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I enjoy visiting with my colleagues who are medical specialists. We dive in and explore the depths of a particular condition. However, there is something to say about the breadth of knowledge that a family medicine physician is expected to have. Your family doctor can run through the alphabet of conditions from acne to the zika virus.
Read morePSALM 96:1-7 1) "O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.
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Although I’ve relished my adventures in the southern hemisphere from Africa to New Zealand, I’ve enjoyed my South Dakota hunts just as much. However, my favorite direction is north. Moose and caribou hunts have been awesome, but my favorite is fishing the waters of Northern Saskatchewan. It might be the smell of the great north woods, the cry of loons, a moose or bear swimming across the lake, dipping my cup into the lake for a cool drink, fresh walleye fillets for supper, or big, pugnacious northern pike. Maybe it’s just sharing this corner of paradise with friends.
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Since ancient times, marijuana has been used for medicinal and recreational purposes in many cultures. In the United States, it became illegal during prohibition, like alcohol. Later, under the Controlled Substances Act in the 1970’s, the federal government classified marijuana a Schedule 1 drug. This classification includes heroin, LSD, and ecstasy, all deemed to have no safe, effective medical use and a high potential for abuse.
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Life expectancy is a measure commonly considered when it comes to the overall health of a population. In this day and age, when most of us think about which medical interventions are most important to increase life expectancy, we probably think about things like treatment of cancer, interventions to treat heart attacks, or surgeries for life threatening illnesses. While those things are all important, their overall impact on a population’s life expectancy pales in comparison to the prevention of infectious disease.
Read morePROVERBS 30: 5,6 "Every word of God is pure, he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he remove thee, and thou be found a liar."(KJV)
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Let’s say that at the Friday night social down at the country club, someone you thought was a friend had one too many drinks and blabbed it around that during his and your wife’s college days, your wife was a loose-moraled fluzzie and party animal. You are extremely upset, and you challenge him to a duel. Well, that would have worked 150 years ago, but not today.
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Lately my teenager has been fascinated by medical dramas. Although my “doctor self” is usually rolling my eyes throughout the program, it’s often a good conversation starter.
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