by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 26, 2024 | Miscellaneous Musings
There’s a lot for people to worry about these days. People are burned out and stressed out. And frankly, the holidays often make people feel worse instead of better. Instead of feeling thankful at Thanksgiving, many people just end up exhausted and annoyed, if not...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 11, 2024 | Miscellaneous Musings
Today I am thinking of the veterans in my life with gratitude. I’m donating to my favorite Veteran’s organization today, in honor of these two men. –Caroline Caroline Fife, M.D.Dr. Fife is a world renowned wound care physician dedicated to...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Sep 25, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight, Miscellaneous Musings
I’ve talked before about my experience developing severe anemia from both iron and B12 deficiency. It happened so gradually that I was breathless just carrying on a conversation before I finally decided I needed medical attention! It’s embarrassing to admit this...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Sep 17, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight, Miscellaneous Musings
Today is National Physician Suicide Awareness Day. Suicide among physicians is a shockingly big problem. Suicide is usually the result of a long sequence of negative and self-defeating thoughts. It’s what happens after you lose “the battle in your mind.” I admit...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 29, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight, Miscellaneous Musings
Wang and colleagues recently published an article in JAMA Dermatology about primary cutaneous cryptococcus. The article is not available open access, so we can’t look at the photos of the case. However, in 2012, Dr. Adelaide Hebert and I published a case report of...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 28, 2024 | Miscellaneous Musings
This Medscape article caught my eye thanks to its attention grabbing title: ‘Blood Everywhere’: Nurses Control Intense In-Flight Crisis. It’s a well-written account of an in-flight emergency in which the writer, a nurse, saves the day. She describes the...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 18, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight, Miscellaneous Musings, Nutrition & Wound Healing
A 5:2 Intermittent Fasting Meal Replacement Diet and Glycemic Control for Adults With Diabetes: The EARLY Randomized Clinical Trial | Diabetes and Endocrinology | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network A study published open access in JAMA suggests that an intermittent...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 3, 2024 | Miscellaneous Musings
July 4th is my favorite holiday. I admit that a big reason is that I am a sucker for fireworks. However, the main reason that I love the 4th of July is that I love America. In an era that denigrates patriotism, at least on July 4th it is possible to revel in patriotic...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 14, 2024 | Miscellaneous Musings
I am willing to admit that I’m struggling with names. I was never very good at it, but it’s clearly worse. More and more often, I will begin to introduce someone who I’ve known for years and find the mental rolodex empty right after I say, “I’d like you to meet my...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 22, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight, Miscellaneous Musings
The AMA has a very useful series called “What doctors wish patients knew about…“ The most recent one is about a condition called “misphonia.” This is a condition in which seemingly innocuous sounds can trigger an intense (and seemingly out of proportion)...
