I have never seen the opera La Boheme, but I hear the diva dies of tuberculosis. Does Mimi sing her final aria with coughing between high C’s: “La, la… cough, cough, laaaaaa-phlegm, laaaaaa, hack”?
I don’t think Puccini would have written his opera that way. It would sound more like the Guys & Dolls song “Adelaide’s […]

This entry was posted on Thursday, November 10th, 2005 at 3:30 pm and is filed under Pulmonary, Infections. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Some people beg for the flu shot each October. Others are petrified of getting one. “Last time I got a flu shot, I was sick as a dog. I almost died!” they say. (I always wondered why we say “sick as a dog” because my dogs have always been healthy.)
I try to convince my patients […]

This entry was posted on Saturday, November 5th, 2005 at 3:24 pm and is filed under Infections, Health & Wellness, Diabetes, Senior Citizens. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

When I was staying at a resort in Puerto Rico ten years ago, there was a restaurant called, “Iguanas.” It was an outdoor restaurant on this small beach island surrounded by beautiful vegetation and palm trees. When the tortillas arrived on the table, we were suddenly surrounded by little lizards, like […]

This entry was posted on Saturday, November 5th, 2005 at 2:53 pm and is filed under Diabetes, Hormones Endocrine. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Some people faint at the sight of blood, which I don’t quite understand because we all bleed– some more than others (especially drama queens). Remember the Saturday Night Live skit* on Julia Child?
It’s amazing any of us are alive. I’m studying for my 10-year re-certification for the internal medicine boards. I reviewed the blood […]

This entry was posted on Saturday, November 5th, 2005 at 2:50 pm and is filed under Emergencies, Injuries, Blood. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

The world needs to laugh a little more. Isn’t laughter the best medicine? Elizabeth Taylor sang, “Send in the Clowns” (ouch, bad example!). Okay, Donald O’Connor sang, “Make ‘Em Laugh” in Singing In The Rain. Do comedians use rubber chickens anymore, or am I dating myself to Steve Martin in the ’70s? There’s so much […]

This entry was posted on Saturday, November 5th, 2005 at 2:42 pm and is filed under Infections. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.