Archive for December 2016
A Message for 2017
Good Bones Life is short, though I keep this from my children. Life is short, and I’ve shortened mine in a thousand delicious, ill-advised ways, a thousand deliciously ill-advised ways…
Read MoreGet Fit, Live Longer
There is much discussion in the medical literature about which is more important for a long healthy life, being fit or having a healthy weight. There isn’t a simple answer,…
Read MoreI Am Grateful for Aleppo’s Suffering
I used to wonder why some humans do not seem to mind inflicting pain on others. Why can’t we all try to get along with each other? Why can’t we,…
Read MoreHealth News: Pain Medications and Hearing Loss, Social Support Improves Breast Cancer Outcome, Optimism and Longer Life, Hormonal Contraceptions in Diabetes, Fitness and Bladder Incontinence…
Pain Relievers and Hearing Loss A study from Harvard, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, showed an increased risk of hearing loss in patients who used pain relievers on…
Read MoreThe Death of Cancer: After Fifty Years on the Front Lines of Medicine, a Pioneering Oncologist Reveals Why the War on Cancer is Winnable–and How We Can Get There By Vincent T. DeVita, Jr. M.D
The first book review I wrote for this website focused on The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee. I absolutely loved that book. Critics agreed, since it won the 2011…
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