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I have decided on this to be the cover of my novel, “Detroit Heroic.” It is the story of a young doctor trying to survive in the City Hospital of Detroit in 1968. Current events are catastrophic but 1968 was apocalyptic. The novel is to be published by Heliotrope Press. The launch date is September…

book signing available on AMAZON

My car was bashed in. My trunk won’t close. No note was left. It was parked in the doctor’s parking lot.

The op/ed by Dr. Michael Segal, “What We Don’t Know About Tylenol and Autism,” (WSJ September 27-28) raises the possibility that a genetic predisposition unrelated to the use of Tylenol may be the cause.  He opines that women with a genetic makeup causing a greater sensitivity to pain may use Tylenol more frequently, but Tylenol…

In summary, the successful demonstration of lubiprostone’s renoprotective effects via modulation of gut microbiota and mitochondrial enhancement represents a milestone in CKD research. By leveraging the drug’s dual effects on polyamine production and inflammation suppression, this approach stands to redefine treatment paradigms and inspire future investigations into microbiota-centric therapies. As Phase III trials loom on…

Fifteen specialized EDS treatment programs exist in the U.S., and there’s about 18 globally, according to the press release. The new center at UVA Health will serve patients and providers in Virginia and elsewhere in the U.S.

Just over a year ago I became concerned about our widespread incivility.In reading ,”Where Did All the Classy Americans Go”, (April 29.) I understand I am not alone. I read that the F—word is used 22,177 times per year on streaming channels. This was up from 500 ten years earlier. I wrote of a physician…

The recent editorial by Suzanne O’Sullivan “We Are Turning Too Many People Into Medical Patients” WSJ March 17 is of great concern to those of us who endeavor to come to the aide of patients suffering from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). EDS was discovered over one hundred years ago and not a recent,1990, malady as suggested…

In 1966, Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote, “Of all forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman because it often results in physical death. I see no alternative to direct action and creative nonviolence to raise the conscience of the nation.                   April is a month to remember the…