"This blog was developed to provide medical updates that are important and have my perspective as additional insight."
Chico Marx supposedly is the first one to say the above quote in the movie Duck Soup, but I’ve often heard it attributed to various politicians as well, when they’ve been caught doing something unsavory. Either way, the quote gets at an important concept…. how we ‘know’ something is true, and it’s a critically important …
Although there are no cases of Zika virus transmitted in Arizona, the recent reports of cases in Florida, and the knowledge that mosquitoes that can transmit Zika live in Arizona, means that we will likely see some transmission of Zika in Arizona at some point in the future. That said, there is no reason for …
Would it surprise you to know that Mr. Putin is Gluten sensitive? It would surprise me….as I have no idea. But…..gluten-free fad, from a scientific standpoint has about as much accuracy as Mr. Putin’s statements have about any topic….there is not much truth there. If you ask any well-trained physician about gluten, they will explain …
I often mention ‘sexy’ science topics in my blog, because these are the issues that make it into the popular press. Many of these examples of late are focused on connections between commonly used medications and dementia. In the studies, there is a correlation between increased use of the offending medication and development of dementia …