Fire up the iPad!

It’s the latest Medical Examiner full of, well, if not chocolatey goodness, at least a lot of tasty articles that encourage and promote health and wellness. And we’re not suggesting you live on celery, either. No, we even have a feature article about the benefits of snacks. So go ye forth and read, cover to cover. Just click on the …

Who should be Augusta’s Doctor of the Year?

Hundreds of doctors practice medicine in Augusta, and for thousands of patients across Georgia, South Carolina and beyond, Augusta is a major medical center. The Augusta Medical Examiner, Augusta’s only independent publication dedicated to health, medicine and wellness, wants to recognize Augusta’s “Doctor of the Year.” We’re looking for doctors who have gone above and beyond the call of duty …

Excellent reading follows

Thought-provoking observations by novelist Jonathan Safran which appeared in the June 9 edition of The New York Times. Most of our communication technologies began as diminished substitutes for an impossible activity. We couldn’t always see one another face to face, so the telephone made it possible to keep in touch at a distance. One is not always home, so the …

Unfortunate, indeed

It seems that in nearly every issue of the Medical Examiner, typos rear their ugly heads, try as we might to avoid them. Typos – or as we like to call them, tpyos – are the bane of every publication whether the Medical Examiner or the Wall Street Journal. And I’ve seen typos in novels and non-fiction books plenty of …

The crisp new Medical Examiner

Here you go, and you don’t even have to totter out to the end of the driveway in your pjs. Issue highlights: an eye-opening article about hearing loss. Listen up. Also, ::sniff, sniff:: the final column by Cindy Elia, our Ask A Dietitian columnist since 2008. Something else that’s new: the debut of our new Professional Directory. Use it to …

NATIONAL DONUT DAY!

What’s the appropriate way to celebrate? Eat one of these: – All credit to Keith Jones

Do this. Do not cheat.

Do not defeat its purpose. You owe it to yourself. It’s Friday, after all. Heck, do this every day. http://www.donothingfor2minutes.com/