In Every Issue: The Lighter Side of Health Care
Took a walk around my neighborhood the other day, the sun just starting to massage my shoulders with its warmth, dispelling the morning chill. What a treat to be able to wave at a neighbor mowing his lawn and stop to exchange pleasantries with the woman who painted her front door chartreuse. It was a … Read more
Ever wonder whether you got better medical care if your doctor wore a traditional white coat or more casual attire? The editors at the Journal of the American Medical Association did. The Journal recently released a nearly 20-page dissertation on the subject. Breaking down respondents by age, sex, race, income and educational level, JAMA researchers … Read more
When Shakespeare coined the expression “salad days,” he meant youthful ardor and zeal, not the time for us to eat chopped lettuce on a dainty plate. At “casa Duke,” “salad days” might better mean “indifference bordering on active hostility.” That’s not to say I hate salads. I‘ve just always believed a good anything else beats … Read more
I’m not a huge fan of “big box” stores. Too many things to see that you don’t need; too few that you do. Plus there’s that one lone remaining shopping cart, the one with the bad front wheel that keeps steering you away from the garden tools you want and toward the two-pound packages of … Read more
Dr. Duke This coronavirus is turning me paranoid. I stay at home with all the doors and windows closed. The drapes are pulled, and I only part them a nanometer to see if a cloud of round, knobby germs might be rumbling down my block. I haven’t had a haircut since this pandemic began, so … Read more
There was a time when the only people you might run across wearing masks were kids holding their bags out for candy on Halloween and revelers celebrating Mardi Gras – if you happened to live in New Orleans. Even bank robbers had given up on masks in favor of waving weapons and just demanding cash. … Read more