by David Hilden, MD MPH | Mar 24, 2016 | Cancer, Ethics and philosophy, Healthy Matters Book Club, Humanities and Medicine
“I began to realize that coming in such close contact with my own mortality had changed both nothing and everything.” Paul Kalanithi, from When Life Becomes Air Welcome to Healthy Matters Book Club! This is the first of what I hope will be many posts in which I...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Mar 21, 2016 | Getting medical information, Preventive care, Tips from Healthy Matters radio broadcast
I have the great fortune to work side by side with the smart folks at the Minnesota Poison Control Center, which is housed right here in my hospital. Each year we try to do a service to the community by highlighting National Poison Prevention week, which is going on...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Mar 16, 2016 | Cardiology, HCMC, Humanities and Medicine, Medical Education
“That it will ever come into general use, notwithstanding its value, is extremely doubtful; because its beneficial application requires much time and gives a good bit of trouble both to the patient and the practitioner; because its hue and character are foreign...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Mar 13, 2016 | Diabetes, Health and wellness, Preventive care, Tips from Healthy Matters radio broadcast
“Only 1-2% of people who could benefit from weight loss surgery are actually getting it done” So says Dr. Gil Hartley, my radio guest this week on Healthy Matters. Dr. Hartley is an internal medicine physician, like me, who specializes in the care of...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Mar 11, 2016 | HCMC, Health in the News, Medical research, Traumatic Brain Injury
There’s big news from HCMC this week. Many know that HCMC is the largest provider of TBI care in the state of Minnesota. But many don’t know that we are also a major research institution and in no area is this more true than TBI. The big news is that our...
