Jan 18 2010

Texting and Walking: Who’s the Clown Now?

The dangers of texting combined with driving was driven home to me again yesterday morning, literally.  A cab blew a red light and smashed into the rear of my car in Manhattan, and I’d bet a lot of money that the driver was on the phone, as so many cab drivers are while on duty. [...]

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Jan 10 2010

Shared Your Genital Herpes?Prepare To Give Blood.

I don’t have to remind you that it’s not nice to have sex with your partner while experiencing a flare up of your genital herpes–especially when you stay silent on the subject in the darkness of your love romp.
But for any of you that fail to abide by such niceties, there is now case law [...]

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Jan 5 2010

Did FDR’s Doctors Commit Medical Malpractice?

In today’s NY Times there is an intriguing article on the cause of FDR’s death–something that has never been clear due to the shroud of secrecy maintained over the health problems of presidents of the time.  The article’s author, Dr. Lawrence K. Altman, asks if FDR had a melanoma above his left eyebrow, and if [...]

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