Country doc on cutting edge of genetic medicine working with Amish patients

[Mr._Graybeard]

I know there are some physicians on this board, so I thought this story might be of interest. It's quite compelling, IMO.

https://www.jsonline.com/in-depth/news/special-reports/2019/10/10/wisconsin-country-doctor-treats-amish-health-studies-genetic-diseases-medicine-la-farge-james-deline/3901472002/

 

[REWahoo]

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[braumeister]

You can read a different version here:
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/special-reports/2019/10/10/amish-mennonite-health-wisconsin-doctor-has-found-rare-genetic-diseases-founder-effect/2119965001/

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

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Aw, too bad. Sorry about that. A lot of their stuff is not behind a paywall, but obviously this story is.

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

You can read a different version here:
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/special-reports/2019/10/10/amish-mennonite-health-wisconsin-doctor-has-found-rare-genetic-diseases-founder-effect/2119965001/

Yeah, that's a small piece of the story. Among points in the rest of it: Amish patients come hundreds of miles to see DeLine, who got a working budget of $20k to run the clinic at LaFarge, Wis., when he arrived at the village in 1983. Of course, his patients mostly lack health insurance, and those who come from a distance likely have little access to medical services. Most often are wary of the modern health-care system. The article also addresses the attitude toward life and death among the plain people, who are often quite private about their beliefs.

DeLine chose medicine as a career after watching his mother die of rheumatic heart disease when he was a teenager. Those are some of the high points.