Tag: education
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Time Blocking — If You Don’t Control Your Email, It Will Control You
My calendar in 2024 is going to look way different than it did in 2023. And I mean that as much in a literal sense as in a figurative one. Use your calendar to visualize your day. Prioritize and schedule your non-negotiables. (Business, of course, but don’t forget the 4 Fs: fitness, family, fun, food).…
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How Much Does This Cost?
When you’re a consumer, “How much does this cost?” should be a simple question with a simple answer. Inside Big Box Medicine, however, it rarely is. Why? Come on. They don’t want you to see those prices. And, who cares, right? Your health insurance will take care of it! Ha… I’m showing a bill from…
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Terminated Without Cause, Effective Immediately
Today is about amplifying someone else’s story. By reading Ashley Saucier, MD, MHA, FACEP, FAAP’s abrupt termination story, I hope others can learn, gain awareness and empathy, and start thinking about what they can do to make themselves more prepared to weather a storm like this if it happens. If something like this has happened to…
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The Steroid Dose Pack: A Blessing And A Curse
As of this writing, I’m post-op day #1 status-post nasal septoplasty with bilateral turbinate reduction and nasal valve repair (yikes, writing that reminded me of those 4am surgery intern days…). Part of my post-op medication regimen is a methylprednisolone dose pack. This is a commonly prescribed systemic corticosteroid that has easy instructions for how to…
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Accelerate Your Decision Making Ability with AI
When I find myself driving on the 101 in Silicon Valley and San Francisco, I pay attention to the billboards. A few years ago it was blockchain and crypto. Ugh. I’m grateful that moment has passed. Blockchain remains a promising technology, but the froth and grifting were nauseating, especially given how inexpensive and easily accessible…
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Functional Medicine As Systems Medicine
Per the The Institute for Functional Medicine: “Functional medicine is a systems biology–based approach that focuses on identifying and addressing the root cause of disease. Each symptom or differential diagnosis may be one of many contributing to an individual’s illness. A diagnosis can be the result of more than one cause. For example, depression can be…
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The Itch Is A Bit@h!
Pardon my language, but October is Eczema Awareness Month, and we need to talk about itch. Dermatologists sometimes call it pruritus, but you know it as itch or itching, and it can be crazy-making. We wax poetic about what “type” of itch it is and what treatments may or may not help based on the…
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What Is Functional Medicine? Let’s Talk About It.
(Disclosure: I don’t have functional medicine training, nor do I have experience integrating functional medicine into my dermatology practice. I’m not an expert in this area, but I’m a learner, and I want to help my patients get the best transformation possible.) Functional medicine is a holistic approach to health that focuses on identifying and…
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Do You Recognize These Bumps? — Demystifying Dyshidrotic Eczema
Do you recognize these exquisitely itchy little bumps? It’s time to demystify a troubling and sometimes mysterious rash called dyshidrotic eczema. In dermatology residency, many of us learn the term “tapioca-like vesicles” (we love using food-related descriptors) to describe the characteristic appearance of a type of eczema called dyshidrotic eczema (AKA pompholyx and acute recurrent…
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October Is Eczema Awareness Month!
Per the National Eczema Association, which is the driving force for an eczema community fueled by knowledge, strengthened through collective action, and propelled by the promise for a better future: “More than 31 million people in the U.S. have eczema and each one of them has a story to tell. For Eczema Awareness Month 2023,…
