At Wander Medicine, we ask a few simple questions of ourselves every day: 1) Would we want to be a patient at Wander Medicine? 2) Would...

After Christmas of 2019, “my health began to deteriorate,” said Santa. I was eating hundreds of cookies a day. Prior to the COVID19...

Without sleep a person will die. With suboptimal sleep a person will function sub-optimally and they will be more likely to develop...

Want to visit the past and the future? Then go to London, United Kingdom. But do your homework ahead of time! Traveling internationally...

Elon Musk is redefining how we make automobiles, rockets, and even how we engineer things in general. I wanted to share some of his core...

Background Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) is a molecule of great importance for the metabolism of all known life forms. It is...

Background Planet earth's climate and health are being destabilized from human activity. Pollution and habitat destruction are to blame....

The western United States is hot! Over the last 2 weeks the temperatures have been over 100F most all days in the Boise area. Heat waves...

Cheetahs are the fastest land animal on earth with top speeds reaching almost 70 mph. They are agile, athletic, and deadly. However,...

The body responds to harmful stimuli via a response mechanism called inflammation. The cardinal symptoms of inflammation are heat,...

Now that Covid19 cases are on the decline, and vaccinations are on the rise, the pandemic is finally calming down. However, COVID is not...

When most people think about job wardrobe, they think about impressing clients, bosses, and coworkers by looking nice. This is very...

Healthcare in the United States is failing. The costs are obscene, and the results are suboptimal. Meanwhile there is absolutely no...

Our food production system in the United States is broken. We aggressively till the soil releasing carbon every year. We then fertilize...

The Moderna and Pfizer mRNA vaccines are 95% effective and very safe overall. Wander Medicine recommends that everyone receive one of...

Primary care is the most important aspect of the clinical healthcare system. Unfortunately, in a fee-for-service model, there is no...

The environment we live in constantly shapes all of us. As part of this environment, our actions shape the lives of others as well. No...

About half of the people in the United States (156 million) get their health insurance from their employer. As the payers of the largest...

William E Brandenburg, MD June 14, 2019 Introduction In my third year of residency, I spent some time in the Peruvian Amazon studying...

Background – Are We Prepared for the Next Disaster? Emergency preparedness has never been more relevant. In the last year COVID19 has...