June 21, 2018
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Dayummm!!!! You’ll recall that in response to a recent test indicating mildly elevated liver enzymes, I decided not only to lose a few pounds but also to go totally, completely on the wagon? Well, I’ve been riding that dietetic wagon … Continue reading
June 3, 2018
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Ever have one of those moments when you wake out of a sound sleep thinking, “Ah Hah! Why didn’t I think of that before?” This morning I enjoyed just such a moment, when along about 4:30 I woke up with … Continue reading
June 2, 2018
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…where she stops, nobody knows… Yup. Spent yesterday going round and round and not stopping anywhere very productive. Working on the “Drugging of America” project — a proposal for which I hope to send off to the chosen university press … Continue reading
May 2, 2018
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Comments Off on NOT the fungus that ate Arizona, after all!
Today: the second time in a row that I walked out of the Mayo Clinic feeling tremendously relieved. The young doc’ — a resident, unless I miss my guess — listened to my woeful tale and surmised: a) probably not … Continue reading
May 2, 2018
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Crap. So here I am sitting around listening to an endlessly annoying robo-answering machine yakathon, trying to get through to Young Dr. Kildare’s office. Ad after ad after ad after “do you have [THIS SCARY DISEASE?]” and “we just hired … Continue reading
April 27, 2018
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Comments Off on The Drugging of America: Lifestyle as Remedy
In considering the plague of overprescription afflicting our country and many others, we’ve seen that huge numbers of Americans regularly take pills — prescribed or over-the-counter — that are unnecessary, inappropriate, redundant, or otherwise ill-advised. Many of these remedies, inflicted … Continue reading