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 […]

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 at 6:13 pm and is filed under Medicines, 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.

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 […]

This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 at 4:40 pm and is filed under Medicines. 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.

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. […]

This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 at 3:38 pm and is filed under Medicines. 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 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 […]

This entry was posted on Friday, June 22nd, 2007 at 5:45 pm and is filed under Medicines, Diabetes. 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.

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 […]

This entry was posted on Thursday, August 10th, 2006 at 12:23 pm and is filed under Medicines, Infections, Senior Citizens. 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.

“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 Get […]

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 30th, 2006 at 12:28 pm and is filed under Medicines, Pulmonary. 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.

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 […]

This entry was posted on Saturday, September 10th, 2005 at 4:50 pm and is filed under Medicines, Patient Behavior, 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.

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 at the […]

This entry was posted on Sunday, June 5th, 2005 at 2:12 pm and is filed under Medicines, Office Visits, Patient Behavior. 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.

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 say […]

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 14th, 2005 at 11:51 am and is filed under Medicines, Office Visits. 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.

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. […]

This entry was posted on Saturday, February 5th, 2005 at 2:55 pm and is filed under Medicines, Office Visits, Patient Behavior. 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.