OUR 9TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE!

It’s right here, and it’s full of the kind of award-wanting journalism you’ve come to expect from the Medical Examiner. For instance, is it important to poop every day? We dish. Other 9th Anniversary specials: 9 ways to get kids to eat healthier; 9 ways to be healthier and happier; 9 ways to stay out of trouble; even 9 TV …

I have issues.

Here’s one right here, for example: What’s in this puppy? Well, there is a NEW COLUMN DEBUT: “Kid’s Stuff: Notes from a Pediatric Intern” on hot weather hydration; plus Men’s Health on stress; Rene Le Fort and his cadaver research; The Money Doctor on disability insurance; Bad Billy: Why are drugs so expensive?; World Medicine; poison ivy; brain fitness activities; …

The entire issue!

Summer Vacation 101 (see earlier post below) was but a sneak preview of this week’s award-wanting Medical Examiner. In the rest of the paper you’ll find our usual smoove blend of information and entertainment, a.k.a. infotainment. Or do you prefer entermation? Either way, the sum total of it all is to help every reader live a healthier life. And so, …

THE hump day hiatus

This is the ultimate Wednesday – aka Hump Day – of the year, at least in this hemisphere. If you can’t be in Augusta, at least there’s this, a poor substitute indeed. And this splendid bonus:

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!

We turn our 100,000 candlepower spotlights on two cover stories this issue: preventing strokes (always important this time of year in Augusta) and speeding. Let’s take a moment here for just one of those: speeding, and why it’s ineffective and illogical. Driving at 60 mph, you’re covering a mile a minute, right? If you spend that entire hour at 65 …

Today’s oxymoron: right on time, the latest issue. As you can plainly see, the cover story is about medical identity theft, a crime that could send its victims to an early grave. Read all about it, and then keep your guard up. Also in this issue: Doctors, what about that insufferable patient of yours? Check out page 11. We have …

Music Therapy: every Thursday

Today is no exception. Or is it? Actually, today’s post is an exceptional one, marking the 8th anniversary of the death of the Mr. Dynamite, Hardest Working Man in Show Business, Soul Brother #1, the Godfather of Soul, Mr. Please Please himself, Augusta’s own James Brown (1933-2006). In his honor, feast your eyes and ears on this excellent video tribute. …

V is for Video

It’s Thursday, y’all. Time for some musica… and with a hometown Augusta performer to boot! Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings “Retreat!” from Lizzi Akana on Vimeo.

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