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The Acropolis is one of the most amazing places I’ve been. As a college student, I went to Greece on a three-week Classics Studies Tour in 1987, and Athens was hot and polluted even back then. Sweat made my glasses slide off my little Asian nose like toddlers down a water park ride.
I didn’t [...]

LDL | Bad Cholesterol

LOL. If you don’t know what that means, then you probably don’t own a smart phone or use Internet social networks.
Someone told me for a year he thought it meant “Lots of Love.” It means “Laughing Out Loud,” although honestly, I don’t think most people are “ha-ha’ing” when they type LOL. I know I’m [...]

Januvia for Diabetes

Eating habits are very interesting. Some people don’t let food on their plate touch-so much for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Some people won’t eat meat if the bone is still attached-so much for T-bone steaks. I know some who graze like Elsie the cow but won’t sit down for dinner with the [...]

Fox29 Philadelphia | Botox, Depression, Colon Bacteria

Gastritis | Follow Your Gut Feeling and See the Doctor

“Can you stomach it?” That’s a very good question.
Having a lot of fortitude is a good thing, but some things are over the top. Enron didn’t prepare most people to stomach the alleged crimes of Goldman Sachs. No matter how many episodes of What Not to Wear, I sometimes can’t stomach how some ladies [...]

Diabetic Foot Ulcer | Do Not Open Mouth Insert Foot

Open mouth, insert foot. Have you ever been in a situation where you wanted to die because you said something inappropriate?
Some friends threw a farewell party for me in LA when I finished residency. Not that I was a Chatty Cathy, but– I said to a couple of my friends across the dinner table, [...]

Diverticulitis | Pimples of the Colon

Heidi Klum, former supermodel and host of Project Runway, says, “In fashion, one day you’re in, the next you’re out.” She’s right— look at designer Isaac Mizrahi. One day he was in Nieman Marcus; now he’s in Target.
In his documentary, Unzipped, Mizrahi introduced us to the world of high fashion and dealing with supermodels like [...]

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm | AAA is not a battery

AAA, C, 9-volt, Lithium batteries: Why are there so many different types? The problem with having so many different types of batteries is that you never have the one you need.
Sure, that Energizer Bunny keeps going, and going, and going– but the commercial doesn’t show you scrambling around to find the right type of [...]