Vol 73: Every night a widow dreams
COLON CANCER: The concept of time can often seem arbitrary.
Vol 72: Above the river Nile
REFLECTION: The famed Nile River is located in northeastern Africa where it flows into the Mediterranean Sea.
Vol 71: A family affair
CANCER: Quite often when a loved one dies, it’s the silence of the loss and the regret of things left unsaid that cripples us.
Vol 68: The wind blows west, part 2
ABORTION2: At any given moment, life is like a revolving door. Where you emerge determines your choices.
Vol 67: The wind blows west, part 1
ABORTION: While sitting outside her home and enjoying the cool night breeze, my patient felt an urge to urinate.
Vol 66: The end before the beginning
BACK PAIN: Two years ago, Danielle’s father, Asa, walked into the treatment room of a local clinic suffering from intense back pain
Vol 64: A long way down, part 2
DRUG ADDICTION2: In an effort to combat illicit drug use amongst minors, U.S. First lady Nancy Regan created the slogan ‘Just say no’
Vol 63: A long way down, part 1
DRUG ADDICTION: The internationally beloved movie, Mrs. Doubtfire, starring Sally Field and Robin Williams, was released in 1993 and quickly became a smashing, box-office success.
Vol 62: Half past seven
INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION: Psychologists have long proposed that the reason we love comic book superheroes is because we all secretly desire to be the heroes of our own lives.
Vol 61: A house divided
ELDER NEGLECT: Several years ago, a palliative nurse in Australia wrote a book detailing the top five regrets of individuals on their deathbed.
Vol 60: In Fairytales we dream
DRUNK DRIVING: Many beloved fairy tales were morbidly gruesome in their original connotation.
Vol 59: The platinum gatekeeper
AGING GRACEFULLY: The opportunity to age gracefully is something that I suspect all human beings long for.
Vol 58: A smile in September
HEART & BRAIN DISEASE: Known to his closest friends as Smiley, my patient was born in 1949 in Nassau and grew up in abject poverty.
Vol 57: Devil in the details
THE RIGHT DOSE: Before the internet became mainstream, my father owned a set of medical encyclopedias.
Vol 56: Beside the dilly tree
ACHILLES INJURY: Tim spent summers with his grandparents on the island of Andros during some of the happiest times of his life.
Vol 55: Four feet below
STRESS: Today, I introduce you to a patient, hereafter referred to as Tommy, who survived a near-fatal cardiac emergency when, in his early 40s, the aorta in his heart suddenly burst.
Vol 54: A Warbler in the prairie
HOMELESS: A Warbler in a prairie on face value appears wildly indecorous and almost as unique, to those unaware, as seeing a homeless person in paradise.