Occasionally, as a doctor, I am asked to see a patient in the emergency department who is completely mute. They sit motionless, staring around the room. I lift up their arm and it stays in that position. Someone takes a blood test and they don t ev
A retrospective cohort study provides evidence that the treatment can prevent suicide among patients with severe depression. Psychiatrists comment that ECT is used too infrequently.
April 20 seems a bit more important this year for at least two reasons. First, itâs the international holiday celebrating everything surrounding marijuana. For Virginia weed devotees, thereâs plenty of reason to rejoice.
Last year, the Virginia General Assembly decriminalized possession of up to an ounce. After July 1, 2020, that became a civil infraction akin to a parking ticket. Beginning this July 1, possession of small amounts of pot will be fully legal for people 21 and over. (Legal sales of recreational weed in Virginia remain on the horizon, slated for 2024.)
The other reason the dateâs remarkable is somewhat of a buzzkill. Itâs the birthday of Adolf Hitler, perhaps the most evil person in human history. Which makes it an appropriate day to note that Roanoke neo-Nazi William A. White will spend another 16 years in federal prison.