Today’s electronic Examiner

It reads just like a real newspaper, and it’s chock full of useful info. Like the tips on your New Year’s anti-resolutions. And the scoop on winter weight gain. Plus the run-down on not feeling run down. And how to manage that pesky thing we call Death. How one writer will keep the world quiet this year. There’s even my …

Today’s Examiner

The Medical Examiner is fresh, never frozen, even during our recent stretch of polar temperatures. It’s always gluten free, low in cholesterol and saturated fats, and it won’t stick to most dental work. So there’s no reason not to enjoy every last morsel of healthful goodness it contains. Bon appetit!

Today marks exactly 198 years

Can you imagine having a tooth pulled without novocaine? Having an ingrown toenail treated without local anesthesia? What about having a wound of some kind cauterized with a red-hot poker while you’re watching, fully alert? As one doctor says in this week’s cover articles, medicine at one time was like the Spanish Inquisition. The screams of patients haunted him decades …

Today’s Medical Examiner

Take a look at this cover illustration. Do you think the topic is: A.) Children playing outside B.) When butterflies attack If you said B, please seek professional help. Otherwise, beginning reading now.

Today’s paper!

Delivered electronically, completely free of Fido saliva, ants from the front yard, ink smudges on your face and hands, etc. And as always, compared to the print edition it’s slightly more typo-free. Have you ever thought to yourself, “Smokers are crazy”? Well, you’re correct, and we have proof, right there on page one, courtesy of John Gever of MedPage Today. …

The very latest issue!

To review, the regular 1st Friday issue date (July 5) was totally unworkable. We asked everyone to stay open on July 4th so we could deliver, but only 87 percent of all medical offices agreed, so we decided to postpone the Examiner by one week and go with the 2nd and 4th Fridays, this month and next. And so, without …

The New Issue: here

I’ll be the first to admit, a cover story about pneumonia sounds booooooooring. But take a few moments to read it and you will probably be as amazed as I was at how serious and pervasive pneumonia is. It’s in keeping with our unofficial motto: if you take the time to read it, it should be worth your time to …