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Man catches infant, says he usually drops things…

Posted on April 11, 2010 by Bradford S. Weeks, MD | 0 Comments

Santee man credited with saving OC boy’s life By Staff, City News Service Sunday, April 11, 2010 A 21-year-old Santee man stepped outside of a restaurant at an Orange County mall for a smoke, spotted a small child snagged by…

The Code

Posted on April 11, 2010 by Bradford S. Weeks, MD | 0 Comments

Dr. Weeks’ Comment: aren’t human relationships complex… The Code by Robert Frost There were three in the meadow by the brook Gathering up windrows, piling cocks of hay, With an eye always lifted toward the west Where an irregular sun-bordered…

A reminder to be compassionate and resist being judgmental

Posted on April 11, 2010 by Bradford S. Weeks, MD | 0 Comments

By Robert Frost The Death of the Hired Man MARY sat musing on the lamp-flame at the table Waiting for Warren. When she heard his step, She ran on tip-toe down the darkened passage To meet him in the doorway…

Big Pharma, too big to nail..

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Bradford S. Weeks, MD | 0 Comments

Dr. Weeks’ Comment: the welfare of the patient is not the highest concern for Big Pharma nor for the regulatory boards who are charged with protecting the patient. ` Feds found Pfizer too big to nail By Drew Griffin and…

My mother made me do it….

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Bradford S. Weeks, MD | 0 Comments

Dr. Weeks Comment: It is a shame that grown men still blame their mothers…. For that matter, that grown men blame anyone but themselves for their actions of sexually abusing children. And more shame upon their bosses who condone this…

Post Herpatic Neuralgia – hell on nerves

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Bradford S. Weeks, MD | 0 Comments

Post Herpatic Neuralgia (PHN) is one of the most painful ailments which can happen to patients and I am pleased to remind our colleagues that honeybee venom therapy (BVT), applied topically at the site of the lesion, has a long…

The Oath of Paracelsus

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Bradford S. Weeks, MD | 0 Comments

The Oath of Paracelsus This is my Vow: To perfect my medical art and never to swerve from it so long as God grants me my office, and to oppose all false medicines and teachings. Then to love the sick,…

Prayre

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Bradford S. Weeks, MD | 0 Comments

Prayer For the Physician “Before I begin the Holy work of healing the creations of your hands, I place my eternity before the throne of Your glory that you grant me strength of spirit and fortitude to faithfully execute my…

Vitamin C and Cancer – more good news

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Bradford S. Weeks, MD | 0 Comments

Br J Cancer. 2010 Mar 23. [Epub ahead of print] alpha-Tocopheryl succinate promotes selective cell death induced by vitamin K3 in combination with ascorbate. Tomasetti M, Strafella E, Staffolani S, Santarelli L, Neuzil J, Guerrieri R. Department of Molecular Pathology…

BPH and Cialis: Best news since they found resveratrol in red wine!

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Bradford S. Weeks, MD | 0 Comments

Dr. Weeks Comment: Compliance ought not be a problem for these blokes! Men who take medication for symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) may want to add an erectile dysfunction medication such as Cialis, according to recent research. The erectile…