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Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... Calling a doctor on the phone is nothing new. In my time in general medical practice in the 1950s to the late 1960s, patients usually called me directly at my home after office hours or left messages with my dedicated ... calls were prearranged visits following a stay at the hospital, but other calls usually had some urgent components, ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... also help remove stigma associated with disabilities. At my rowing club I’m used to seeing men and women with ... rowing boats 26-feet long and 12-inches wide—the same as my very tippy single’s boat—but with modified seats and ... by Sir Ludwig Guttman of the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in England. The Stoke Mandeville Games evolved into ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
On Mother’s Day this year I will lift my glass three times.  My first toast will celebrate Dr Emily Howard Jennings Stowe ... articles were included and most of the articles focused on hospital-based specialties, targeting single hospitals or ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... in the grasp of the novel coronavirus brought to mind my encounter with breathing machines in the early 1950s polio ... a 264-bed building, was opened in 1952 as a tuberculosis hospital, but in the first 8 years its focus was on polio ... while he was having his peri-care. The nurses heard about my work in sexual rehabilitation and wondered if I would come ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... colleague and ardent reader of the London Times brought my attention to an article in the 2 December 2017 issue: ... John Money, PhD, (1921–2006) at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Dr Money was a prominent proponent of ... that had a page on sexual identity issues. As it was, my clinical and research interests were focused on other ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
Dr Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915) It is my wish to disembark from a time machine in Tubingen, ... Alzheimer moved to Munich to supervise completion of a new hospital, which included a spacious and modern ... J Clin Neurosci 2016;31:47-55.   Blog Dr Alzheimer and my wish for a time machine ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... a moment I was taken aback and didn’t know what to say. My mind was spinning. An abortion for gender selection? After ... were being taken for granted.  Like in a sped-up movie, my mind went back to 1975. I was involved in studying the ... constructed by the biomedical specialists at Shaughnessy Hospital. At the beginning we used either fresh specimen or ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... condition. Some estimates suggest that within 30 days of hospital discharge 25% of patients are readmitted, and 45% are back in hospital 3 months after discharge.  Heart failure patients ... gratefully acknowledge comments from Dr Mark Szasz during my preparation of this post. Suggested reading Chan YK, David ...
COVID-19, Blog / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB
... this rate, who will be left to swab us when we get sick? My office is down 40% in physicians due to quarantine. More of my colleagues in the community are away from their offices ... We had our first COVID-19–related death at our hospital. It’s time.  —David Chapman, MBChB COVID-19 ...
Blog / BY: Linda Hawker, MD
1977 seems like a lifetime ago, and as I attended my 45th University of Alberta medical class reunion I was struck by the profound changes in medicine my classmates and I had witnessed over the decades. Many ... via an office, obstetrics, emergency department shifts, in-hospital care, and nursing home visits. Both solo and group ...