February 2012
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January 2012
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“This is integrative medicine and everything that... →
Good write up about Danville, NY physician Dr. Thomas Dwyer (father of one of my colleagues)…a retired family physician who now practices acupuncture out of his back kitchen!
December 2011
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How Doctors Die: It’s Not Like the Rest of Us, But... →
Just got around to reading this…thoughtful and provocative. In my case too, it’s right on the money.
November 2011
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http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/11/02/magazine/... →
From last week’s New York Times magazine…Christopher McDougall, who wrote the excellent book Born to Run, continues on the quest to teach a less injury prone way of running.
Even though I personally hate running, I find this a fascinating topic and article.
If you take a look at the attached video...
September 2011
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Abraham Verghese: A doctor’s touch
“Rituals are about transformation”
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“The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, he said:
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August 2011
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Rawesome or not rawesome?
Heard this on the...
July 2011
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http://theconsciouslife.com/ →
Came across this blog recently…not sure what the author’s background is but most of his articles are simply excellent.
This will become a new patient resource for sure.
June 2011
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LAUSD may stop serving chocolate and strawberry... →
This is a no-brainer, just do it. Looks like Jamie Oliver’s recent prowling around hasn’t been wasted…
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May 2011
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April 2011
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Patients Are Not Consumers →
Looks like Paul Krugman’s op piece in today’s New York Times is already burning up the netwaves. Setting Krugman’s politics and controversies aside, I believe he hits the nail on the head in stating that patients are not consumers.
A timely topic for me personally as I received a medical bill this week that had me discussing/debating this with my wife. As a physician, I like...
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WatchThis is LA!
Nicholas Dahmann via Laist.com
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Pay What You Can Week
Dr. Gary Seto of South Pasadena Family Medicine and I will be offering “Pay What You Can” medical visits to our neighbors without health insurance all of next week, April 11th to the 15th, in order to help publicize the plight of the uninsured and under-insured in our community.
Our event last year, as part of Cover the Uninsured Week, took place the week President Obama signed the...
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March 2011
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How Western Diets Are Making The World Sick →
From NPR
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Talk Doesn’t Pay, So Psychiatry Turns Instead to... →
If you want to feel depressed about medicine, read this article. I’ve lamented enough about this already in the past, so I’ll say no more…
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February 2011
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Mindless Eating →
Video with Dr. Brian Wansink, the author of Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think, where he goes through some of his findings about why we overeat. I wish there was a way I could just embed the video…
Anyhow, the book is an interesting read and provides insight into how we might re-engineer the way we eat by thinking about design.
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“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”
– Jon Kabat-Zinn
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Hay fever: Warming climate extends ragweed season,... →
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Psychotherapy And Exercise Look Best To Treat... →
…Researchers find that psychotherapy and gradual increases in exercise were clearly better than specialist care…“When a therapist worked with the patient to help them do better over time, it produced better function and less fatigue.”
Woman, 61, gives birth to own grandchild →
ZOMG, this is crazy stuff
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Grading Mark Bittman's 'Food Manifesto' | The... →
Some collated opinions on Mark Bittman’s transition from The Minimalist to food protagonist/activist a la Michael Pollen as he writes his Food Manifesto this week…
I have never been a huge fan of Mark Bittman, but I am eager to see how he fairs in his new role. His book Food Matters is now on my to-read list.
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Concierge Medical Care With a Smaller Price Tag →
One Medical, an innovative concierge practice, gets a nice write up in New York Times today. Keep it up — innovation and service — we need more of this in the medical field.
January 2011
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My official stance on vaccines.
Totally agree…great work, Jay!
jayparkinsonmd:
I received the following email after my last post (published with her approval):
Hey Doc :) First off, I love your blog. I have been following for quite some time and respect you a great deal. I read your post from The Atlantic about vaccines and was wondering what your stance on them is? Do you believe that they are healthy and necessary...
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December 2010
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The Claim: Humming Can Ease Sinus Problems
I don’t know if humming will really help clear your sinuses but it seems like a easy enough thing to try. I’ve been seeing so much sinus stuff these past few weeks, I should make this article required reading.
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Imagine each bite, and maybe you'll eat less
From the LAtimes:
In an experiment described in Friday’s edition of the journal Science, researchers asked volunteers to devote about a minute and a half to methodically imagining chewing and swallowing 30 M&Ms, one after another. Then, when presented with a bowl of M&Ms, those volunteers ate about half as many candies as volunteers who imagined eating only three M&Ms, or...
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Meditation or medication: To prevent depression's...
From Latimes:
Americans diagnosed with depression have a highly conflicted relationship with the notion of ongoing depression care. As a study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry this week carefully documents, more Americans are being diagnosed with depression (in 2007, 2.88% of the U.S. population got a diagnosis of depression — up from 2.37% a decade before). But fewer and...
November 2010
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Epilepsy’s Big, Fat Miracle →
Man, this is such an interesting article…who knew that having brain cells sip on ketones instead of glucose could improve seizures. Fascinating!