We’ve all seen the horror movie where … we think the bad guy has been killed off, but he is really hiding in the basement ready to attack the girls at the sorority as soon as the cops wrap things up and head home. This is just how shingles works. Shingles is a...
Recently, I had lunch with a psychiatry colleague who… is setting up a new group practice near Lake Union. We spent about an hour discussing treatment approaches and practice philosophy. He is an academic psychiatrist who has published research on improving the...
A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine… showed a 30% reduction in the risk of stroke and heart attack among patients following a Mediterranean diet for five years as compared to a low-fat diet. Wow! This is better than taking Lipitor. What is the...
In 1955 just one artist, Elvis Presley … had five of the Billboard top 15 songs, including top of the chart “Heartbreak Hotel.” Better yet, 1955 was the beginning of the end for measles in the United States. That year, 3–4 million people, mostly children,...
