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A House Call in India: The Tragedy of Rheumatoid Arthritis

  • by Chuck Radis
  • Posted on July 30, 2022
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On a highway plied by cement trucks and beetle-bug auto-rickshaws we travel north from Bangalore, India, for a house call. It is 2007, and the city leaves us grudgingly. Between fields of loose chocolate soil […]

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A Typical Day in the Neighborhood: Island Medicine and Mental Health Visits

  • by Chuck Radis
  • Posted on January 25, 2020January 25, 2020
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I spotted the season’s first iridescent blue and gold crocus poking through a patch of snow on my walk to clinic yesterday. Today, there are 6, in a small clump, and the flowers bend towards […]

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Post List

  • A Whale in Lowell’s Cove: You can’t get there from here.

    September 5, 2023
  • Tornadoes and Hurricanes in Maine?

    January 4, 2023
  • Muhammad Ali and John Jenkins: the Mayor of Maine

    November 2, 2022
  • A House Call in India: The Tragedy of Rheumatoid Arthritis

    July 30, 2022
  • Stash Mintz: Boxing with God

    January 25, 2022
  • Dr. Radis Go By Boat interview with Rob Caldwell on NewsCenter Maine

    August 27, 2021
  • Gunshot wounds and Lightning Strikes: The Long and Winding Road to Rheumatology

    July 4, 2021
  • Lobstering and rheumatoid arthritis: Why I pursued a fellowship in rheumatology

    March 20, 2021

About Dr. Chuck Radis

In a career that spans island medicine to rheumatology, from public health work in a UN refugee settlement to advocacy for Medicare for all, Dr. Radis’ writings focus on the importance of empathy and kindness in patient care. Join the conversation on how health-care workers can nurture their connection to patients. Follow-along, or better yet, submit your own writings as a guest essay on how we can improve health care in the 21st century. Contact Dr. Radis at cradis11@gmail.com

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