A BMJ study published in 2015 concluded that High LDL-C is inversely associated with mortality in most people over 60 years. This finding is inconsistent with the cholesterol hypothesis. You can find the BMJ study here: Lack of an association or an inverse association between low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and mortality in the elderly: a systematic review While […]
A famous critical care doctor once told me that “they want candy stripers delivering medicine.” That choice of the phrase probably dates both of us, but hopefully, it’s not too prehistoric to make the point. He was griping about what he viewed as an institutional assault on physician judgment and prerogatives. Long after that, I […]
In addition to writing The Hero With A Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell taught comparative religion at Sarah Lawrence College. Joseph Campbell’s Wikipedia Page.
It happens. I get it. But when the witness has taken “less than her normal dose of painkillers” to get through the deposition, there are ways around that problem other than asking a Federal judge to treat it as an emergency. I don’t know if it is rule number one, but it is certainly top […]
“A land was full of wonder, mystery, and danger. Some say, to survive it, you need to be as mad as a hatter. Which, luckily, I am.” Lewis Carroll, Through Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland
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It’s a day for the blues. There’s nothing like a toe-tapper about a mass casualty event. When it comes down to it, that’s all the blues are about: making the insufferable thing bearable. In High Water Everywhere, Charley Patton sang about the 1927 Mississippi levee break that displaced tens of thousands. Patton lived on Dockery’s […]
The clouds started forming five o’clock p.m. The funnel clouds touched down five miles north of Russellville Siren’s were blowing, clouds spat rain And as the thing went through, I swear, it sounded like a train Drive-By Truckers, Tornadoes Floridians are tough. Almost indestructible. They may not always exercise the best judgment but – given […]
There is no normal life that is free of pain. It’s the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth. Mr. Rogers
Lee Health is evacuating up to 400 patients to hospitals in Collier County because of water pressure losses at two of its campuses. More patients will be transferred in the coming days as beds are found, said Dr. Larry Antonucci, president and chief executive officer of Lee Health. When Lee Health says “campuses” they mean […]
