Reflections on Medicine & Life
Hello to everyone who reads this and comments here. This blog will go offline on August 31, 2025 (in a few days). I plan to write more consistently, but with a much narrower focus rather than reflecting on Medicine and
Have you ever found yourself in a challenging situation, unsure how to move forward? We’ve all been there, grappling with difficult decisions or demanding circumstances. Recently, when struggling with a potentially tricky interpersonal situation, I ruminated and mulled over various
As the opioid epidemic shows no signs of abating, the term “harm reduction” has entered into the lay media. We hear about mentioned in all sorts of places. It has support in conservative parts of the country. People speak of
Addiction is a chronic disease. It has a ‘lifestyle’ factors, i.e. it relies on apparently voluntary choices by its victim for its perpetuation. One can argue about how ‘voluntary’ those choices really are during different phases of the diseases. For