About a year ago we published a blog on marijuana, “This Is Your Brain on Drugs” (borrowed from the 1980’s campaign). We discussed our society’s 180 degree shift from once condemning the drug, to not just now accepting it, but in some ways encouraging its use. Cannabis is now being presented as a reasonable alternative…
While I rarely follow the Oscars, I was made aware of the 2019 Best Documentary Feature winner, “Free Solo”. Intrigued by the story, I watched this movie with my family. When observing this young man plan and climb El Capitan in Yosemite, by himself and without any ropes or protective equipment, I found all of…
With the advancement of medicine and more common knowledge of how to remain healthy, more of our population is living longer. At Rocky Mountain Brain & Spine Institute, I am commonly asked by older patients, “Am I too old for surgery?” King Tut became pharaoh around the age of 10, and died when he…
A new study published this month reviews a portrait of da Vinci, painted by Giovan Ambrogio Figino. Previously overlooked is da Vinci’s arm and hand in a sling, with the right hand in a position not typical of a stroke. Following a stroke, a patient’s hand often is fully clenched. In this rendering, only the ring and pinky fingers are flexed and da Vinci’s right hand is in the typical “ulnar claw” position.