Fallout is a new, massively successful series on Amazon based on a long-running video game that I, admittedly, had never heard of until now. Suspicious that any TV series based on a video game must be nothing more than a shallow money grab aimed at bored children (like the Marvel...
I've been telling all my adult patients for several years now to take vitamin D supplements. Virtually no one has a healthy level of vitamin D, unless they work outdoors and live in a sunny climate. And low levels present a host of health risks: infection, depression, skin...
Although it upsets my libertarian-minded friends, I oppose the legalization of recreational drugs, including psychedelic drugs like ketamine and psilocybin. Removing all controls over addictive and potentially harmful substances will make society worse, not better. And although I'm sympathetic to the view that the individual has the right...
One in eight Americans is on Ozempic, a drug developed to treat diabetes by lowering blood sugar, or one of its cousin GLP-1 agonists. Nearly half of these patients, though, are using it primarily for weight loss. This is a huge mistake. I tell all my patients to avoid Ozempic,...
At the medical conference I attended recently, a colleague told me that ketamine saved his life. He suffered a concussive traumatic brain injury four years ago that plunged him into a two-year long depression. After exhausting every conventional treatment, he decided to try ketamine. "It brought me back to...
The Boy Scouts of America has become the latest American institution to commit suicide. Roger Krone, the President and CEO, announced the final stage of the organization’s transition to gender neutral, as the word “Boy” is dropped from the group’s name. From now on, The Boy Scouts of...
I went to the local pharmacy to buy new deodorant recently and discovered the price had tripled since just last year. One stick now costs nearly $10. If you choose the combination deodorant+antiperspirant version, you can save a few dollars, but then you're left with additional problems,...
“Death to Israel! Death to America!” These are the chants heard every day now on college campuses throughout the United States. Encampments have been built. Administrative buildings have been occupied. Multiple universities have officially closed for the remainder of the semester, as school officials admit they cannot (or will not)...
Unless you've been living in a cave without wifi for the past four years, or you still vote Democrat (Shame on you—Tulsi Gabbard has a book out with your name on it.), you know that the proven treatments for all things Chinese coronavirus do NOT include experimental...