Unnatural Selection: How Selfish Capitalism Promotes Our Extinction David Didden May 12, 2019 Society We’re toast. Stick a fork in us, because we’re done. Let’s face it folks, we are on the fast-track to fossil-hood and the pace is beyond what even the most pessimistic models predicted. Last month, Well Being T...
Would You Recommend Medical Cannabis to an Adult Patient with Chronic Pain? David Didden September 9, 2017 Health & Wellness Answer: Yes. In fact, I’ve already done it. Let me tell you a story about a patient named Brad (actually “Brad” is a composite of several patients’ stories). A native West Virginian, Brad has lived on the mo...
Don’t I Need Some Labs Done—You Know, For a Baseline? David Didden May 8, 2017 Health & Wellness — I have my annual physical next week. Don’t I need some labs done—you know, for a baseline? This one comes up a lot, and it makes sense … until you pool thousands of patients’ data to test for a benefit of ...
Are You a Lyme Literate Doctor? David Didden December 14, 2016 Health & Wellness ASK THE DOC Are you a Lyme literate doctor? Answer: Yes, No, Maybe? I could defend a description of Lyme disease that sounds as obtuse as any quote from Lao Tzu: “It is an infection. It is not an infec...
Managing Modern Stress—Why am I so stressed out? David Didden November 8, 2016 Health & Wellness ASK THE DOC: We are in the midst of major societal shifts. More and more people seem to be experiencing fear, anger, depression, and general dismay—and the life expectancy of rural, middle-aged white males i...
Ask the Doc: Should I Take Antibiotics? David Didden August 25, 2016 Health & Wellness I think I’m getting a sinus infection. Should I take an antibiotic? Answer: No. Take a hike! I just got back from performing some “trail magic.” As I was heading to Shepherdstown on the downhill side of S...
My daughter’s addicted to heroin. What can I do? David Didden May 12, 2016 Addiction & Recovery, Health & Wellness, Society This is a tough one. We are struggling as a community and as a health system to deal with a public health crisis. Deaths from drug overdoses were 31 percent higher than deaths from motor vehicle crashes in 2013...
Ask the Doc: Community Health Threats David Didden March 31, 2016 Health & Wellness, Life, News For this first installment in the “Ask the Doc” series, I am going to respond to a question that was put to me at my first Board of Health meeting: What are the greatest health threats to our community? My a...
