Tag: Health

Our pets’ lives and deaths… and how each can inform and transform our own lives

September 11, 2018

By: Osman N. Sanyer, MD We had to put our eleven-year-old family dog to rest this week. Bella, who was apparently well and healthy two weeks prior, had stopped eating and became obviously ill a few days ago. When tests revealed that she was riddled with cancer, the choice to reduce her suffering, while painful, … More Our pets’ lives and deaths… and how each can inform and transform our own lives

Do as I say, not as I do? Discussing lifestyle change in the doctor’s office

May 15, 2018

By: Jason Lippman, MD, With the overwhelming health burden caused by the Western diet and way of living, lifestyle counseling has become one of the most important roles of a primary care provider. Each doctor likely has his or her own approach to the topic. One approach might be to stand strongly behind the facts … More Do as I say, not as I do? Discussing lifestyle change in the doctor’s office

What I Learned About American Family Medicine in Rural Tanzania

January 30, 2018

He stands, bent, outside the front of the house, the two steps up to the door being too far to lift himself leaning hard on the old stick, cloth padding the top as a cane or maybe a crutch. I step down to greet him, “Jambo,” (how are you) and to wish him “Salama,” (peace). … More What I Learned About American Family Medicine in Rural Tanzania