Sometimes, when I’m bored at Sunday breakfast, I pretend I’m Steve Harvey and subject my relatives to a round of medical Family Feud. Here’s a sample question: “According to 100 people surveyed, what image comes to mind when you think of diabetes complications?” Forced to play along, my family offers these responses: “Amputations! Blindness!” Neither answer surprises me, not because I’m a doctor, but because they’re the first images that come to my mind, too. What does surprise me, however, is how seldom I hear the answer...
Health & Wellness
Healthy Bermuda
Medical Musings with Dr. Shane Marshall: Marijuana and your Heart
If you’re toying with the idea of trying marijuana, maybe off the street, or maybe the medical stuff, who would you go to for advice? Probably someone who’s tried it a few times. It’s an odd thing about marijuana - when you write or speak ...
February 18, 2019
Healthy Bermuda
Medical Musings with Dr. Shane Marshall: Medications and Recalls
Lettuce is one thing, but what happens when your heart medication is recalled? What went through your mind when you heard about last year’s romaine lettuce recall? For dozens of people, that E. coli outbreak meant cramps, diarrhea, vomiting...
January 17, 2019
Wellness
7 Resolutions You’ll Make this January and How to Stick to Them
January is a time of new beginnings - a wonderful time to update your outlook on life and try something new. According to scientific research, setting a measurable and realistic goal (or resolution) for oneself makes you 10-times more likely to ...
December 30, 2018
Wellness
Medical Musings with Dr. Shane Marshall: Christmas in Bermuda
What will you be doing on December 24th at around, oh, let’s say, 10 PM? In the last week I’ve been polling patients, and here’s some of their answers: A.V.: Just chillin’ with the missus and a nice glass of port. B.W...
December 19, 2018
Healthy Bermuda
Medical Musings With Dr. Shane Marshall: Sarcoidosis and The Body Politic
What if a foreigner moved to your country and took your job? Worse yet, what if he opened the door to your house, looked around, and said “Hmm, this looks good, I’ll just crash here”. You’d want to defend your turf. But what if you had n...
November 26, 2018
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