Once again, proof has been provided that when it comes to research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)…unfortunately, it seems some things never change. In this case, a new report [...]
Category: Daily Dispatch
It’s (not) in the bag
Bagged lettuce. An overpriced, bad idea to begin with that has generated several small fortunes. All because consumers are too busy to prepare their own salad. Unfortunately, there have been six [...]
The incredible shrinking brain
No, this Dispatch is not about the effects of spending too many years working in the government. I’ve written before about how dynamic the brain really is. Far from being constant in terms of [...]
Weighty matters
Not all obesity and overweight are alike, as my friend and colleague Dean Ornish reminded us in a recent editorial in The New York Times. It still matters what you eat beyond the actual number of [...]
What ever happened to philanthropy?
I’ve written about the constant needs and demands (not always one and the same) for more money to fund medical research and to foster true innovation in our modern medical establishment… [...]
Can cancer be cured in five years?
The mainstream media has been all over a new announcement from the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas (the largest cancer center in the country). They have pledged to significantly reduce the [...]
From magic bullets to friendly fire
I was just asked to serve on the Medical Alumni Council for the University of Pennsylvania, representing the nation’s oldest medical school (1765). While I was there recently I had the pleasure [...]
Oral arguments
Like it or not, when it comes to the issue of smoking…for the past 25 years, the push for regulations and legal arguments have dominated the discussion. And this has often left science by the [...]
Deep into organic
When it comes to “going organic” these days, there’s one thing you can count on: the government making it more costly and confusing for us all. The “organic” food movement began after World War [...]
Change of seasons
It’s that time of year when the sun is rising later and setting earlier. And it sits lower in the sky during its daily traverse through the heavens. Which means the sun is no longer getting [...]