Today is the 100-year anniversary of the use of insulin in humans. The first injection of insulin to a human was on January 11, 1922 in Toronto. A 14-year-old boy named Leonard Thompson was in the Toronto General Hospital dying […]
One of the only times I have a chance to think without distraction is while riding a motorcycle. What does a guy like me think about when I’m tooling around on curvy roads? Well, stuff like this. Here are some […]
Welcome to pandemic hysteria. Have you read any articles predicting the end of civilization yet? I have. Have you seen claims that every step taken by the government is a mistake or we have acted too much or too little […]
I get frustrated daily with the misuse of science by both scientists and non-scientists. Every good social media argument has someone claiming “science” in a gotcha moment, usually not understanding what science even is. Every medical conference I attend is […]
There are a lot of things wrong with medicine today. A lot. But they aren’t the things most people typically focus on. I genuinely believe that the number one problem with our healthcare system is the people in it and […]
In the movie Edge of Darkness, Mel Gibson plays a cop whose daughter was murdered in front of him. During the movie, he uncovers the conspiracy that led to her murder and he discovers that one of his closest and oldest […]
When a breakthrough innovation, new test, or new treatment is discovered in medicine, its adoption often follows a typical pattern. This pattern is demonstrated graphically on the illustration below. I have adapted this concept from the Hype Cycle used to […]
As a collector of old Ob/Gyn textbooks, I am absolutely amazed at some of the male chauvinistic gems they contain. Here’s a good one from 1934 (Thorek’s Surgical Errors and Safeguards): He was discussing vaginal repairs, of course. The same author […]
A man’s life is what his thoughts make it. – Marcus Aurelius Anyone who is a regular on Reddit has probably read the “zero days” post. A redditor posted a comment about his lack of success in life and accompanied […]
How do we lose weight? Yes, I know, diet and exercise. But where does the weight actually go? This was a question asked in a short article in 2014 in the BMJ, which you can read here. The authors point […]
