By Dr. Michael Tanner
The author, at age 14 in 1968, with
pennies on his eyes, wearing a
Napoleonic military jacket
fashionable at the time.
Albums clockwise from top left:
After Bathing at Baxter’s (Jefferson Airplane),
Blonde on Blonde (Bob Dylan),
Disraeli Gears (Cream),
Magical Mystery Tour (The Beatles),
The Doors,
Everything Playing …
By Carolyn Akers
Peer Reviewed
Roger Daltrey, co-founder and lead singer of The Who, had this to say of bandmate Pete Townshend’s famous penchant for bludgeoning Fender Stratocasters:
“Pete wasn’t just smashing his guitar. He used …
By Alison Cline
Peer Reviewed
Let’s Start with a Case…
A 79-year-old man with a history of atrial fibrillation and stroke presents to the emergency department with new focal neurologic deficits in the setting of a recent …
By Eric Hu
Peer Reviewed
“May I have the patient’s first name, last name, and medical record number?” The fellow, shooting a piercing glance at the interpreter through the wall-mounted phone, broadcasted her annoyance at …
By Olivia Descorbeth
Peer Reviewed
As individuals advance in age, they tend to accumulate medical conditions that require a bevy of pharmaceutical treatments to manage. As a result, polypharmacy, generally defined as the use of …
By Sarah M. Jackson
Peer Reviewed
During the COVID-19 pandemic, opioid overdose deaths increased from 50,000 in 2019 to 80,000 in 2021, largely driven by synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.1 Despite the escalating use of …
By Matthew Auda
Peer Reviewed
Let’s begin with a case. The patient is a 67-year-old female with a past medical history of hypothyroidism referred to your Cardiology Clinic by her primary care physician for cardiovascular …
By Zachary Henig
Peer Reviewed
Atherosclerosis is the primary risk factor for cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of mortality worldwide. To understand the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis, we turn to advances made in molecular biology. Understanding …