A vaccine sermonette. It’s good.

Zubin Damania, also known as ZDoggMD, has a message to parents who are skeptical about vaccines. Even if you don’t agree, it’s a video you should watch. Source: www.kevinmd.com

There’s something funny about this issue.

At least, that’s our hope. Of the 712 jokes* contained in this issue, there are surely a few clunkers. But hopefully there are enough decent and semi-decent jokes to give you a healthful dose of laughter, the best medicine. (NOTE: If you don’t care for jokes, our regular columnists are all here, and just for you there is a special …

This issue is a real yawner

The cover story is, anyway. It’s about the mystery of why we yawn. Researchers can’t quite figure it out. It’s a fascinating subject. Even so, expect to yawn as you read it. Plus a couple of dozen other intriguing topics, including all you’d ever want to know about cooking oils. Clip and save! This post is #1,111 on this blog.

Your 2-D version is here.

And ironically, it’s about unplugging. Digital detox. Cutting infobesity. In fact, the National Day of Unplugging is officially from sundown tonight through sundown tomorrow. Let’s give it a try, shall we? It won’t be easy. And if we happen to slip up, not looking at a phone or tablet for 23-1/2 hours in the next 24 is still probably a …

The new & improved Feb. 19 issue

(New and improved? That means we fixed a few typos that were in the print edition. So this is even better, if you can believe it.)

The All-New Feb. 5 Issue!

Yes, it’s right here in all its salubrious splendor, every page brimming with words and letters arranged into healthful sentences. Fun Fact: reading the Examiner regularly is one of the best things you can do to keep healthful habits in your life. So start reading already!

Read all about it

We join the gun control debate. You know, like where to point the thing – and more importantly, where not to. (You thought we were going to talk about legislation? Haha. That is too funny.) The other front page story explores the surprising salubriousness of simply cracking open a book in the presence of your little munchkins. It has a …

The PSA of the Week

Not to toot our own horn – something we’re loathe to do – but did you notice that the Medical Examiner now features The Advice Doctor as of the premiere issue of 2016? Yes, the rumors are true, even though you thought they were too good to be true. But sometimes when something seems too good to be true, that …

Issue #1! 2016 is official now!

The New Year wasn’t really the New Year until today. What’s different about today? The online edition of the Medical Examiner has arrived, chock full o’ salubrious reading, including the debut of our newest feature, The Advice Doctor. Check it out (all 16 glorious pages).

The Final Issue

Here it is, the final issue of 2015, issue #24 of this year, and issue #228 in the Medical Examiner’s long history. The next edition, Issue #229, will be dated January 8, 2016. This may be our best issue yet, beginning with the One-Two punch on page 1: constipation and our can’t fail holiday diet. Does it get any better …