Here’s an article that purports to go into the science of the currently popular fasting diets, rather than the hype. My problem with these diets is very simple: if I go for too long without eating I get a migraine, … Continue reading →
…one day after the death of her daughter, Carrie Fisher. Carrie Fisher’s death came as a shock because she had not been ill until experiencing cardiac arrest during a flight, and at 60 she was still relatively young. Afterwards, on … Continue reading →
Carrie Fisher has died, four days after suffering a cardiac arrest on a flight from London to Los Angeles. My guess is that the damage was just too huge, both to brain and body, and further life support maintenance was … Continue reading →
Here’s a poignant piece about what it’s like to have a handicapped parking sticker and a bona fide disability and yet look rather normal: Just as I closed my car door and stuck my key in the ignition, a loud … Continue reading →
I have been trying to find some very specific information on what the medical report on Freddie Gray actually said. But other than that there was a neck fracture, that he had a head injury that may have been caused … Continue reading →
The following was written by David Simon, who so far as I can tell is a not just a liberal but a leftist. He’s lived in Baltimore for a long, long time, used to be a police reporter for The … Continue reading →
There’s an encouraging new possibility for heart failure patients: Doctors will inject participants with harmless viruses that ferry a gene called SERCA2a into their heart muscle. The gene codes for a protein that recycles calcium within heart muscle cells, vital … Continue reading →
As Michael Barone points out, the Republican race is coalescing around candidate McCain after an early period of chaos, while the Democratic race is still up for grabs after an early period of seeming clarity. Nevertheless, McCain remains a polarizing … Continue reading →