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.

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 …

Hump Day? Hiatus.

Since it’s 80° in Augusta today, let’s interrupt our winter programming for this fascinating look into the nuts and bolts (literally) of medical research. People sometimes wonder why medical research takes so long. A promising procedure may be years away. Here’s why. This particular peek behind the curtain involves brain research. Fascinating, and it gets better and better as it …