As a person who has an arthritic condition I can tell you that when the cox-2 inhibitors first came on the market I thought they were a magical gift. Instead of always being in some level of discomfort or pain I found that most of the time I was pain free. The acute episodes that [...]
A top of the fold article in today's New York Times talks about the surge of counterfeit drugs that have flooded the European and American marketplace. It blames the recent establishment of Free Trade Zones that are characterized by little government oversight and regulations. Three months ago there was an announcement that authorities had seized [...]
One issue that many of us might have to deal and that gets very little discussion is edema. Edema is swelling caused by the build up of abnormal amounts of fluids in our body. Some people refer to edema as fluid retention. We often can see the fluid building up in our legs, arms, feet, [...]
There are tons of things that annoy me, as many of you know. However, in the spirit of the season I thought I'd mention some of the things that I thought were actually positive in 2007. Part of the inspiration for this list came from PHX who commented on The Black [Dad] List: Year in [...]
This will be the third holiday season that I send my Holiday Podcast out into the universe. It's the same one I had up last year, but it always expresses what I kind of want to say at this time of the year. The only thing I want to add is that I am so [...]