Photos from the Future: National Transgender Visibility March, Washington, DC USA
When I was in medical school, we were taught implicitly and explicitly that LGBTQ humans deserved to be invisible in our profession and in society. As we fortunately…
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Photos from Yesterday, Washington, DC USA – Climate is an Emergency
Photos from Washington, DC, taken via active transportation (of course). Climate is an emergency It is known what can be done to mitigate climate change, and it’s probably…
Part 11: Wearing a Continuous Glucose Monitor as a non-diabetic Physician: The Experience (Updated for 2019)
In Part 1 (2018) of this series, I described why a physician without diabetes (me) would wear a continuous glucose monitor (CGM): Why I decided to wear a…
Just Read: Understanding Global Methane Emissions as a Family Physician without Diabetes (and hoping to keep it that way)
“Methane” is said to me as a statement a lot. When I probe if there’s more information behind the statement, I don’t hear very much. The overwhelming majority…
Part 10: Wearing a Continuous Glucose Monitor as a non-diabetic Physician: Impact of a (mostly) meat diet; Learning about the lives of people with diabetes
The numbers above and below are continuous glucose monitor measurements while eating a (mostly) meat diet for a few weeks. As the images show (and people seem to…
Just Read: Cutting Carbs Curbs Kilos, Cholesterol, Blood Pressure – And Maybe Not in that Order
We’re now in the era of diabetes reversal. Why don’t more doctors know? Tip for fellow physicians: Question the statement “low carbohydrate diets work only in the short…
Photo Friday: U Street, Washington, DC USA (The Future Has to Start Somewhere, it’s Usually Here)
This week’s photograph was taken on Northwest U Street, in Washington, DC (of course). You can see the beautiful mural on 15th and U Street, “Touch the Sky,”…
Just Read: Care of The Transgender Patient & my 7th Capital TransPride – doctors telling humans how to exist fails 100 % of the time, so why would we want to do that…
Last evening was the annual Washington, DC Capital TransPride (@DCTransPride365) rewind, held a few months out from the TransPride celebration as a review and planning for next year.…
Just Read and adding comments from our experience: “We Just Got 230 New Emojis, But Still No Trans Flag” – VICE
On this day after World Emoji Day, thanks to Anna Iovine (@AnnaRoseIovine) and @Vice for publishing this story on the transgender pride flag emoji. I’m adding commentary, background,…
Because humans spend 90% of their time in buildings, where their health and lives are shaped – my year as a concept advisor for the WELL Building Standard
I am in a group of doctors that I’d say practice “boundless medicine,” meaning, we go to the places where health is produced. It’s what the people we serve expect of us, even if the greater health system doesn’t expect it of us.
My rationale for joining the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) (@WELLCertified) Global Network of Concept Advisors is laid out in this blog post I wrote when I joined.