In the movie Beaches, Bette Midler was with Barbara Hershey to the end. Barb was lying on a chaise-lounge on the beach wearing an oxygen mask, because she was dying of congestive heart failure from cardiomyopathy (enlarged, weakened heart).
The audience heard Bette singing “Wind beneath My Wing,” and I’m sorry, but I cry [...]

This entry was posted on Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 at 9:24 am and is filed under Cardiovascular. 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.

Kiefer Sutherland’s TV hit, 24, is truly whacked– as in whack everyone in the head. I’ve never seen so many people knocked out in any show. It’s so medically unrealistic: they’re all clearly suffering concussions, yet they function at a high level when they regain consciousness. But then again, Jack Bauer has died twice [...]

This entry was posted on Saturday, February 14th, 2009 at 3:18 pm and is filed under Emergencies, Neurologic, 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.

“She may be weary, Women do get weary, Wearing the same shabby dress…” Don’t you ever get tired and demoralized, feeling like you’ve been run down by a 100-ton freighter?
This is not a multivitamin commercial, as I’m not an advocate for multivitamins; I’m an advocate for eating balanced healthy meals to get vitamins [...]

This entry was posted on Sunday, February 8th, 2009 at 10:12 am and is filed under Alternative Medicine, Blood, Food, Neurologic. 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.