by Allen Curreri | Feb 13, 2018 | Health, Mindfulness
“Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he’s depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, ‘Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight....
by Allen Curreri | Jan 11, 2018 | Medical Technology
There’s something profoundly reassuring about walking into a doctor’s office. Somehow, simply sitting in the waiting room of a clinic with the promise of meeting a trained physician is enough to alleviate some worry; as making that first connection for help is...
by Allen Curreri | Dec 5, 2017 | Medical Technology
Put yourself in the shoes of a single mother. Every morning, she wakes up early to fix her two young boys breakfast before dropping them off at school and heading off to work herself. But one morning, she finds herself woken much earlier than earlier by her own...
by Allen Curreri | Jun 30, 2017 | Medical Technology
On one cold February day in 1997, a furious man stared daggers across a chessboard at a large metal box. He looked down, desperately searching for an option that lead away from the conclusion he saw on the board. His search fell flat. The man resigned, and stormed...
by Allen Curreri | May 10, 2017 | Diagnostic Aids, Health
What is a doctor to a patient? A tried and proven expert? A bastion of medical knowledge? Only the terminally jaded doubt the motives of most who take up our oldest, noblest professions; generally, patients see doctors as genuine purveyors of health, people who...