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You may have recently read about a teacher who was hospitalized and treated in Texas with four stents for an often fatal type of heart attack.

Dr. Wells, my colleague and friend, and I frequently disagree about medical privacy issues.

For those who consider themselves to be body conscious, and are at ease with technology taking a very close look at their physiques to help improve appearances, there's a new, eye-opening device to consider.

The push to first medicalize (30 states) and then legalize for recreation (eight states and the District of Columbia), the use of marijuana is well underway.

Winston Churchill once described Russia as "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma." Today, Russia is far less complicated but still perplexing.

In a trend described as “shocking,” news outlets are

“In the United States, women are routinely forced to undergo cesarean section, episiotomies and the use of forceps, despite their desire to attempt natural vaginal delivery.

As it turns out, the Russians have meddled in more than simply elections. If their goal is to spread dissent and discord than there can be no more passionate a topic, at least for some, than vaccinations.

As my generations, the Boomers, continue to age our demographic bulge continues its disruptive ways.

In the last few weeks, there have been a number of articles [1] on reducing the length of medical training to help ease the physician shortage.