Intergenerational Health

How parents and grandparents influence our risk of mental illness, substance abuse, and other disorders. http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2015/01/intergenerational_health_disparities_parents_influence_mental_illness_and.html We as a country have recently begun the difficult and important conversation about social mobility and intergenerational wealth. A related—though less discussed—problem is that of intergenerational health. It is increasingly clear that our health is powerfully shaped by our […]

The HUMAN SIDE of pain ?

Eastham man relies on OxyContin to relieve his chronic back pain This pt lives in the East Hampton, Mass area.. I wonder how he fared having not to be able to get a refill until he is out of medication… with all the SIX FEET of snow the area received recently…  Hopefully, it was not […]