After an amazing four days on ketamine two years ago, I started to have emotions I’ve rarely had in life. Growing up in violence and dysfunction Continue Reading
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Beyond the Annual Physical: Preventive Health Tests Worth Asking Your Doctor
Key Insights: An annual checkup is a useful starting point for assessing general health. It’s often the only time many people sit across from Continue Reading
5 MedTech Cybersecurity Leaders Dominating 2025 (and Why It Matters)
Source: Unsplash (CC0) In a world where healthcare is increasingly connected, cybersecurity is no longer just an IT issue but a matter of patient Continue Reading
Firefighter Syndrome: A Proposed Whole Systems Framework
This article originally appeared in Crackyl Magazine and is republished with permission. By: Chris Frueh, PhD, Jadie Miller, Michelle L. O’Neill, Continue Reading
Untangling the Knots of Pain and PTSD
by Jill Wragg This first appeared in Jill's blog as "A Thing Called 'Hope'" and it is republished here with the author's Continue Reading
What Breast Augmentation Means for Women Who Serve
Military service changes you. It sharpens your instincts, challenges your limits, and teaches you how to adapt on the fly. But for many women in Continue Reading
How Pain Specialists Personalize Treatment Plans
Photo by Kindel Media from Pexels When you're in pain—real, lingering, won't-let-you-sleep pain—there’s nothing more frustrating than a rushed Continue Reading
Evaluating Long-Term Care Facilities: Questions Every Family Should Ask
Photo by Eriel Ezequiel Reyes Saviñon on Unsplash Deciding on a long-term care facility for someone you love is one of those moments in life that Continue Reading
Operator Syndrome: Reclaiming the Warrior’s Path to Healing
Editor's Note: This 4-part series was adapted by Chris Frueh, PhD, from his book titled Operator Syndrome (2024; Ballast Books). The pattern of Continue Reading
Confidence Reloaded: 6 Things to Know About Lip Enhancements
Many individuals are driven by the desire for fuller, more voluminous lips. The rise in popularity of lip fillers has led to an expanding market and Continue Reading
Operator Syndrome: Why No One Is Coming to Save Our Warriors
Editor's Note: This 4-part series was adapted by Chris Frueh, PhD, from his book titled Operator Syndrome (2024; Ballast Books). The pattern of Continue Reading
What the Casualties in Iraq Taught Me about War
I deployed to Tallil Air Base, Iraq in September 2004 as a U.S. Air Force (USAF) Operating Room (OR) nurse with the 407th Expeditionary Medical Group. Continue Reading