Why am I writing this article? I admit, even to myself it seems a little random. But a combination of recent events and articles I’ve read lately lead me to write this, my pleading to doctors if you will. Let me brief you. Recently I wrote Acknowledging Vaccine Concerns. The main point of the article... Read more →

Do you remember a time when most people on the roads just drove their car? Let me be more explicit. Do you remember a time when the main activities drivers engaged in were talking to a passenger, singing, and eating or drinking something? Today it’s not often that I simply see someone driving;... Read more →

Try and grasp this statistic: the number of people who commit suicide in the EU is larger than the number of people who die in road collisions. And so you can put it in perspective: 50,000 people die from road collisions in the EU. This has caused the EU to take notice. On June 13th, the European pact... Read more →

I now cringe when I see a health insurance statement. This was not always the case. Each time I receive my insurance statements they say something to the extent of: Your doctor charged $400 and your insurance company only allows $200. This is not a bill. I used to flinch when I’d receive these... Read more →

It looks like the heavy guns are out. It’s been decades since the dangers associated with smoking have been realized and revealed. Yet there’s still a fair number of smokers out there. A few years ago our hometown of Austin banned smoking in public places. This was a huge issue and I clearly... Read more →

Tonight my son ate a sweet potato. And a few pieces of pasta. And a sauteed mushroom. And some watermelon. And a few kidney and Garbanzo beans. Oh and a few bites of chocolate and vanilla ice cream. It was a good eating day. Some (read between the lines: most) days sitting down to eat looks more like... Read more →

A BMJ editorial, Food additives and hyperactivity, discusses the recent attention that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has been giving to the possible link between food additives and childhood hyperactivity. Apparently the EFSA had to re-evaluate studies regarding this possible connection after... Read more →

I’m glad I’m not in college. You see, the price of tuition at some U.S. universities has been increasing and my alma mater is one of them. When I do research on the various college savings funds available for my son, I always run into a few articles that discuss the need to save for retirement... Read more →

It’s a funny thing, being diagnosed with a mental disease. As I’ve mentioned in prior posts, instead of a scientific tests, most mental illness diagnoses are made after you’ve talked to someone, answered specific questions, even completed a questionnaire. I know that someday diagnosing... Read more →