Human Interest
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NEW CAMPUS FOR IU MED SCHOOL
The Indiana University School of Medicine was founded in 1903, and until 1914 was a 2-year basic science program on…
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I.U. MEDICAL SCHOOL IN THE MID 1960’s
I started medical school in September, 1965. After three years of undergraduate study at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, I…
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WHITE TEETH
Many people today have a significant focus on personal appearance. You might not think so from the way segments of…
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TESTS FOR DEMENTIA
In most cases, the family physician or internist is the first medical professional seen by a patient suspected of having…
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THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH COLLEGE FOOTBALL
The past two years I’ve written about what I think is an excessive number of college football bowl games. There…
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IT OPENED MY EYES!
For some time now, friends have asked me why I still have cable. I had to ask myself the same…
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ACUTE ALTITUDE SICKNESS
In Indiana, high altitude sickness is a non-existent problem. True altitude-related physical symptoms rarely occur below an altitude of 8200’…
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“THERE’S A SUCKER BORN EVERY MINUTE!”
Those words uttered by circus entrepreneur and “showman,” P.T. Barnum, were true in his day and are still true today!…
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PATIENTS WILL TELL YOU WHAT’S WRONG WITH THEM!
In medical school, so many our professors would tell us students, “If you listen closely to a patient, he will…
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JOHN BERESFORD TIPTON
Do you remember the name John Beresford Tipton? If you do, you’re as old as I am, or maybe older.…
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