The Value of the Buddy System
Paul Buehrens One day my middle aged patient who loved to go crabbing and fishing came in with an alarming tale. He had fresh crab on the boat, which attracted yellow jackets,…
Paul Buehrens
How can someone with dementia give informed consent?
When I had 30 nursing home patients, one of them, Mr. Otto A., fainted several times and proved to have a cardiac dysrhythmia (Atrial flutter) for which the best treatment…
What works for colds???
Just dealing with the common cold and sinus infections is actually pretty hard! First, it’s hard to know just why folks come in, but usually there’s some additional agenda: a…
Mountain blueberries: Placebo or miracle?
One of my elderly ladies in the nursing home started having rectal bleeding in her early 80s. The workup revealed surgically curable sigmoid colorectal cancer. That is, she had colon…
Alex and the inhaler
Alex Alex was then the infant child of my friend Ann, who lived about an hour away. One day I was talking with her. She was very worried about Alex.…
The Medicinal Properties of Pepper
When I was still in Medical School, I visited my brother. His daughter found me in the backyard, and announced she was sent to me because she had a rock…