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Hooray For Our Side
Some, but certainly not all of you, are familiar with the Buffalo Springfield song from long ago commenting sarcastically about the...
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drhancur
- Jan 30
- 3 min
THE DAYS ARE LONG
I have been a clinical psychologist for 46 years. In that time, I have come to appreciate the power of the process called psychotherapy....
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drhancur
- Sep 19, 2021
- 5 min
Medicare for All and Other Healthcare Illusions
Let’s talk about healthcare. It’s one of those topics that seems to bring out the worst in us. So let's ask and answer some common...
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drhancur
- Aug 3, 2021
- 4 min
Tripping Ourselves Up- Part Deux
In discussing the last post with my daughter, she asked why alcohol doesn't fall under the authority of the FDA. The answer is actually...
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drhancur
- Jul 16, 2021
- 6 min
Tripping Ourselves Up
In my now almost fifty years of clinical practice, I have learned that we trip ourselves up much more often than we are tripped by...
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drhancur
- Apr 24, 2021
- 4 min
The Witches of Eastwick and Other Essays
This blog may be controversial. Although I genuinely attempt to stay in the middle lane when there is one, I have managed to offend...
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drhancur
- Apr 12, 2021
- 3 min
.08: Fact or Fiction
So the Boss beat the rap, pleading guilty to drinking in the park. Riding his motorcycle while clearly under the influence of some...
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drhancur
- Apr 7, 2021
- 3 min
Hey Kid, Want to raise your IQ?
My wife and I just finished watching a documentary about the recent college admission scandal. As you probably know, the company billed...
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drhancur
- Feb 18, 2021
- 3 min
I Had Two Shots of Tequila
Recently, most of us learned that Bruce Springsteen was charged with Driving Under the Influence (DUI) while riding his motorcycle in a...
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drhancur
- Feb 9, 2021
- 3 min
I Had Two or Three Drinks
Once again, we are reminded that alcohol is the number one drug of abuse in the United States and worldwide. We are also reminded of how...
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drhancur
- Jan 11, 2021
- 4 min
THE FUTURE OF US ALL: PART 2
I'm afraid I was too subtle. Someone close to me said of the blog: "It's a good read". Not exactly the reaction I was going after. For...
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drhancur
- Jan 9, 2021
- 4 min
The Future Of Us All
I am concerned about the state of the Union or more accurately "Disunion". As a psychologist, I regularly treat couples in distress. ...
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drhancur
- Aug 27, 2020
- 2 min
Hysteria and the Coronavirus: Part 5
As near I can tell, the public health strategy is to "slow the spread" until a vaccine arrives to save the day. They don't say it...
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drhancur
- Aug 6, 2020
- 3 min
HYSTERIA AND THE CORONAVIRUS: PART 4
I feel like I am living in the Twilight Zone. Despite the CDC pronouncements about the actual number of cases, it seems that every...
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drhancur
- Jul 30, 2020
- 3 min
THE TROUBLE WITH DYING
A Minute with Dr. Hancur... I learned something new this year both about myself and about life. Like so many of my peers, I experienced...
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drhancur
- Jul 27, 2020
- 3 min
Hysteria and the Coronavirus: Part 3
This has been a very difficult and very confusing period in the course of the pandemic. Every day, there is an armageddon-like...
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drhancur
- Jul 20, 2020
- 3 min
Biochemical Oversimplification
A Minute with Dr. Hancur... I was troubled to learn last week about the Florida teen who crashed his small plane into a skyscraper,...
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drhancur
- Jul 13, 2020
- 3 min
CONTRACTING FOR SAFETY and DIAGNOSTIC INFLATION
A Minute with Dr Hancur -Summer 2001 I want to address two important issues with you in this "Minute". The first is, as promised,...
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drhancur
- Jul 10, 2020
- 4 min
IT'S DRUGS, STUPID
A Minute With Dr Hancur: Spring 2006 "It's Drugs, Stupid!" This was the title of a New York Times magazine article written in 1995 by...
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drhancur
- Jul 10, 2020
- 2 min
Hysteria and the Coronavirus: Part 2 Addendum
I am disappointed and dismayed that the media and public health officials continue to use identified new cases as the measurement of...
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