24 Dec 2007    A Healthcare Carol In that popular holiday fable called, A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens a curmudgeonly old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is haunted by three ghosts on Christmas eve, named the Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present and The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. As a result of these spectral encounters, Scrooge is given a second chance at life. Fortunately for him, this new life doesn’t happen in modern day America.   21 Nov 2007    Need To Carve The Turkey? Call A Surgeon It's Thanksgiving time again, and once again, around our family’s dinner table as the turkey's being served, everyone will ask: Who's going to carve the turkey? Should the job go to Uncle Jason, since he's good with his hands, or should it go to my father, since he’s the eldest, or should my wife do it, since she cooks more?        12 Oct 2007    Trick Or Treat At this time of the year, when it’s much easier and even more cost effective to purchase a 5 pound bag versus the usual 12 ounce bag of assorted chocolates, practicing one’s self restraint becomes difficult when faced with the free and massive distribution and consumption of candy on Halloween. And, boy, do Americans love candy.   21 Sep 2007    Let’s Play It By Ear Ear problems both chronic and acute, can ruin two of life’s most simple pleasures this summer, like traveling and swimming. Anyone who has ever endured a ten hour plane ride with an ear infection (even if you were headed for Hawaii), could most likely relate. Or even worse...   21 Aug 2007    Want To Lose Weight? Just Breathe (and Sleep) Dieting seems to have overtaken baseball as our national pastime. There are many proposed reasons for the current obesity epidemic, including factors such as poor diet, lack of exercise, and simply eating too much. But your ability to sleep well and breathe well can also determine how quickly you can lose or even gain weight...   22 Jul 2007    Lumps, Bumps, and the "C" Word It first begins as a small gradual growth. It’s so small, you don’t notice it for months to years. Then when you do notice it, it has spread. It’s grown now to envelop and consume its surrounding areas. There, it begins to multiply into smaller satellite regions, where it begins the entire growth cycle all over again. This is what happens with cancer; once it spreads, it spreads rapidly.   22 May 2007    Mothers! Don’t Let Your Daughters Marry Men Who Snore Weddings are a time when perfection abounds. Like some huge Broadway production, weddings are booked way in advance, invitations and announcements sent out months before, cast and crew all assembled and dressed in similar array, and everyone rehearsed and primed for that ultimate moment of magic otherwise known as: The Wedding Ceremony. As Martha Stewart would say...   22 Feb 2007    Menopause, Sleep & Men About once a month, for the past few years, I’ve noticed an unusual pattern develop among some of my young male patients. The reason why I hadn’t noticed it until recently was because the details came to me in fragments...   22 Jan 2007    The Fundamentals of Medicine In a Grey’s Anatomy World John Wooden, the Hall of Fame UCLA basketball coach from the 60s and 70s, was once asked what major difference, if any, there was between basketball of his time when he won so many championships, and college basketball of today. Without the least bit of hesitation, he said...