Joy Habit: Escape to Paris!

Are you Normale Superiere, or just Grand? These are the kinds of delightful questions that you can ponder

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as you plan your immediate escape – to Paris! In these depressed economic times, there are very few things that can 1) boost your joy habit and are also 2) affordable, […]

Faux Help

How would you like to be offered kind, objective assistance with a serious health issue, only to discover that

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it’s actually an ad for a drug? And how about if that False Offer of Help actually meant that drug companies no longer provided the required warnings about serious […]

Dynamite Grand Rounds

One of the world’s most fun blogs – Emergiblog – hosts today’s Grand Round of the healthcare blogosphere.

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Kim has done a fantastic job, using the movie, Napolean Dynamite as the frame for all things health. It’s a great fit, and fun too – hey, we’re not quirky (much). Head on over […]

The Real Deal…

It’s so nice to find a writer with solid advice, and a fresh voice. Check out this article by the editor-in-chief of

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Self magazine (disclosure: I get NOTHING for endorsing this writer or article – except, okay, a warm feeling for finding something surprisingly good!). See, being a Doc Gurley […]

Mentally Ill Does NOT Mean Violent…

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Finally, a whopping, thorough, well-designed study of over 34,000 people looks at whether or not our assumptions about mental illness and violence have any basis in fact. Here’s the result, as well-reported in Medscape –

“Future violence, such as fighting, sexual assault, or arson, was statistically more likely among individuals […]

5 Things To Do For Your Health This Month – February

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No matter where you live, February is a hunker-down month. Whether it’s the weather, or the realization that it’s going to take more than a New Year’s promise to effect serious personal change, or the fact that you’re emotionally hung over from the holidays (followed by the obligatory […]