Your employer can tell you to smoke outside. Can they tell you not to smoke at all?
13Feb11
Thank You for Not Smoking Redux
28Nov10
Thank you for Not Smoking
How well does e-smoking approximate the real thing? Hope you had a pleasant Thanksgiving. GlassHospital was on the road again, taking the kids to visit the hometown of Cleveland, health mecca of the eastern Midwest. Had Thanksgiving dinner at my aunt and uncle’s. My aunt is a culinary master; she loves to pull out all [...]
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Posted in global health, health & wellness, lifestyle modification, preventive health, primary care, research
Tagged e-cigarettes, smoking, tobacco
Tagged e-cigarettes, smoking, tobacco
19Sep10
Snor’n’ in the USA
I’m not a drum-banger for the latest “epidemics” to come to media attention, whether it’s H1N1, Vitamin D, or getting your kids CAT-scanned routinely. But there comes a time in every blogger’s life when he must comment on something that does bubble up into consciousness a tad, shall we say, often. I’m talking here about [...]
24Aug10
Cruel Shoes
GlassHospital is on vacation this week, writing to you from vibrant Toronto. Toronto is home to the Bata Shoe Museum, well worth a visit if you’re ever here on a Thursday night when admission is free. In addition to a display featuring shoes of Elton John and
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Posted in health & wellness, humor, medical mystery, narrative, patient experience
Tagged foot pain, gotta be the shoes, overtesting, shoes
Tagged foot pain, gotta be the shoes, overtesting, shoes
20May10
The Best Laid (Follow-Up) Plans
My friend’s 92 year-old grandmother goes to see her eye doctor. “Everything looks great,” he reassures her. “When should I come back?” she wants to know. “Two years.” Now that’s positive thinking. * * [...]
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Posted in health & wellness, patient experience, preventive health
Tagged annual physicals, true stories
Tagged annual physicals, true stories