The Inherent Badness of Refinement
I had an interesting conversation with a psychologist friend of mine who specializes in treating sexual addictions. She did not tell me anything interesting in terms of specific cases, practices, or titillating bedroom details, but rather piqued my awareness of the brave new world of dating and casual sex as facilitated by apps like Tinder. […]
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Source: The Examining Room of Dr. Charles - March 22, 2017 Category: Primary Care Authors: drcharles Tags: health & diet Source Type: blogs
Best Food to Eat When Sick: 5 Foods to Beat the Common Cold
Best foods to beat the common cold: While catching a little case of the sniffles is, frankly, no big deal, it can be incredibly inconvenient. We all have busy lifestyles these days, which means that finding the time to take a few days to recover can be mission impossible. After all, no one particularly likes […]
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Source: The Examining Room of Dr. Charles - February 20, 2017 Category: Primary Care Authors: drcharles Tags: health & diet chicken soup common cold garlic ginger healthy food salmon sweet potato Source Type: blogs
The Inherent Badness of Refinement
~ I had an interesting conversation with a psychologist friend of mine who specializes in treating sexual addictions. She did not tell me anything interesting in terms of specific cases, practices, or titillating bedroom details, but rather piqued my awareness of the brave new world of dating and casual sex as facilitated by apps like […] (Source: The Examining Room of Dr. Charles)
Source: The Examining Room of Dr. Charles - November 8, 2014 Category: Primary Care Authors: drcharles Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
We Should Construct Specialized Ebola Facilities in the US. Now.
The US should be ready to build facilities, akin to what the military has been setting up in West Africa – specialized Ebola hospitals with moon suits, free-flowing bleach solutions, and brave healthcare workers who have been properly trained, and will be properly compensated for their risk. Conventional hospitals have failed to protect at least […] (Source: The Examining Room of Dr. Charles)
Source: The Examining Room of Dr. Charles - October 13, 2014 Category: Primary Care Authors: drcharles Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Low Carb Versus Low Fat Diets, and How My HDL Went Up 20 Points
What is a healthier way of eating – low fat or low carb? Several recent studies have been published addressing this question, and the answer seems to be that lower carbohydrate diets, with moderate amounts of fat (yes, even some saturated fat), produce healthier cholesterol levels, reduced markers of inflammation, improved cognitive function, and greater […] (Source: The Examining Room of Dr. Charles)
Source: The Examining Room of Dr. Charles - September 4, 2014 Category: Primary Care Authors: drcharles Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Obama ’s Foreign Policy Is Linked to a Healthy, Restrained Immune System
With 58% of Americans disapproving of Obama’s foreign policy, mounting Ebola virus deaths, and flu season around the corner, I think it is important to synthesize an overlapping theme between how our country fights perceived threats, and how our bodies successfully or unsuccessfully fight disease. In short, I think Obama’s continued restraint and use of […]
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Source: The Examining Room of Dr. Charles - August 16, 2014 Category: Primary Care Authors: drcharles Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Obama’s Foreign Policy Is Linked to a Healthy, Restrained Immune System
With 58% of Americans disapproving of Obama’s foreign policy, mounting Ebola virus deaths, and flu season around the corner, I think it is important to synthesize an overlapping theme between how our country fights perceived threats, and how our bodies successfully or unsuccessfully fight disease. In short, I think Obama’s continued restraint and use of soft power is evidence of a good prognosis for the country.
In this analogy, our bombs and military are the most caustic weapons of the country’s immune system, akin to a fever of 105 degrees and impending sepsis. Does “nuke them all” work?
Diplomacy, espionage,...
Source: The Examining Room of Dr. Charles - August 16, 2014 Category: Primary Care Authors: drcharles Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
If You Don ’t Look For It, You Will Miss It
Death leaves an invisible silence, a wrenching disappearance of love’s voice and presence. Your father held you in your first moments, poured his love and life into your cup, and told stories that created a fabled purpose from the dull chaos. And then he was no more. Are loved ones gone forever when they die? […]
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Source: The Examining Room of Dr. Charles - March 2, 2014 Category: Primary Care Authors: drcharles Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
If You Don’t Look For It, You Will Miss It
Death leaves an invisible silence, a wrenching disappearance of love’s voice and presence.
Your father held you in your first moments, poured his love and life into your cup, and told stories that created a fabled purpose from the dull chaos. And then he was no more.
Are loved ones gone forever when they die?
They live a new, unselfish life within the murky, star-forming nebula of our memories. We conjure them in moments of anxiety, sing along with them in the music they loved, and see how they once adored us as we tuck our children into bed. And beyond our perceptions, they exist as nothing and everything.
An...
Source: The Examining Room of Dr. Charles - March 2, 2014 Category: Primary Care Authors: drcharles Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Is Thanksgiving Actually a Misguided Holiday?
I used to think of Thanksgiving as the supremely humble, agenda-less holiday most deserving of our celebration. As an American adaptation of harvest festivals found in other cultures, it seems at once natural, secular, and modest. Yet as I called a lovely woman a few days before the holiday to inform and counsel her that she has cancer, the notion of millions of others “giving thanks” rang hollow, selfish, self-referential, and arrogant. The turkey on her table was unexpectedly as rotten as the necrotic mass in her pelvis, and her many arriving guests were suddenly interlopers in her nightmare. Perhaps the...
Source: The Examining Room of Dr. Charles - November 30, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: drcharles Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Food Truck Examining Room, an Evolving Concept
Given that our health care system has become a bloated carcass of once honorable intentions, I think a fundamental redesign of the examining room is in order. For beyond the doctor and patient, the physical room which contains their ebullient repartee is the next logical target for improvement. Here is one radical idea that may need only a few tweaks:
The foodtruckexaminingroom will roam from town to town across the United States, stopping in major cities and small towns with main streets in order to provide excellent medical consultations. The charge will be $25 per “visit”, with home made food gifts stro...
Source: The Examining Room of Dr. Charles - October 30, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: drcharles Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
