“Don’t You Recognize Me?”
“Don’t you recognize me?” Aside from more prominent Laugh Lines and more ridiculous Tan Lines, I pretty much look the same as I did when I was 17. And since I went to school forever and have been blessed with…
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Thanks, Mrs. Walker
When I was in 3rd grade, my teacher was able to look past my inglorious blonde bowl cut and appreciate my precocious vocabulary. She quickly recognized that the standard class Spelling Tests were merely testing my willingness to “go through…
The Old Man and the Sea
I asked my daughter if she wanted to play a board game, and she instead elected to read a book. So as I continued to draft my 298th Destined-To Be-Unread-And-Sent-To-Trash email of the day, I glanced over at what she…
Making Sense of Advanced Lipid Panels-Lipid NERD ALERT!
In my ongoing effort to prove that I’m a TERRIBLE entrepreneur, but hopefully a pretty good friend if you need accessible Lipid Resources, below is a Helpful Handbook on Advanced Lipid Panels from the “Remixed 2nd Edition for the Clinician…And…
It’s a Dirty Job Being the Voice of Reason
On a near-daily basis, people from across the country send me health-related Instagram reels, Podcasts, and articles asking for my opinion. And although I am continually humbled and honored to be a trusted resource on these matters, I admittedly sometimes…
Got Milk? Prolactin and Lipids!
“Got Milk?” -Ridiculous slogan from the 1990s accompanied by various celebrities featuring comically inappropriate white mustaches Prolactin is a fascinating hormone. If you possess the requisite anatomical machinery for milk production and are currently breastfeeding, then you’ll have “physiologic” hyperprolactinemia. …
Artificial Ripening
“If you like to talk to tomatoes If a squash can make you smile If you like to waltz with potatoes Up and down the produce aisle….” If a squash CAN’T make you smile, you really need to re-evaluate your…
By the Beard of ZEUS! A Failed Inflammation Trial! NEW ARTICLE Analysis!
Although we are still awaiting the full publication, THIS ANNOUNCEMENT was made today that ziltivekimab, an IL-6 inhibitor, went the way of Hades in the ZEUS trial. Unlike historic trials of other agents targeting inflammation (such as canakinumab and low-dose…
Decompression Day
When asked to name 3 things she did yesterday, my daughter gave the following list: 1. Decompress 2. Decompress 3. Decompress And after this delineation, she exhaled deeply, saying, “And boy did I NEED it!” Yeah, the previous day had…
Incidentally, You Have Heart Disease! NEW ARTICLE!
Doctor: I saw you were in the Emergency Room the other day… Patient: Oh yeah me and Uncle Willy got a little carried away with a couple of ropes and a pitchfork… thought maybe I had busted my spleen or…
