Every now and then, an article like this one about a possible association between air pollution and cardiovascular disease pops up…and it reminds me of a magical Millennial memory from childhood cartoons…Captain Planet and the Planeteers! A green-haired hero with…
Soccer is a beautiful sport, and I think we all can appreciate the poetic performances and fancy footwork of professionals, particularly when the World Cup rolls around. But I think that RECREATIONAL KIDS’ SOCCER is arguably even more entertaining than…
Social Media, Mainstream Media, Medical Headlines, and pretty much every public entity these days seems to have difficulty presenting data with objectivity, but hopefully my extensive academic training has assisted me in making fair and balanced assessments. So here’s my…
In a world of health care professionals intent on being intellectual “influencers,” the truly influential are the ones whose clinical acumen is shaped by their compassion… this one’s for you A physician and clinician…are they one and the same? One…
“Your best ability is availability.” One of the several thousand amazing things about my wife is that she had PERFECT ATTENDANCE for 13 straight years from Kindergarten through High School. She’s practically perfect in every way, so it should come…
Yesterday, we witnessed some ABSOLUTELY SUPERHUMAN performances by Sebastian Sawe and Yomif Kejelcha, as both men RAN SUB-2 HOURS at the London Marathon. And to put this in perspective (and with the Disclaimer that “Nothing I say is Medical Advice”)…
My daughter enjoys collecting Pokemon cards, and occasionally on weekends we play some version of a Pokemon video game. And as you fellow Millennials will remember, back in 1996 all we had were Pokemon Blue and Red versions and the…
“Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.” -Terry Pratchett I often say that I still do all the same things I’ve always done…I’m just worse at them and I hurt more afterwards! The reality is that…
I am an extremist. In 1st grade, I had memorized the capitals of every autonomous nation on the planet and read the entire Bible twice…but I still needed to wear Velcro shoes because tying knots was just a little too…
A hapless nomad, weary from his wanderings, arrived at an unusual cemetery. Each row of tombstones created a path to a different church. In past eras, graveyards were owned and maintained by local church congregations, but the presence of multiple…
