Amy Winehouse, Heath Ledger, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix–so many people have overdosed on drugs. In The Rose, Bette Midler’s character swallows pills like a hypoglycemic child in an M&M store, which leads to her death. Not that I would ever want to overdose on something, but if I did, it would be sushi, not drugs.
Do [...]
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Math has always been a favorite subject of mine. Go figure, I’m Asian! However, in my teeny-tiny hometown in Ohio, we were lucky if we had an abacus or a protractor. Okay, it wasn’t that bad, but when I asked my math teachers to teach us pre-calculus, their response was, “You aren’t Isaac Newton. When [...]
“There’s a sucker born every minute!” Rip-off artists chant this phrase like a mantra. I don’t think victims of crime and scandals are suckers: many people think others are innocent and good. Look at Hitler, Bernie Madoff, and OJ Simpson.
One friend said to me, “I trust my friends 100 percent, but I also realize they’re [...]
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on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 at 5:43 pm and is filed under Medicines, author's viewpoint.
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Bad batch of cookies? I’ve never been much of a baker. I can stir-fry anything and make a mean hot and sour soup. However, baking is something I leave to tourists on the beaches of Cape May— (who don’t seem to have heard of sunscreen or umbrellas).
Because I got a KitchenAid mixer for my birthday, [...]
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on Saturday, November 20th, 2010 at 8:00 am and is filed under Medicines.
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Thomas Drayton and Dr. John Hong today discuss SAD (Seasonal Affect Disorder). SAD affects up to 9% of the population, in particular regions of higher latitude. Light boxes to antidepressants might help stop the winter blues. | SAMe is an over the counter amino acid that is being used to treat depression. One study [...]
Mistaken identity is pretty common. Don’t you hate it when you think you see a friend, and you call out her name and wave– only to receive a puzzled response from a complete stranger?
In that situation, you can a) Pretend you’re trying to greet someone else in the room, so the stranger doesn’t think [...]
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on Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 at 9:16 am and is filed under Medicines, Patient Behavior.
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Medicare D is a prescription program for those with Medicare B or who are eligible for Medicare A. Most of my patients who have Medicare D are dissatisfied. And in 2008 they introduced the stupid Donut Hole. Ugh. Medicare Part D 2007:
Some senior citizens suffer. My parents are in their [...]
Pharmacy comes from the Greek word pharmakeia, which means “druggist’s work.” My auntie was called “The Bionic Pharmacist” in the ‘70s because she worked super fast and super well. (Also I think she had a bionic ear like the character Jaime Sommers– because she heard everything.)
Growing up in Nowhereland, we went [...]
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on Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 at 4:01 pm and is filed under Medicines, author's viewpoint.
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Pharmaceutical commercials are out of control. Shouldn’t medications be determined between the doctor and patient, vs. a pharmaceutical commercial? Pharm ads are too abundant
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on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 at 2:14 pm and is filed under Medicines, Video.
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Vytorin is a cholesterol lowering medication. Vytorin was reported January 14, 2008 about the ENHANCE trial. Vytorin has not been shown to reduce CIMT
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on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 at 12:49 pm and is filed under Cardiovascular, Medicines, Video.
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Fame suits me well. I was shopping at Whole Foods, and between picking the yum-yummiest vegan General Tso’s “Chicken” and some apples, a few fans stopped me. The first said, “I saw you speak at our conference, and I just loved you! I don’t remember what you talked about, but…” The next person said, [...]
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on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 at 7:13 pm and is filed under Health & Wellness, Medicines.
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Magic tricks drive me nuts. How do they do it? One of my friends used to be a magician, and he won’t share any of his magic trick secrets. He taunts me: “No, I won’t tell you how they’re done. But they’re incredibly easy…if not stupid.”
If they’re that stupid, why can’t I figure [...]
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on Saturday, November 1st, 2008 at 1:01 pm and is filed under Medicines, Patient Behavior.
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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 [...]
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on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 at 6:13 pm and is filed under Medicines, Pain.
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Barbara Walters wears Chanel suits. She is so meticulous coiffed that she makes Botox models look like wrinkled shirts. She does not talk about with whom she would have a ménage a trios, but NOOO on The View her co-host asked her this question! Ugh, what is wrong with the media?
I [...]
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on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 at 4:40 pm and is filed under Medicines.
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Iggy is probably the most famous dog in the world. Personally, I don’t consider dogs to be dogs. They are our babies. Love them, love them, love them!
Our baby, Ms. Maggie Moo, comes to work with us everyday. She gets more treats and attention from our patients than any of us at the office. [...]
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on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 at 3:38 pm and is filed under Medicines.
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The Bachelor: Officer & a Gentleman–yuck, please give me a break! How can a soldier and a doctor go onto a game show of marriage, pledge his love to one woman but then marry the hotter woman?
Not everyone in this country can even get married, but you don’t see anyone creating legislation against TV [...]
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on Friday, June 22nd, 2007 at 5:45 pm and is filed under Diabetes, Medicines.
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Steve Carell has a hard life. I’m sure he got seasick on the Ark while filming Evan Almighty in Crozet. In his NBC show The Office, he’s as clueless as Alicia Silverstone in Clueless. In Anchorman, he had only three– at best four– brain cells.
But in reality he’s very well educated. He went to [...]
“Okay, name this tune in four notes: “Da Da Daaaaaaaaaa-DUH!” (I need to ask my editor to work on making The Hook like one of those Hallmark cards that plays music when you open it.) A book of trivia in our waiting room has a ton of great info on the 1960s TV comedy [...]
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on Thursday, March 30th, 2006 at 12:28 pm and is filed under Medicines, Pulmonary.
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Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis were steamy until they actually “got steamy” on Moonlighting. Why is it when the boy catches the girl, the magic of the show is gone? Look at The Bachelor– proposal, diamond ring, and poof– end of show and the couple– or even worse, gulp, The Bachelorette II. In Moonlighting, Cybill’s [...]
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on Saturday, September 10th, 2005 at 4:50 pm and is filed under Medicines, Pain, Patient Behavior.
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This is a true story, and I’m not exaggerating. A long time ago, I was at McDonald’s and the customer in front of me said, “I would like a Whopper.” The McDonald’s worker said they didn’t have a Whopper. The customer then said, “Well, how about a Whopper Jr.?” This customer got very angry [...]
Mary Poppins said the longest word in English is supercalifragilisticespialidocious. I think the longest-named medicine is Hydrochlorothiazide. (And if you say it loud enough, you’ll always sound precocious.)
Really, hydrochlorothiazide, aka HCTZ, is really not that hard to say. However, for most patients, pronouncing this medicine can be very intimidating. Most patients hate to [...]
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on Thursday, April 14th, 2005 at 11:51 am and is filed under Medicines, Office Visits.
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Blondie sang the great song, “Call Me. ” Even Richard Gere in American Gigolo played that song long before Pretty Woman. Today, with cell phones, *69, and caller-ID, it’s so easy to call your friends, family, mother-in-law, and– your doctor. In fact, it’s too easy.
The phone rings off the hook in most doctors’ offices. [...]
I grew up with two physicians as parents. In our cupboards, instead of Toll House cookie mix, we had medications: antihistamines, blood pressure pills, cholesterol busters, and antibiotics– lots of antibiotics.
Face it, parents. If you put pills in the kitchen cupboard, your child is going to take them. Because my parents gave me a [...]
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on Thursday, December 9th, 2004 at 3:46 pm and is filed under Infections, Medicines.
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