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Magic Glove Syndrome

Abracadabra! You can now transcend the risk of all contamination with the use of magical gloves!   During the peak of the COVID pandemic, it wasn’t uncommon for me to see individuals walking around my neighborhood grocery store wearing disposable gloves. Fear fed this behavior. Customers would place […]

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What’s in a Name?

Adalimumab? Brodalumab? Abrocitinib? Have you ever wondered: is there an easy way to remember not only what class each drug belongs to, but also how to pronounce these generic names? I must admit, I commonly slaughter the generic names of biologic drugs. I usually add a vowel,

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Where Did My Drill Bit Go?

For millions of Americans, going to the dentist is something we do twice a year. However, ingestion or inhalation of dental instruments during procedures can have significant complications, such as damage to the GI tract, pneumonia, respiratory distress, sepsis, and even peritonitis. Obviously, much of the above

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Evolution of Pain Management – Biomedical Model → Biopsychosocial Model → Teams’ Model 

Where We Began – The Biomedical Model  For more than a century, the biomedical model — derived from Louis Pasteur’s germ theory of disease — has been the dominant force in Western medicine. Postulating that all disease is a product of a biologic defect (Conti, 2018).  The

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The Original Pandemic: STIs

The world has been engulfed in the Covid pandemic: wearing mask, washing hands, social distancing, and getting vaccines. Instance rates have been openly discussed, posted on news headlines, and made its way in political agendas. All the while, a greater pandemic is silently existing year after year.  

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