Critics are artists who never succeeded or have no talent.
Ever hear that notion before? I can’t believe I’m defending Paula Abdul, but she knows more than Simon Cowell on American Idol. She performed for years and knows what it takes to be a performer. Simon– well, he just criticizes. But in his defense, [...]

This entry was posted on Saturday, June 27th, 2009 at 7:17 am and is filed under Internet Medicine, Office Visits, Patient Behavior, author's viewpoint. 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.

Nausea and vomiting is such a horrible feeling and experience and can be due to many reasons. I discuss some causes of nausea and vomiting in this video.

“I think I’m going to throw up,” should be a mantra for most Americans. Audits make most people throw up (and tax evaders throw up [...]

This entry was posted on Saturday, June 27th, 2009 at 7:13 am and is filed under Digestive System, Video. 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 butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker. When I was growing up in Ohio, there was no butcher shop… or bakery… There was one supermarket with hitching posts in the parking lot for the Amish buggies. My mother would ask the supermarket butcher to thinly slice the beef for Korean BBQ. I never saw [...]

This entry was posted on Thursday, June 25th, 2009 at 7:59 am and is filed under Food, Infections, Kidneys. 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.

Stroke of luck. Have you had any lately? I don’t know the last time I was affected by a stroke of luck. I golfed my entire childhood and always tried to keep my strokes down, but it seemed it was always the last three holes that destroyed my score. Michael Phelps had amazing strokes [...]

This entry was posted on Sunday, June 21st, 2009 at 11:48 am and is filed under Cardiovascular, 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.

High-fructose corn syrup is sweet. High dose fructose is associated with Metabolic Syndrome X. High fructose corn syrup is associated with obesity

Soda is soda and a pop is a Popsicle in NYC, where I used to live. But when I moved to Kenton, Ohio at the tender age of 7, I ordered an orange [...]

This entry was posted on Sunday, June 21st, 2009 at 11:46 am and is filed under Diabetes, Food, Video, Weight. 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.

We all do dumb things at times. It doesn’t mean you’re dumb if you do dumb things, although some might argue the point. But when doing something dumb endangers not only you but also other people, it’s a concern for everyone.
Have you been keeping yourself safe on the roads?
Recently, while I was driving [...]

This entry was posted on Friday, June 5th, 2009 at 7:23 pm and is filed under Injuries, Safety. 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.