Category Archives: medicine

John Hopkins Report On Big C

February 29, 2012 – 3:44 pm

Death Valley March 1996 From Michael Holman, not a doctor but a friend. AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY (‘TRY’, BEING THE KEY WORD) TO ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY . Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins: 1. Every person […]

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The Cliffs of Moher

February 13, 2012 – 11:08 am

Last Tuesday I boarded a plane at JFK for Orlando, Florida. My two travel companions, AP and his financier Jerry Mumbels, were attending a builders’ convention. I was just along for the ride. My seat had been reserved as an after-thought and I was seated by the window in the rear of the plane. The […]

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A DANGEROUS METHOD – MOVIE

February 3, 2012 – 9:30 am

This past month in Thailand I bought a number of DVDs from the bootleggers in Sri Racha and Bangkok. The quality of each one was less than 90%, but at my house the TV is tuned to either Thai TV or my son Fenway’s cartoons, so I retreat to our bedroom to view the poorly […]

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Goodbye Old Tooth

January 12, 2012 – 4:47 am

West 4th Street’s basketball court on 6th Avenue attracted the best talent in the five boroughs in the late 70s. Passers-by clung to the chain link fence, as the players ran the short distance between the steel backboards. Most streetballers were devoted to offensive, but I was welcomed into games, because of my defense. My […]

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Quote of the Day – Hippocrates

July 11, 2011 – 7:06 pm

“Corpulence is not only a disease itself, but the harbinger of others”. Hippocrates, the father of western medicine

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