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Mistletoe and Osteoporosis “I’m 5 feet 4 inches short” said Mrs. H. as I was preparing to measure her height. “Short?” I queried? “Well,” she

Memory   Professor T., a 78 year old former of English teacher who delighted generations of students with insight into Shakespeare’s puns and humor has

Let’s Have it Our Way     As a medical doctor, professional ethics demand that I carefully help patients consider a risk/benefit analysis as regards

 “I see…”   Perhaps you’ve wondered, as have I: “Do I perceive my concepts or rather do I conceive my percepts?” What? You haven’t? Well,

I scream, you scream.   I love ice cream. Don’t you? The true American genius. An aristocratic food. As American as the apple pie beside

My Honey   Recently, both Time and Newsweek reported a Chinese burn cure made from bee products including raw honey. They reported that fifty thousand

The Golden Years I used to work at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. As staff and patients at big city hospitals well know, parking in

Lend Me Your Ear               Mr. D. had grown increasingly irritable and, after extensive work ups by a family doctor, a psychiatrist and a