Iatrogenics

DEATH-DANCING WITH DISMISSIVE, DISCOUNTING, DEMAGOGIC DOCTORS DELAYING MINIMUM BASIC TREATMENT PLANNING FOR PLEURISY IS quite frankly not ever a good idea. 12:51 PM, PDST, SUNDAY APRIL 9, 2023: “Give any idiot enough rope and sooner or later, they will hand themselves. So it is with Kaiser Permanente’s California- licensed and…

“Most things in life happen at the second, third, or nth steps.”(Farnam Street)

Medicalisation is a key concept in sociology which refers to the processes by which human conditions and problems come to be defined and treated as medical conditions, and thus become the subject of medical study, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment. Medicalization includes alcoholism, mental disorders, opiate addictions, eating disorders, sexual and…

— Have a Heart Attack — Background I am 58 years old. Before my heart attack, I weighed 83 kilos. I dance Ballroom and Lindy Hop three to five times a week. My daily fitness routine includes a calisthenics workout consisting of stretching, push-ups, sit-ups, and other bodyweight exercises. I usually, but not always had a five-kilometer…

I enjoy a little comic relief when I go for a medical appointment, especially after I’ve packed in three visits already and it’s only Tuesday. At my age, in this age of Covid19, doctor’s appointments, COVID testing, medical procedures and grocery shopping are all I go out for so I…

A poem before AKATHISIA had a name — The world doesn’t care, so you must. People closest can’t see the pain, the raging nightmare that is #AKATHISIA inside you. Even if they could, they don’t want to. It’s too terrifying and the demands are too great. In case you’re wondering, yes. I think about giving up, every, single…

Jarod Bona is CEO of Bona Law, an antitrust boutique law firm I bet your first question is “What is iatrogenics?” Have you ever gone to the doctor for something minor, only to take the prescribed medication and suffer through side effects that are worse than the initial ailment? Iatrogenics…

“All of men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.” - Blaise Pascal, Pensées “The surgery was successful. The Maharaja is dead.”, ended The Tiger King by Kalki, a compulsory reading for high school students in the CBSE system. Befuddled by the notion of…

No longer a side effect of powerful antipsychotic medications, TD is cropping up in patients being treated for depression and other physical disorders. — There is no health without mental health; mental health is too important to be left to the professionals alone, and mental health is everyone’s business. — Vikram Patel Movement disorders, whether precipitated by a specific illness, neurologic disorder or medication side effect, can be highly disturbing. …