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

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...

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,...

Almost 100 years ago, Harvard University enrolled several hundred individuals in a long-term study of why some people live longer than...

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...

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...

The recent statement from the family of President Jimmy Carter opens the door for a crucial conversation about end-of-life decisions for us.

Many of us can recall individuals who were destined for the Big Stage, the Big Room. These shining stars seemingly had that unique...

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...

We live in a world of constant, unpredictable, intermittent inattention. We are bludgeoned and bombarded with a tsunami of digital...

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...

Damar Hamlin, a remarkable and beloved football player for the Buffalo Bills, suffered a cardiac arrest following what would appear to be...

Photo from Unsplash Prior to the onset of the subzero temperatures here in the upper Midwest, there was a brief reprieve for many...

We humans survived on the grassy plains of East Africa millions of years ago by the power of community. The power of connectedness....

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,...

Coal mining is a profoundly dangerous profession. Before there were federally mandated safety measures, these early pioneers were aware...

In the 1939 iconic musical fantasy, Wizard of Oz, Dorothy cradles her little dog Toto when a tornado transports them from her home state...