Best headline ever

Indeed, as it states below, we are not too proud to beg. The quest? Once upon a time, the Medical Examiner regularly ran stories written by readers, detailing their assorted medical adventures. Some were hilarious. Others absolutely tragic. The feature was called Medicine in the First Person. It would be great if we could once again say the feature is …

This is majorly useful.

Not to say that medications aren’t important, even life-saving. They frequently are. But just as doctors usually begin a treatment regimen with the least invasive option first, a diet long of fruits and vegetables would go a long way toward preventing the need for expensive medications down the road. Eat well!

Music Therapy: Double Shot

And BLACK is the word for the day. Let us begin with Jon Batiste doing a slick rendition of the Beatles classic tune Blackbird. Then we can roll straight into another live performance, this one The Black Keys performing Ten Cent Pistol. Sound good? Ok then, gentlemen: take it away.

Music Therapy

Where we outdo ourselves almost every Thursday. And so without further ado, another stellar session, this time a live performance from a then-unknown name: Chris Stapleton. This first song is the title track from his CMA award-winning Album of the Year, and the man himself is the New Artist of the Year. You’re about to see why, although my best …

ROAD TRIP!

For this week’s Hump Day Hiatus, how about some fall colors? The Shenandoah National Forest looks like a good place to start. Here’s another hit: Autumn Sun from Garrett Martin on Vimeo. (Be sure to watch these in all their full-screen glory.)

Today’s issue, here.

In this issue: the breast cancer no one talks about; breaking bad news: how to do it – and how not to do it; Urology Q&A; bullying prevention; the man behind the best-selling poster of all time; medical myths; Bad Billy on personal space; financial planning advice from The Money Doctor…. and tons more good reading!

One epic hiatus

It’s long. It’s the longest Hump Day Hiatus ever. But do this: just give it six or seven minutes. Ten tops. If you don’t feel it’s compelling, if you’re not intrigued – or maybe even hooked, you can click off and stop watching. By way of introduction, consider this statement by a French surgeon. “If we could be suspended in …

Music Therapy

Today’s session features Cause I’m a Man by Tame Impala. I think you’re going to like the music and the visuals. Tame Impala – Cause i'm a man from weirdcore on Vimeo. ARTIST: TAME IMPALA DIRECTOR / LEAD VFX: WEIRDCORE PRODUCTION COMPANY: PRETTYBIRD PRODUCER: Margo Mars Layout designer/editor & compositor = James Francis (& weirdcore) LEAD ANIMATION: WEIRDCORE 3D/2D ANIMATION: …

Music Video Thursday

Because what do you think #tbt means??? It means Music Video Thursday! Duh. And here at the site of The Internet’s Most Salubrious Blog, Thursdays are reserved for – obviously – music therapy. If that’s what you’re looking for, trust us when we tell you: we will never let you down. As proof, watch this video, “I Won’t Let You …

My Best Nurse Story

few years ago I temporarily got into a tradition of massive annual sinus infections. Thankfully that phase of my life has come and gone, but while it was going I was in abject misery for a few weeks every year.   The first episode was especially bad because I thought it was just a cold and would eventually go away …