Graston Soft-Tissue Tools
I was skeptical, but today I paid my chiropractor to use the Graston tools on my shoulder muscles. I’m pleasantly surprised by the results. The idea is to “massage” muscles with stainless-steel tools...
View ArticleWith Paleo Diet Blood Counts Look Great
Largely due to the influence of Diana Hsieh, who recently started the Modern Paleo blog, and the book Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes, my wife and I have switched to a largely “paleo” type...
View ArticleInsurance Covers Emergency Birth
As I wrote yesterday, Jennifer and I are planning to have a kid. One of the major outstanding issues was how insurance would handle this. I was relieved to confirm that our health insurance would cover...
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Fast, Cheap, Healthy Eating
For some time I’ve wanted to discuss “fast, cheap, healthy eating” in more detail, and finally I just decided to do it in a fast and cheap blog post. I should state that I am neither a doctor nor a...
View ArticleGood Times, Mixed Ingredients
I prefer Fat Head to Super Size Me. I don’t think much of anti-fast food hysteria. I regard forcing restaurants to post calories as both foolish and tyrannical. I oppose the Nanny Statist campaigns...
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My Wife’s Experiences with Uterine Fibroid Embolization
I never heard of fibroids until I learned early last year that my wife Jennifer had them. (Her mother had them as well, as did an aunt and a grandmother, so I think they’re at least partly genetic.)...
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Why People in America Almost Certainly Won’t Get Ebola
Image: Wikimedia CommonsThe Ebola outbreak in Africa certainly is frightening, and it’s a horrible tragedy for those affected. However, people in America are at very low risk of contracting the...
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William Coley’s Immune-Provoking Cancer Treatments
Image: Wikimedia Commons William Coley, a doctor in the late 1800s and early 1900s, noticed that some people who got infections beat their cancer. As I understand his work, he theorized that an...
View ArticleMicrowaved Eggs
It occurred to me that often only the complicated dishes make it into published recipes. But I usually eat very simple meals that require no recipe. A standard dish for me is vegetables, meat, and...
View ArticleThe Expectant Parent’s Guerrilla Guide to Preeclampsia
Trust me on this one: You do not want to first learn about preeclampsia the night your wife is diagnosed with a severe case of it, resulting in an emergency Caesarian delivery of your child. I learned...
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