by design | Feb 2, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’ve often wondered if someday I’ll run out of things to write or say. After all there are only so many body parts to explain, places to go or stories in one’s brain. I find my interests have shifted rather than changed over the years. History...
by design | Jan 26, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Sometimes life seems complicated. There is even a movie with a similar name. My concierge medical practice seems complicated at times. Even though I take care of far fewer patients than I used to, those I look after these days, get far more...
by design | Jan 19, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson In these dark and cold days of winter it’s hard to see the days becoming longer even though the Winter Solstice – the shortest day of the year – is behind us. The Solstice was celebrated in ancient cultures for heralding a “return of the sun” and...
by design | Jan 12, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Through some curious twist of fate the magazine Southern Living comes to our home addressed to me. To the best of my knowledge my only subscriptions are dry as toast medical journals. Though I’m proud to call myself a southerner, I’ve never...
by design | Jan 5, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Winter’s cold has finally come and I needed my heavy coat. I expected to find it pushed to the back of our closet by other season’s garb. I never expected to find, instead, the coat of a bygone era. The white hospital lab coat now relegated to the...
by design | Dec 29, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Our minister said what many of us are feeling: “We need Christmas,” because what a year it has been. I can’t fully understand the Depression, WW II or similar events from history because they are not experiential for me. However, I’ve now lived...
