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Regenamex: What Does a Few Sandwiches Short of a Picnic Mean?

Regenerative medicine is very confusing to patients who often are used to buying similar consumer products that can have wildly different prices. It’s because of this confusion that many clinics offering what is in my opinion substandard care at cut-rate prices have flourished. More concerning is that the average patient has no concept that they’re…read more

Mid-Trip Update

As many of my readers know, I’m sailing in Europe and am now about halfway through that trip. Hence, I thought I would give a mid-trip update. I’m safe and sound, having sailed to the Balearic Islands and now returning to southern Spain to pick up our kids. A Starlink dish on our starboard bow…read more

A Second Epic Journey

This next week I’ll be back on my epic sailing journey through the Med. What’s that? What does this mean for blogging? Let’s dig in. My Last Journey As you may recall, last fall, we picked up a boat in France and “commissioned” it, which is another word for buying everything you’ll need for a…read more

Masking, COVID, and a New Cochrane Study

Our pandemic response was a dismal failure. No single issue shows that more than the idea that wearing a mask would decrease the spread of this disease. Now a new Cochrane analysis shows us how futile this was and also highlights how our public health leaders failed to follow the science. Masking Pre-COVID For anyone…read more

New Study Questions the Validity of Long-COVID

Like many physicians, I have seen an explosion of patients coming into the clinic convinced that they have any number of new problems related to Long COVID. Hence, probably like many physicians on the front lines, I’ve watched this phenomenon with some trepidation waiting for science to catch up. This week, researchers published a study…read more

Looking for a New Cayman Physician, Moneyball, and Dinosaurs

Youtube is always interesting as it constantly feeds you more of what you want to see. It’s sort of taken over Netflix and Amazon for me because of that feature. This morning it served me one of my favorite scenes from Moneyball which happened to coincide with helping our Cayman affiliate find a full-time physician.…read more

Managing the Curse of the 50s

As a physician, I have observed over my career what I call the curse of the fifties. Meaning that this is when bad things happen or begin to happen. Sometimes it’s a heart attack, the first appearance of cancer, or chronic musculoskeletal problems that begin to hit our ability to stay active. Hence, as my…read more

Sailing Off the Coast of Southern Spain

I’ve been a bit remiss in not blogging every week. While I have done a few videos for FB live, now that we’re into a good rhythm of sailing every day from spot to spot, I feel like I can get back into it. Finding a Rhythm When we first got to Europe, it was…read more