Yes, boys and girls, we have reached the magical half-way point in our weekly labors. Time for a refreshing break, a.k.a., the Medical Examiner’s celebrated Hump Day Hiatus. At first, this video may have you thinking, what does this have to do with health, wellness and medicine, our three bywords. By way of an answer, some of you may recall …
I Hate Monday
I despise “the race card.” Playing it is despicable, at least in my book. But for some people, everything falls along racial lines. If that’s how you see the world then you, my friend, are a racist. Every time I hear or read that “Augusta commissioners voted along racial lines,” I think, really? THAT was a racial issue? It wasn’t …
Even animals have to fight obesity
To recap our story to this point, boys and girls, The Lancet reports that for the first time in human history, obesity is killing more people worldwide than malnutrition. The annual death toll blamed on obesity stands on the far side of 3 million, while fewer than 1 million now die from the effects of starvation and malnutrition. This was …
It’s February 1
And it’s a First Friday. That can only mean one thing: a new Medical Examiner has rolled off the presses and is ready to read, here and now. Aside from the epic news on page one, we launch a new feature: kids get to play Ask The Doctor: page 3. Among other fascinating bits of trivia, we reveal the little-known …
PSA of the Week
Some public service announcements are quite subtle. Others not so much.
WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU!
If you didn’t hear the news yet, Augusta’s Most Salubrious Newspaper (that would be the Medical Examiner of course) is seeking Augusta’s Most Salubrious Doctors. We want to recognize any doctor who goes above and beyond the call of duty. Perhaps this doctor treated you in the middle of the night (and he wasn’t even on call); maybe she diagnosed …
NUMB3RS
Hardly a day goes by without hearing big numbers, numbers that despite their familiarity – after all, you can’t go too many days without hearing the worn-out phrase, “…that’s billion with a B…” – are practically abstract concepts. The human mind can only comprehend so much. This week’s Augusta Medical Examiner cover story deals with lots of amazing numbers that …
One magical hiatus
You may never see a more captivating look at a city than what you’re about to watch. Take a city – Singapore – with some spectacular architecture to begin with, then add the special effects of tilt-shift photography. It makes everything look like it was designed by the world’s best model train set designer. What is real looks fake. What …
New & Improved!
We’ve been advised that we can dramatically increase traffic to this blog page by spicing it up a bit. One suggestion has been to include more pictures of kitties. You mean like this?
Hiatus, Hump Day
EVER BEEN TO LAKE TAHOE? Got five minutes? Ok then, let’s go! “Tahoe Time” – A 10 month timelapse and slow motion journey around Lake Tahoe California. from Justin Majeczky on Vimeo.