember the good old days, which in actual fact may not have been so good. However, the...
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Dr. Ed
- Dec 3, 2022
- 2 min
Another of Life’s Wonderful Lessons Because It Is a Wonderful Life
Photo from Unsplash Prior to the onset of the subzero temperatures here in the upper Midwest, there was a brief reprieve for many...
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Dr. Ed
- Nov 29, 2022
- 4 min
The Asteroid That Destroyed Healthcare as We Knew It
We humans survived on the grassy plains of East Africa millions of years ago by the power of community. The power of connectedness....
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Dr. Ed
- Nov 14, 2022
- 3 min
What Empowered Patients Can Learn from the Car Repair Guy
When it comes to maintenance of our cars, we here in the Midwest take the annual winter checkup seriously. If the car does not start,...
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Dr. Ed
- Oct 31, 2022
- 4 min
Where’s the Canary in the Healthcare Coal Mine?
Coal mining is a profoundly dangerous profession. Before there were federally mandated safety measures, these early pioneers were aware...
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Dr. Ed
- Sep 6, 2022
- 3 min
What is it about September?
"Life is difficult." That's the first line of Dr. Scott Peck's iconic book, The Road Less Traveled. From that point on, the reader was...
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Dr. Ed
- Aug 13, 2022
- 2 min
The Gift: A Moment in Time away from Gimmicks, Gadgets, and Digital Devices
The dogs and I went for an early-morning brisk walk on our customary route through a wooded area adjacent to our home. Usually, my mind...
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Dr. Ed
- Jul 5, 2022
- 5 min
What Dorothy Said to Toto
In the 1939 iconic musical fantasy, Wizard of Oz, Dorothy cradles her little dog Toto when a tornado transports them from her home state...
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Dr. Ed
- Jun 26, 2022
- 3 min
What Our Prehistoric Ancestors Taught Us about Social Connection (and Why COVID Changed All That)
Let us turn back the clock several million years. We humans survived in small groups of families and clans. We sat around campfires, we...
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Dr. Ed
- Apr 21, 2022
- 6 min
What keeps you up at night?
What do you fear? In your quiet moments. In ancient Rome, when the conquering generals would return to Rome following their victory in...
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Dr. Ed
- Apr 4, 2022
- 3 min
Which road are you taking?
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. At the risk of botching a...
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Dr. Ed
- Feb 25, 2022
- 3 min
Just When You Think the World Is Ending, a Kind Act Renews Our Faith in Humankind
The geopolitical chaos of the last several days in Ukraine may well be some of the most significant events of our lifetime as powerful as...
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