Injuries can be the kiss of death to an athlete. When Nancy Kerrigan got konked on the knee before the Olympics, her scream was the whine heard ’round the world: “Why me? Why me?” (A normal person would have just yelled, “Ow!”) On the other hand, golfer Ben Hogan almost died in a 1949 […]

This entry was posted on Sunday, April 27th, 2008 at 7:19 am and is filed under Infections, Dermatology. 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.

Americans probably swallow more NSAIDs (nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs) than vegetables. There are over 50 types of NSAIDs out there, including aspirin, ibuprofen, Celebrex, naproxen, and acetominophen. Personally, I love veggies because they’re so healthy, fresh, and tasty– and I’m talking about un-fried veggies (I know, not very Southern of me). Fresh vegetables are good […]

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 at 6:13 pm and is filed under Medicines, Pain. 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.

Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) … an oxymoron? You know how people joke that military intelligence, children’s literature, and jumbo shrimp are oxymorons? My whole medical training was based on EBM. I’ve replaced reading People Magazine with peer-reviewed medical journals. In EBM, doctors look to medical studies to guide them in making medical decisions. We […]

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 17th, 2008 at 10:25 am and is filed under Health & Wellness. 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.

Ex-Governor Eliot Spitzer must have had a pretty big ego to think he could hire prostitutes and not get caught. Hello! But then again, it seems most powerful people get a swollen head and feel untouchable-until they get a swollen lip when they get caught. Perhaps if the head did visibly swell up, it […]

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 17th, 2008 at 9:22 am and is filed under Cancer, Cardiovascular, Injuries. 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.

Pretty Woman’s Julia Roberts said something like, “You can freeze water on her butt.” I’ve encountered a handful of cold-hearted people to whom this expression applies. One secretary I know is so devoid of expression or joy that it looks like she moisturizes her face with Botox.
But some people are literally cold. I hate […]

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 17th, 2008 at 9:09 am and is filed under Rheumatology. 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.