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.

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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 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 …

Issue #11-1

got sneeze? just cover. It’s one of the most effective ways to stop the spread of cold and flu germs. Not that everyone does that. I was in a vehicle with a certain healthcare worker one day. He was driving. There were several of us in the car. He went into one of those sneeze trances our cover story describes, …

Can you be fat AND suffer from malnutrition?

If you’ve ever heard the term empty calories, you know the answer is yes. We take a look at this issue in pre-observance of Malnutrition Awareness Week (Sept. 28 – Oct. 2). Granted, it’s not something you think about every day, but if you do, you may realize you know someone who is malnourished: a friend, neighbor or relative who …