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The labor shortage that isn’t going to end

Myths associated with urinary incontinence

I had a great dinner night with my family over the weekend.

One late summer day, fresh out of residency and seeing patients for the first time as a full-fledged family physician, I examined a young man who had a fever, fatigue, and a bad headache. Considering the time of year, influenza was low on the list of possibilities, and COVID-19 did not yet exist. After a physical exam and listening to his story, I ordered some tests, which resulted in a diagnosis of West Nile virus.

Dear Editor:

Now that the 2022 wheat harvest is history, producers should be ready to control their volunteer wheat especially if we start to receive some moisture. Where volunteer wheat has emerged, producers should begin control measures as soon as possible, rather than waiting until closer to wheat planting time. This is especially important on fields if wheat was hailed out and volunteer wheat emerged at the time of harvest, or shortly afterward.

As a physician with 45 years of practice, I’ve seen my share of diseases. I have usually been on the physician side of the diagnosis-treatment paradigm. However, knowing the rationale for diagnostic screening tests, I fortunately did not shirk my own.