Summer 2012 - Environmental Health July 1, 2012 General Marin Medicine, Summer 2012, Volume 85, Number 3 Pages Summer 2012 - Environmental HealthFeature ArticlesINTRODUCTION: A World of Toxic ThreatsCT SCANS: Reducing Radiation Risk from Medical ImagingNEUROBEHAVIORAL DISORDERS: Childhood Exposure to Environmental ToxinsCHEMICAL CONTAMINATION: Is our tap water safe to drink?DEADLY GASES: Respiratory Consequences of Air PollutionWOOD SMOKE POLLUTION: A Different Kind of Secondhand SmokeDepartmentsINTERVIEW: MMS President Irina deFischer, MDPRACTICAL CONCERNS: The Marin-Sonoma-Napa ACOMEDICAL ARTS: Introduction to “Like a Tree”OUTSIDE THE OFFICE: From Columbus to CarnerosCURRENT BOOKS: Fact-Driven AutobiographyKaiser Permanente San Rafael Feature articles: Environmental health; CT scans; neurobehavioral disorders; tap water safety; air pollution; wood smoke pollution Departments: Interview with Irina deFischer, MD; Marin-Sonoma-Napa ACO; "Like a Tree"; winemaking; "Becoming Dr. Q"; Kaiser Permanente San Rafael Related Articles Fall 2012 - Healthcare Information Technology Feature articles: Medical records; healthcare information technology; medical scribes; smartphones; electronic health records; Docbook MD; Doximity Departments: Stem cell therapeutics; cyber liability coverage; physician musicians; Marin Community Clinics; "The Santa Rosa Reader" Spring-Summer 2015: Birth Editorial: Change is in the Air Birth: Cesarean section and long-term child health; birth centers; weight loss and pregnancy Departments: Interview with MMS president Peter Bretan, MD; public health update; community clinics update; eulogy to a well-loved physician assistant. View PDF online Spring-Summer 2016: Death and Dying Editorial: Death, Dying, the Grim Reaper . . . and Woody Allen Death and Dying: Physician aid in dying (the End of Life Option Act); advance care planning; hospice is good medicine; Kaiser's RESPECT Project; death certificates; CMA end-of-life guidelines and resources. Departments: Tale of a suicide; reviews, Working Stiff and When Breath Becomes Air; public health update; Marin General Hospital update; reports from Leadership Academy and AMA House of Delegates; 6 decades of Marin Medicine. View online PDF here. Summer 2013 - Weight Loss Feature articles: medical weight loss; going soda free; bariatric surgery; bariatric medicine; breastfeeding Departments: acupuncture; hearing loss in children; "Hallucinations" by Oliver Sacks; health reform; Kentfield Rehabilitation Hospital; AMA Winter 2013 - Children's Health Feature articles: Children's health; developmental conditions; childhood obesity; pertussis in West Marin; pertussis epidemic; pediatric asthma; child abuse. Departments: Weaving; equestrian sports; CMA House of Delegates; 2012 legislative wrap-up; The Ravenous Brain Summer 2014 - Sleep Sleep: insomnia and behavioral therapy; obstructive sleep apnea: medical treatment options, obesity and OSA, surgery for OSA; sleep and memory. Departments: interview with new MMS president Jeffrey Stevenson, MD; prolotherapy for musculoskeletal pain; advance directives; "The Healing of America" book review; Marin General Hospital update. View PDF online