Over my twenty-five-year medical career, the route by which people are admitted to the hospital for an overnight stay has subtly evolved in ways that most patients (and even many doctors) may not... Read more >>

A few years ago, I accompanied my mother on a visit to her doctor. Her foot was swollen at the time and was causing her great discomfort. From the doctor’s office, we proceeded to the hospital... Read more >>

Lil Sugar has tips for moms on alternate ways to use the medical swag in their postpartum hospital bags! Don’t throw away those maxi pads or peri bottles just yet! When it’s time to take... Read more >>

Recently, I read somewhere that false hope, which is full of optimism and positive thinking, but independent of logic, can be harmful when it is based on unrealistic expectations. As I was typing the... Read more >>

It does hurt, just like I always thought it would. The difference is, now I am not letting that stop me. For twenty five years, maybe longer, I let it slow me to a relative crawl. That and the wobbly... Read more >>

A jewelry store for Haitians, those who live in Montreal (Canada) anyway. For them, all that glitters is really gold. Today’s tragic news of the capsizing of a ship overloaded with Haitian... Read more >>

I think that any person having two children, one of each sex, would have to agree that raising a female is much more complex than one might have bargained for. I can and have dealt with the growing up... Read more >>

In a few days I am transferred to a nearby rehabilitation facility. I’m encouraged because they only accept patients who have a good chance of recovery. The first day a nurse brings my... Read more >>

I have a Web site devoted to angels, and my subscribers are often Earth Angels. A few weeks ago, we were asked to pray for a little boy, and this is the column I sent to my membership. I thought... Read more >>

As an under-employed, semi-retired surgeon, my father is now running into the frustrations we all face and that until now he avoided or took for granted. Most recently he commented anecdotally that in... Read more >>