Volume
57, Number 4
Fall 2006
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FEATURE ARTICLES
Angrying Up the BLood
Editorial: Angrying Up the Blood
“This issue of Sonoma Medicine
explores some of the health problems caused by ‘angry blood,’ such
as obesity, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, and heart disease.”
By Stacey Kerr, MD
Your Lipid Panel Results: FAQs
“Welcome to LabGiant.com!
Thank you for using LabGiant’s on-line service to learn more
about your recent Lipid Panel blood test results. We hope these Frequently
Asked Questions will
address your concerns.”
By D. Gregg Hopkins, MD
Managing Diabetes: Getting Closer
to Target
"Julio’s
case is not unusual. According to estimates, one in three people with
diabetes is unaware that he or she has the disease, and years may pass
before the diagnosis is made.”
By Peter Baginsky, MD
HEALing the Obesity Epidemic
"If
current trends of increasing obesity continue, our rich country will
not have enough wealth in the coming decades to pay for all our illness
care, no matter how much of our GNP we choose to spend.”
By Jeff Miller, MD
The Lifeblood of Sonoma County
(It’s Not Wine)
"I
ordered a lot of transfusions over the years, and my patients received
gallons of red blood cells, platelets, plasma, and plasma derivatives.
Now, as medical director of Blood Bank of the
Redwoods, I’ve moved from the consumer to the provider side.”
By Harry Richardson, MD
Through Thick and Thin
"Although
blood’s macro behavior (sudden infarcts, major clots) is what
usually demands physicians’ attention, recent medical discoveries
invite us to look more closely at the capillaries.”
By Brien A. Seeley, MD
DEPARTMENTS
Local Frontiers
Sunshine in a Bottle: The Case for Vitamin D
“It is not an exaggeration
to describe vitamin D deficiency as an epidemic throughout the industrial
world.”
By Amy Shaw, MD
Outside the Office
A Country Impossible To Understand
“Our adventure has evolved
into a continuing discovery of what China has been, what it is now,
and what it may become.”
By Jose Morales, MD
Medical Arts
Relaxin’ in the ICU
“People must wonder if doctors
react the same as their patients to expectations of hospitalization,
surgery, pain, possible complications—even death—and to
the attentions of other health care professionals.”
By Armand Gelpi, MD
Medical Arts
Made by Hand
“I decided to try my hand
at making my own sculptures, rather than just buying them.”
By Andrew Goldstein, MD
Current Books
Being There When It Happens
“Final Crossing, by Dr. Scott
Eberle, is a serious work about a serious subject: death. Indeed, is
there any subject more serious? Perhaps, the author himself might argue,
there is only one: life.”
By Rick Flinders, MD
Current Books
Arthritis Guide: A Useful Source of Information for Your Patients
“The opportunity to review
the Arthritis Guide—written by Dr. John Clough, a rheumatologist
at the Cleveland Clinic—left this practicing West Coast physician
with a somewhat bittersweet taste.”
By John Toton, MD
SCMA: Working For You
