retired doc's thoughts

A few years ago I posted a piece about the effects of antioxidants on GI tract cancers.There was a reported small increase in Relative Risk ...

Here is a quote which to me seems may have high titer of deep insight.(my bolding) "In many areas of medicine, particularly those rela...

It is the 20th  anniversary of the birth of the hospitalist.A recent article describes what was presented as a fairly widespread feeling amo...

Dr. James Galbraith is the son of John Kenneth Galbraith and here the apple falls very close to the tree. See here for his  thoughts publis...

 When something is being payed for with other people's money, more will purchased. This is also true if you merely think someone else...

In 1985, RJ Northcutt studied 20 males endurance athletes that were recruited from a Scottish Harrier's club. All were  older than 45 ...

Anyone who has practiced medicine for more than a week, or observed its practice as a medical student may recognize the truth of the followi...

When I contact some medical practices by phone that is exactly what seems to be the situation. Case in point- When recently  I developed a ...

Remodeling of the heart will occur whether you do anything about it or not. What you do about it may  determine what type of remodeling you ...

The risk assessment of an individual.that is determining a person's risk of a given disease has been described a peculiar,elusive,ambigu...

A post  hoc analysis (1) of the TRENDS study concluded "significant temporal variability of AF burden exists when measured continuously...

Much has been written about the issues of what is the point beyond which exercise is no longer health promoting but rather damaging to the h...

In regard to what has changed most in the last near half century some would answer medical advances, mainly in diagnostic techniques and the...

The following two paragraphs are from a viewpoint commentary  entitled  "Resolving the Tension between Population Health and Individual...

Following the 1975 echocardiographic study by Joel Morganroth of endurance athletes and resistance exercise athletes and several cross secti...

Will a few hours of aerobic exercise per week practiced over along period of time (years) prevent the ventricle from becomes stiff and could...

Most deaths that occur in a triathlon happen in the swimming phase. A detailed report on triathlon deaths can be found in a recent issue o...

The quote around myocardial fibrosis is to make the point that the discussion is not about large areas of fibrosis or athletes with extensiv...

There is no debate about the general  nature of the relationship between  regular exercise and cardiovascular risk  and even over-all mort...

The article by Merghani et al (1) at least at first glance seems to be more bad news for long time endurance athletes in regard to the devel...