Denis’s Substack: The Skeptical Physician
Denis BenjaminThe Skeptical Physician: Provocative, challenging, and sometimes humorous commentaries on health, nutrition, wellness and the medical-care system.
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The Doctor Shortage Is a System Problem
This is one of my more serious essays. The trigger: attempting to arrange a doctor's appointment, only to be offered one in 6-12 months.
Major news outlets have recently published articles about the doctor shortage, both now and especially...
Expectations - Redux
Some months ago, I wrote a Substack titled Expectations about grade creep across every aspect of American culture, and specifically Harvard’s decision to limit the number of A’s it awards to the brightest students. This sounded like a major...
Controlled rot.
All our ancient manufactured foods are based on one simple premise. No, it’s not primarily salt or sugar. It’s certainly not the litany of chemicals listed on the labels on the side of the boxes or cans from today’s food factories. We’ve le...
Smell
Those who have known me for years recall that I was an avid forager, gathering wild mushrooms, edible plants, and any fauna the Fish and Game Department deemed legal. Indeed, for the ten years we lived on acreage outside Fort Worth, we got...
A Field Guide to Scientific Shenanigans
The scientific method remains the best tool we have for understanding the universe. I have spent my life promoting and valuing science. But not everything that goes by that name deserves it. This essay is not meant to denigrate the many sci...
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Denis R Benjamin is a retired pediatric pathologist and a research associate at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas in Fort Worth. Interests include medicine, mycology, watercolor painting, and writing.
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