As I read about the record-breaking sales at EA, Entertainment Arts, the accompanying photo said it all. Young males, sitting. And that’s also what struck me during a recent campus visit to my Alma Mater. As my son and I … Continue reading ››
Last week the below article was the subject of one of my tweets regarding lack of ethics and disclosure on part of FDA staff. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203436904577153160177537828.html?mod=WSJ_article_forsub “FDA advisers, in a recent vote, said the benefits of four popular Bayer AG birth-control … Continue reading ››
So VCs spent millions on developing vaccines for people that can’t exercise control and wound up with huge losses? http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/04/health/04vaccine.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=health Even the lead research chemist in this field admits that a vaccine that cures a cocaine addict, does not prevent … Continue reading ››
On the heels of the Martin Luther King holiday and the beginning of Black History month, I find it ironic that so many grammy nominees feel compelled to populate their lyrics with the “n word” . Somewhere I missed … Continue reading ››
I am tiring of every politician and broadcast personality citing that our nasty political rhetoric has caused the murders in Arizona. I can’t figure out if this is the media driven for ratings or politicians propagandizing, but already it feels … Continue reading ››
“I see dead people”, Haley Joel Osment told Bruce Willis in “The Sixth Sense”, but he could have uttered the same in his first year of residency. A friend of mine who is also a cardiologist and surgeon was recently … Continue reading ››
There is no shortage of news stories reporting on how increased emotional stress during the holiday season can cause physical maladies from muscle ailments to back pain, but venture to any mall and you will see the physical causes are … Continue reading ››
A federal advisory panel recently voted to lower the threshold of exess weight necessary for medical coverage for weight loss (lap band) sugery to increase eligibility. Not sure who served on this panel but I’d bet not an accountant among … Continue reading ››
I find the habit of males wearing pants below their butt objectionable and was pleased to hear this was taken with some seriousness when youths were arrested and charged with Indecency a couple months ago. However my good karma was … Continue reading ››
As reported in the journal Health Services, and cited in the NYTimes article, link below, Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health concluded that our nation’s “inefficiency in the health care system” is the culprit for US’ poor mortality standings, yet … Continue reading ››
