We all like to embellish stories to put us in the best light. Some people do it more than others. Some of that is due to self consciousness. Individuals may feel inferior and want to put themselves in [...]

I was recently at a meeting. Someone there was talking about the issues he had with retinal detachments. The point he made was that we take our vision for granted. However, we sometimes need to pay more attention [...]

There are some things that are so common that we know about them. Cigarette smoking causes lung cancer. There are other things that we sometimes do not realize. We have known for years that pipe and cigar smokers [...]

There are many psychological defense mechanisms. One of the ones I have not written about before is something called Hasty Generalization. This occurs when someone makes an observation. That observation is then generalized to apply to a larger [...]

A few weeks ago, I wrote about William Osler and his quote about knowing syphilis meaning knowing medicine. He was one of the fathers of modern medicine. In the nineteenth century most physicians did not do specialty training. [...]

In August 2022 we drove to South Carolina. When I got there I tested positive for COVID and drove back the next day. I already had two basic COVID immunizations and two boosters so it was mild. In [...]

The American Cancer Society just released a report on July 11 on cancer prevention factors. The study found that about 40 percent of cancers are preventable. And of those people who get cancer 50 percent of the deaths [...]

In 1900 Sir William Osler was known as “The Father of Modern Medicine.” He had a famous quote that went: “He who knows syphilis knows medicine.” The meaning of that was that the symptoms syphilis could produce were [...]

I have worked in many organizations that had mission statements. Straying too far from the mission might result in long term problems. Knowing the mission is a little different than fulfilling it. For example, I often give talks [...]

In the past I have written about the human genome. The genome is the name for the makeup of our chromosomes. One article was on using it to diagnose cancer. Another was on how evolution changed the genome [...]