Recently a friend sent me an article where a Polarizing Provocateur lightheartedly proposed a comparison between Dog Ownership and statins when it comes to Cardiovascular Disease, citing the observed 24% reduction in all-cause mortality among Dog Owners in THIS STUDY. …
“Dad, we have a GIANT problem!” Given her tendency to emote, I was skeptical that my daughter’s perceived problem was legitimately a colossal catastrophe. But once I entered her room, I admit I was wrong! I didn’t realize such a…
We’ve all heard the story about starfish on the beach, a parable dripping with pathos about a boy who keeps throwing dried-out starfish back into the ocean to save a few of them from inevitable death. Despite the harsh reality…
It was why Satan was thrown out of Heaven Adam and Eve moved far from Eden The Hamartia of ancient kings The Deadly sin of human beings And now we celebrate Peter’s arrogance before the denial The sin that led…
I’m all about building Champions of Vocabulary, and some of America’s Youth will admit that (obligatorily) hanging out with me does come in handy when taking the verbal portion of the SAT. But more often than not, my decorative diction…
Although I yearn for the good ol’ days when there was only Red and Blue versions of Pokemon and “The Original 151,” I’ve had to “get with the times” and acknowledge there are now roughly 54,000 new Pokemon species. Additionally,…
Even an amateur Pokemon Trainer could identify the mystery silhouette in this picture as Bulbasaur…EXCEPT WHEN IT’S A MUTANT QUADRUPEDAL PIKACHU! And sometimes in medicine, there are case studies that make us spew our proverbial cornflakes in astonishment. I remember…
It’s an exciting time for Lipidology because there may finally be a medication on the horizon specifically for people who “picked the wrong parents” when it comes to Lp(a), the notorious “Felon of the Lipid Neighborhood.” (You can get some…
My daughter audibly gasped. Not even her swim goggles could hide the fact that her eyes had just widened in horror. This wasn’t a Code Brown or one of those annoying kids who smells bad and splashes everyone incessantly…no, it…
I was recently spotted in THIS VIDEO attempting to outrun Clinical Mediocrity, AI-generated Doggerel, Tribalistic Groupthink, and Old Age. I left the first three in the dust…#4 is a different story! So I’m sprinting in the video, so no matter…
