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Mucormycosis in Joplin, Missouri | Facing horrible fungi

Faces define people the most (well, unless you’re Representative Anthony Weiner). Makeup can completely transform a person. Tabloids always flash pictures of celebrities without make-up to shock the public. If you’re like me, the number of skin care products in your bathroom equals your age, because our faces are probably the most crucial aspect of [...]

Asbestosis | Making it hard to breathe

Smoke makes most of us want to gag. Thank God people can’t smoke in airplanes anymore. In the pre-historic era, there were smoking and nonsmoking sections in planes. Gee, in a closed cabin without an effective air filtering system! Obviously, it didn’t work. I loved once sitting in nonsmoking row 23 with the folks in [...]

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) | Potentially deadly rashes

Rash people do rash things, including giving other people a psychological rash. We all do rash things— well, unless you’re Arnold Schwarzenegger who knows how to keep his mouth shut about a love child for years. In my opinion, American Idol voters are rash to vote for lame singers. (C’mon. First Pia is off [...]

Gout | Yabba Dabba OW!

Fred Flintstone had the biggest feet, and he used them to propel his car. I’ll bet a pedicure would have cost him a grand! Fred loved his brontosaurus ribs, and perhaps a few beers at the Water Buffalo Lodge.
Did a Stone Age doctor tell Fred he was a prime candidate for gout?
Fred had many [...]