Doctor Grumpy in the House

I'm doing a marketing study tonight over the internet, and got this question: "What percentage of your untreated epilepsy patients ...

Mrs. Grumpy is a veteran school nurse. This year, she's starting at a new (to her) elementary school. So she spent this morning sorting ...

I suddenly sit bolt upright in bed. My 3rd year of medical school starts the Tuesday after Labor day, and I'm not even ready. A horrible...

I'm deep asleep. My cell phone chimes. A voice message has been left. Loud music and people talking in background. "Hello? This is ...

I love crap like this, and I get a lot of it. Here's a form that I need to sign, then fax back to a drug company to get medication samp...

Whenever another doc calls and tells Mary to interrupt me, I take the call. I do this because I assume there's an urgent patient matter ...

Timely communication between doctors is (at least in my opinion) important for good patient care. So yesterday, this letter from a local kid...

Sir, I certainly understand you wanting to find out more about your Parkinson's disease and it's treatments. In fact, I encourage it...

Mrs. Oldbird, I'm truly sorry that the medication trial for your husband's Alzheimer's disease caused him to have diarrhea. That...

I get ads in the mail for CME (Continuing Medical Education) courses. They're generally boring-looking brochures, listing courses like ...

Look, lady, maybe your husband is demented. Maybe he's had a stroke, and forgotten how to do this particular household activity. Maybe h...

Alzheimer's is never fun, but sometimes you have to see the humor in it. Because patients forget to do routine things, family members of...

This gives new meaning to chips & dip. Basically, a lady who traded oral sex for Fritos. For the news story, Click here.

When I put up the TPA post (see below) the last thing that ever occurred to me was that it would spark discussions in families about advance...