On Doctoring

Common drugs may lead to early dementia

If you are over the age of 65 and concerned about dementia, this is a column you might want to read. And not forget.

Here’s why — a new study has revealed a possible connection between a commonly used class of medications and the early…

All Trick, No Treat with Prop 46

’Tis the season to talk tricks and treachery. This fall, you will find such pitfalls not in a haunted…

Nix Prop 46!

Here is a letter from my mother to Senator Boxer in opposition to Prop 46. My mother is a neonatologist, and one of my heroes (not just because she is my mom!) Her body of work in neonatology – clinical and research – has helped dramatically change the survival chances for extremely premature babies and…

Hips Don’t Lie

Today, please indulge me in a discussion of an underrated joint: the hip. Hips may not have the stoicism of shoulders (shoulder thy load, young man) or the humility of knees (take a knee, my liege), but they do have many marvelous functions – and not just on the dance floor and in the labor and…

Pills that Kill

Earlier this month, the County of Marin’s Department of Health & Human Services issued a rather unprecedented public health advisory. Usually, these kinds of notices are related to infectious disease outbreaks, this one however, addressed a different type of epidemic — prescription drug misuse and…

A Letter to Santa

What The Big Guy Really Needs to Hear

Doctor I.M. Igloo

North Pole Community Health Clinic, North Pole

Dear Mister Claus,

Your Brain on Bath Salts

New Drugs That Really Fry Your Neurons

Re-making the Medical Record

Can electronic records make life simpler and healthier

Bravo to Broccoli!

A Super Crucifer