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)...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 8, 2024 | Miscellaneous Musings
Fred Hargesheimer visits with pupils of the Airmen’s Memorial School in Ewasse on Aug. 2, 2004, during a visit to the southwest Pacific island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. As a World War II U.S. Army pilot, he was shot down over the Japanese-occupied island...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 7, 2024 | Miscellaneous Musings
February 1st was “World Leprosy Day” and I confess, I did not have that on my calendar. I have actually seen a patient in the wound center with leprosy. It’s endemic in Texas and about 200 new cases are reported each year. I thought the way that the leprosy awareness...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 22, 2023 | Fight the Good Fight, Miscellaneous Musings
It’s the holidays so most people can expect to watch the scales move up. A WebMD article about holiday weight gain suggests that the problem is not that people gain a lot of weight during the holiday season but that they gain a little every holiday season —...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Dec 22, 2022 | Miscellaneous Musings
Nearly every week I see another initiative focused on clinician burnout and depression, and the holiday season is often a particularly difficult time. However, I’ve started to wonder if the reason we struggle emotionally is not because we have too many problems, but...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Dec 20, 2022 | Miscellaneous Musings
My daughter, Laura Moore, just graduated from Colorado State at 31. I am posting this to encourage all the parents whose children are following a non-traditional path in life. Laura gave the student response at her graduation and she briefly mentioned her struggle...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 11, 2022 | 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...
