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.
Word Picture: What Do Urinary Tract Infections and Stagnant Ponds Have in Common?
Flowing water stays cleaner. When I was a kid with my first microscope (a present from my biology teacher mom), she had me get water from the swampy bamboo forest at the bottom of our back yard. My eyes were opened to the multitude of squiggly microscopic creatures...
Who Are My Most Memorable Characters (patients)?
The names have been changed to protect the innocent. (That would be me... HIPAA, you know!) My third year of medical school at Emory I rotated through the pulmonary unit at "The Gradies". That, of course, would be Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, dubbed "The...
What is HeartFit?
If we didn’t pay attention to anything else about your health than cardiovascular disease risk reduction and prevention, we would still be doing you the best all-around service. Because if we are tracking and reducing your risk of vascular disease, we will also bring in reduced risk of diabetes, arthritis and degenerative joint disease, and even cancer. A healthy diet and a healthy lifestyle changes everything.
“We Have Met the Enemy, and He is Us”…. (Pogo)
Who is the primary enemy of your own health?
Your environment? Your job? Your family? Stress?
Hate to tell you -or maybe not – It’s you.
What made this doctor? Part V
So, for two or three hours I sat with him in his motel room. We talked. Played cards. Passed what seemed to be an eternity of time for me. I knew it was the right thing to do. I hated it. He was so frail. So skeletal. He reeked of the chemotherapy that coursed through his veins. I think my nose and eyes burned from the fumes of it.
Who is Responsible for Your Health?
The Apostle Paul wisely observed that our bodies are the “Temple of the Holy Spirit”. He goes on to say that to abuse or destroy that temple leads to a more drastic form of destruction (of the soul).
Author / Physician
David W. Kunz, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician & Medical Aesthetic Specialist