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On this page I will post those articles that
1. I found to be interesting or fun, and/or
2. Have some connection (however tenuous) to Correctional Medicine.
I will add articles at least weekly. Have fun!
Prison Gang Allegedly Targeted Female Guards
The Military’s Billion Dollar Pill Problem. Should be required reading for all correctional medical professionals!
Influenza has a biological clock? Weird!
Is Medical Marijuana Good Medical Therapy? Answer: No.
Small World Mysterious Designs.
Myths of Running. forefoot, Barefoot and Otherwise?
A Call for Caution on Antipsychotic Drugs.
The Top Five Regrets of Dying People.
Can There Be Too Much Breast Cancer Treatment?
Too Much Medical Care?. Great article!
The Story of the Greatest Olympic Race You’ve Never Heard Of.
The Bizarre, Breathtaking Science Photos of Fritz Goro.
Breeding Flavor out of Vegetables. I can say from personal experience (out of my wife’s garden) that funny looking Heirloom Tomatoes (which are rarely red) are delicious–way more flavorful than the supermarket variety!
Why is depression highest in the richest countries?
Commitment to Exercise. I have to admit that I exercise not because it is good for me. That is just a side benefit. I exercise because I like to. How do you get people who do not like to exercise to do it?
Finally, a map of all the microbes on your body.
Turning 60. The Twelve Most Important Lessons I’ve Learned so Far.
What Vietnam Taught us About Breaking Bad habits. This is a great article about getting Vietnam vets off of heroin.
Taking Aim at the Baby Name. (The best awful real baby name I ran across in my years as an emergency physician was “Meconium.” If you are not sure what that is, look it up!)
Bans on School Junk Food Pay Off in California
Slippery-Slope Logic Applied to health Care.
Doctors, evidently, are not good at assessing risk!
Treating a Nation of Anxious Wimps (by an ER doctor).
Prescription Drug Abuse Soars Among Pregnant Women.
The Evolution of the Runner’s High.
Sitting for just a couple hours has measurable (and negative) health impact.
From Evidence-based Medicine to Marketing-based Medicine. (Editor’s note: Leave the lights on when you read this scary article!)
Should you have stand up meetings at your facility?
Why do we have 7,000 languages in the world?
We would have fewer alcohol withdrawal patients in the jail with this model!
Dayton Sheriff No Longer Accepts Mentally Ill Without Hospital Evaluation.
20 Common Grammatical Mistakes That (Almost) Everyone Makes.
The Recovery of the Burning Man.
Baby born at the Billings, Montana County jail.
Can Statistics Predict Recidivism Rates?
The Incredible Flying 91 Year Old!
I have been doing jail medicine for 20 years and have felt quite alone in trying to navigate all the issues you are talking about. I currently do the Weber County Jail (1150 inmates), and just recently started doing the Davis County Jail. James Ondricek sent me the website.
Welcome John! You are just down the road! I also have had that “alone out there” feeling. That is one of the reasons I started the blog–and I very much appreciate any input or criticisms you may have!