Pushing 50!
It’s Day 8 of my #22kill #22pushups initiative, calling attention to the fact that every day in the United States, 22 military veterans commit suicide. Click here for my earlier […]
Other Diseases
“Sleep Smarter” for People with Neurological Issues
Neurology Now just published an exhaustive article on all sorts of sleep problems and all sorts of fixes for all sorts of people affected by all sorts of neurological issues.
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Pushing Up!
Andy Dousis, one of the many fabulous people at my charter school, challenged me to do 22 push-ups every day for 22 days. Why? To raise awareness that every day
Downton Abbey Downers
I just watched the final episode of “Downton Abbey.” It was chock-a-block with happy endings (“more happy endings than a gay massage parlor,” quips the Dowager Countess in the director’s cut),
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Still More Football Concussion Sadness
Today’s NY Times has two articles about NFL players who went on to develop serious neurological problems as a result of repeated blows to the head (concussion and sub-concussive impacts)
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More Football Concussion Sadness
As my regular readers know, I’ve blogged quite a bit about how football players develop Parkinson’s disease and other neurological issues as a result of the frequent concussions and related
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Donald Trump is an Idiot
Say what you will about his xenophobic and racist rants, his spray tan and ridiculous hair. But Donald Trump’s statement that professional football has gotten too “soft” because the players don’t
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Hmmm…May I Have Another Piece of Pie, Please?
According to this soon-to-be-published scientific study, weight loss in the early stages of Parkinson’s may signify a more rapid and aggressive form of the disease. It’s not clear if one
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Trumping Trump
Donald Trump is ahead in the polls these days (that’s “ahead” as one word, but with his trademark fright wig, it’d also work as two: “a head”), so I thought I’d
“The New Yorker” Nails My Life Again!
I just got home from work, opened the new New Yorker, and sat down with the magazine and a glass of Merlot. I started flipping through the pages when this
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