Tag: preventive medicine
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Stamping out preventive medicine
Michael Ellman Wilmette, Illinois, United States Captain Michael and son at the medal ceremony, 1968. In 1965, I became the Chief Preventive Medicine Officer of the United States Southern Command. One of the eleven unified commands of the Department of Defense, the Southern Command was headquartered in the Panama Canal Zone and represented our…
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Food as medicine
Keerthi Gondy Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States Photo by PhotoMIX Ltd. from Pexels In my family, food is the language of love. A warm meal is the way we say “I love you.” Whenever I get sick, my mother prepares a pot of spicy turmeric soup and honey lemon tea. When my brother threw a game-winning strike…