by David Hilden, MD MPH | May 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Diary from a pandemic, Dr. Hilden's reflections, Humanities and Medicine
I wrote the following short piece for the Minnesota Chapter of the American College of Physicians of which I am privileged to serve as Governor. I edited it a bit for my colleagues – physicians and all others – at Hennepin Healthcare. I offer it to you...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | May 31, 2018 | Dr. Hilden's reflections, Ethics and philosophy, Health in the News, Mental Health, Psychiatry
A good part of my medical practice at Hennepin Healthcare is in mental health. Although I’m a general internist, meaning I specialize in chronic diseases of adults, I have a special interest in the intersection of medical and mental illness. Consequently, I...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Jan 28, 2018 | Dr. Hilden's reflections, Preventive care, Primary Care
I’m a doctor (duh). I do annual physicals sometimes (duh, again). But I recently was put in the position of debating another doctor – on live radio – about whether or not the annual physical is doing anybody any good. Of course, physicals help...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Jan 20, 2018 | Dr. Hilden's reflections
Hey. This is going to be a weird post. I went for a run today on a balmy January day near my home in Minneapolis. Along the way I encountered frozen canoes by a lake shore, ducks swimming in a rare patch of open water, and thousands of people on a frozen lake...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Nov 30, 2017 | Diabetes, Diet and exercise, Dr. Hilden's reflections, Health and wellness, Preventive care, Quick tips, Tips from Healthy Matters radio broadcast
I have been writing My Healthy Matters for nearly two years, and over that time there have been over 50,000 views to the site. To all of you who read along with me, THANK YOU! I took a pause in writing new posts today to look at the statistics on what most of you are...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Jul 6, 2017 | Dr. Hilden's reflections, Humanities and Medicine
Hi, Healthy Matters friends! I have been steadily moving toward more writing in my career and specifically I’ve been working in an area called “narrative non-fiction.” My writings are mostly based on medicine, health and wellness. Big surprise there –...
