The FDA is in turmoil. Morale is low, resources are scarce and too many drug approvals have been delayed at best, or at worst, have become politicized. A look at some options to run the agency in the Obama administration.
Oh, and we did. And they were really bad. My general cardiologist saw them first and expressed his concern, as they were edging at the dialysis level. We talked about a few things, agreed that my kidneys are top priority and then I saw my transplant coordinator. She saw that the repeat...
The cardiologist came by earlier and ordered some more tests, but didn't have any solid opinions about what's going on. So we're back to square one. Or maybe it's not square one - but it feels like a square. And we're on it - waiting, again, for that elusive period of "relati...
A definitive legend, Charley Pride embodies everything there is to love about country music. With talent matched only by his resiliency and character, Pride rose to fame at the height of racial tension in America and eventually earned 39 No. 1 singles, selling over 70 million albums — making...
Covid-19 vaccine decliners are largely painted in media, both traditional and social, as purposefully ignorant, brainwashed by anti-science conspiracy theorists. Such a broad branding doesn’t explain the reticence of aformer Pfizer executive, or acardiologist and internistwho’s authored hundreds of...
Fast-forward to 1977 when Dr. Daniel Mason, a Philadelphia cardiologist, wrote a letter to the editor ofChest, a medical journal, discussing the healing properties of chicken soup. Tongue firmly in cheek, Dr. Mason discussed the many variations of chicken soup and noodles vs. matzah balls and...
Perhaps Hasnat’s discretion, in the end, has been his greatest gift to Diana. “Everybody sells me out,” she told a friend the summer of her death. “Hasnat is the one person who will never sell me out.” The Name on the Shoes Their first meeting was by chance, and for the ...
He was overweight and I can't remember ever seeing him exercise in my entire life. My father—a cardiologist—died of a heart attack when he was 49 years old. Even with that family history, I'm not worrying about having a heart attack. I focus on doing the things that help ensure I...
June 28, 2001 - CIA Director, George Tenet, warns National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice in a written report that it is highly likely that a significant al-Queda terrorist attack will take place in the near future in the U.S. Was Bush informed of this...seems everyone at the White ...