The World of Ideas
Dr. Kunz has posted extensive blogs in the past and written extensively on health, wellness, the healthcare system, and the mind-body connection. We will be rolling out these blogs and posts, old ones and new ones. Be prepared. Expect the unexpected. Serious, funny, deep, silly, controversial. Dr. K likes to think. And to have fun at the same time. Stay tuned.
Webagoguery Alert – “Will Tylenol Kill You?”
Okay. Have you been hearing more about this lately? Tylenol (Acetaminophen) will kill you. It's dangerous. It destroys the liver. Over 150 deaths per year (and many more cases of liver toxicity) have been attributed to acetaminophen poisoning (according to CDC...
We’re the Strange Ones – Part 1
Back during the third year of Medical School, I ran into another student in the stairwell of Emory University Hospital. We hadn't seen each other in months, since we were all spread out on clinical rotations and never attended class together anymore. "How ya doin'?,"...
Webagoguery Alerts
Bad news travels fast. Web news travels fast. Bad web news travels way too fast. Tweets are out there and back at you before you can take your next breath. And public opinion sways like seaweed in the shifting tides of digital diarrhea. There seems no end to it. I'm...
You Are What You Think, Too (Come to think of it)
The Proverb says: "A merry heart doeth good, like a medicine. But passion (bitterness/anger) is rottenness to the bones." Norman Cousins, in his famous 1979 book Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient: Reflections on Healing, recounts his own dealing with...
You Are What You Eat (Really)
Did you ever stop to think about the fact that every cell in your body, every drop of your blood, every flake of skin or sprig of hair, or every secretion of oil, sweat, or other substance that comes from your body was once on the plate, or in the glass in front of...
To Be Thankful
After over thirty years of medical practice I can state authoritatively that truly healthy people in general share one character trait in common: gratitude. First, let me expand a bit on what I mean by "healthy". It's not what you may think. With regard to being...
Author / Physician
David W. Kunz, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician & Medical Aesthetic Specialist