Readers may be familiar with the American Psychiatric Association’s “Goldwater rule” which says it is unethical to offer a professional opinion about the mental health
Category: Health
Warm thoughts and well wishes to Ronni Bennett today
Quietly, soberly, I’m thinking about Ronni Bennett today. Many of you probably know her as author and administrator of the blog Time Goes By. She has,
An emotional plea for all of us
Last night comedian Jimmy Kimmel explained why he was absent from his show last week. His wife gave birth to a son who had a
GOP healthcare … all hat, no cattle?
Call me naïve, but I fully expected that after seven years of threatening to repeal and replace Obamacare, the Republicans would have a plan all polished,
It’s National Wear Red Day
February is American Heart Month and today, the first Friday of the month, is National Wear Red Day, promoted annually by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute,
Death with dignity approved in Colorado
More important to me than the presidential election was Colorado’s Proposition 106 – the Colorado End-of-Life Options Act. And it was approved overwhelmingly. I can’t
Watch how fast antibiotic-resistant bacteria evolve
This sobering demonstration of the development of antibiotic-resistent bacteria over an 11-day period comes from Harvard Medical School and was reported this week in Science magazine.
More on EpiPens
Just a note to say those following the EpiPen discussions/debates might find the article “Reverse Voxsplaining: Drugs vs. Chairs” of interest. Author Scott Alexander makes
