Bedside Manners

Dementia

Cannabis and Cognition

Kenneth R. Weinberg M.D. on April 4, 2024

Cannabis has shown increasing promise in treating many aspects of the causes and effects of dementia.

Cannabis has shown increasing promise in treating many aspects of the causes and effects of dementia.

Cannabis

Reefer Madness

Kenneth R. Weinberg M.D. on February 21, 2024

Many individuals, due to propaganda, prejudice, and a lack of real knowledge about cannabis, are being denied the multitude of medical and spiritual benefits it can offer

Many individuals, due to propaganda, prejudice, and a lack of real knowledge about cannabis, are being denied the multitude of medical and spiritual benefits it can offer

Creativity

Literature, Doctoring, and the Art of Medicine

Kenneth R. Weinberg M.D. on January 15, 2024

Personal Perspective: Words in literature, in language, and in the medical diagnoses we make impact how we understand and treat our patients' illnesses.

Personal Perspective: Words in literature, in language, and in the medical diagnoses we make impact how we understand and treat our patients' illnesses.

Wisdom

Working the ER According to Marx and Heller

Kenneth R. Weinberg M.D. on December 2, 2023

A Personal Perspective: As a long-time ER physician, I've found that a love of cinema and literature, mixed with a Borscht Belt sense of humor, has helped me cling to sanity.

A Personal Perspective: As a long-time ER physician, I've found that a love of cinema and literature, mixed with a Borscht Belt sense of humor, has helped me cling to sanity.

Health

The Books They Carry

Kenneth R. Weinberg M.D. on October 24, 2023

Over a many-year career practicing emergency and urgent care medicine, I have found that taking note of what my patients are reading has helped foster a therapeutic interaction.

Over a many-year career practicing emergency and urgent care medicine, I have found that taking note of what my patients are reading has helped foster a therapeutic interaction.