MLB's Jose Canseco is known for many things. He was a famous power-hitter. He used steroids during his playing days. And he once helped a ball become a home run when it bounced off his head. On May 26, 1993, Canseco chased a fly ball into right field, but it missed his glove,...
they had one child. My mom is just like everyone else. She's nice enough. No great sense of humor. Hates confrontation. My dad's just like you. Not the caring-till-your-eyes pop-out part. Just the insane moral compass that won't let you lie to anybody about anything. It's a gr...
The thing is, we are called to make more than three-hundred decisions a day. Many of those are considered small decisions: what to wear, which route to take to the office, and what to have for dinner. Yet, other decisions are more critical to your life. Like: should I change jobs,...
Ok how did you come to that conclusion? Are you all of a sudden a cardiologist also? Needless to say I walked out of that office, loaded my kids in the car, called my husband and just broke down sobbing. Its been 12 hours now and I am still in-between sobbing and anger. How dare...
The kitchen had the bare essentials for cooking and it was located in a quiet area with only one restaurant within walking distance, meaning that we had to rent a motorbike to go down to Patong, a super touristy, party going beach town (think Cancun on steroids), to buy groceries or ...
We’ll treat her with steroids when she needs them. And we’ll take her for one final trip to the vet’s surgery in Apt when the time comes. February 13, 2021 Aero, Cookie, Dogs, expat life, Horses, Rosie 12 Comments Bespoke Christmas Cards Are you looking for something a little ...
out lymphoma, which is what his immunologist first thought it was (“he should see an oncologist like, yesterday” we were told). The eventual treatment we landed on was a drug called Rituxan, which stopped the whackadoo-ness, and lots of steroids (which led to other forms of whackadoo ...
One of my first real jobs ended up taking place at elementary school. Somehow, around fourth grade, I wrangled my way into getting paid to help the school janitor, Stu Morelli, take the trash out after lunch every day. I did miss some recess because of it, but I didn’t mind. If ...
“When you suspect pneumonitis, you need to start steroids right away,” he says. High-dose steroids can bring down life-threatening inflammation. Lower doses may help treat less serious symptoms. Despite the intense side effects, Reckamp says most people do pretty well with combined treatments...
In principle, this did not necessarily preclude the successful use of recombinant leptin as an anti-obesity agent; after all, insulin-resistant type 2 diabetics are often treated with supraphysiological doses of insulin. Nevertheless, the results of single-agent leptin administration have not been ...