Doctors often spend more time in front of a computer than in front of the patient. How to get your doctor to pay attention.

On a miserably cold, gray, and blustery Tuesday afternoon, a block of time miraculously appeared in my schedule when two Zoom calls were...

No one has a greater stake in your healthcare than you do.

Going through the economic and emotional acrobatics of buying a car is not the highlight of my world. However, it is one of those...

Once upon a time a gas station was called a filling station. These were mom-and-pop operations scattered throughout communities and...

Once upon a time in a land not so far away, a little baby was born. He was the pride and joy of his mother and father. The entire...

The letter arrived out of the blue like a notice from the IRS about an upcoming audit. The letter went something like this: Dear Valued...

It really does not take much to make a difference in someone’s day, in someone’s life. Let me explain. About twenty years ago an...

I had the great privilege to address an audience of a thousand residents from my community who have been participating in a decade-long...

We can become numb by the relentless news cycle that can focus on the negative. But every once in a while, a brief sentence can change...

Jerry Maguire was a brash sports agent representing a player for the Arizona Cardinals, wide receiver Rod Tidwell, who demanded a lavish...

Medicine is complex. The body of medical information doubles approximately every 72 days. Surgical procedures now routinely performed in...

The phone call was completely unexpected. A colleague with whom I had trained was in town for the evaluation of a potentially serious...

Not too many decades ago, in the history of medicine, healthcare providers were culled from the ranks of the clergy. These practitioners,...

Many of us live in a fast-paced, hyper-caffeinated digitally driven culture of intermittent constant interruptions, unreasonable demands.

Once upon a time the term GOAT was a term of derision to describe someone who underperformed under pressure. The player who fumbles the...

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,...