I think I'll grow this post for a while, for fun - yes, fun! Want to see the Origin of FitOldDog - go to my very first WordPress blog post, 2010, at this link Understanding the origin of life is important for exercise, nutrition, mental health, diabetes, aging, and all the rest - I'll get there! It all started with chemistry, biochemistry, deep down in the sea! Blah, blah, blah! Just watch my old movie, and ... Read more
Is Becoming A Vegan A Good Choice For My Health, Animal Rights, And The Planet? As I consider becoming a vegan, my thoughts on animal rights are running deeper. Humans unwittingly create traps for wildlife. We could save the animals from a painful death, through education, awareness, and most importantly, caring. Whilst digging through the local community mulch pile, I came across one of my pet peeves, ... Read more
"I'm a doctor, so I can say this with a straight face: Don't trust your doctor. There's no question in my mind that today most doctors are businessmen first and doctors second. And you shouldn't trust your doctor anymore than you trust your stockbroker, (if you are foolish enough to have one)." Dr. Peter Rost. Does Nasacort cause tinnitus, or ringing in the ears? Recently, a medical professional friend of mine, who ... Read more
Follow your dreams, as you never know where they might lead. A CAREER IN TOXICOLOGY, BECAUSE I WANTED TO SPEAK BETTER FRENCH - HOW ODD! Over 40 years, I learned a lot about how to survive in science, but I never did want to kill rats for a living. Due to one of my dreams, however, I entered the field of Toxicology (Science of Poisons), where 'The Dose Makes The Poison (though people argue about that). Rats, ... Read more
an·ec·dote ˈanəkˌdōt/noun (from Google) a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. "told anecdotes about his job" synonyms: story, tale, narrative, incident; More an account regarded as unreliable or hearsay. Our Plantar Fasciitis Research Data, Just One Example Among Hundreds: "ANONYMOUS: Hello, I've been ... Read more
Hi folks, About 40 years ago, whilst working in my laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, we discovered that I have a fairly extreme form of hyperlipidemia (high blood fat or triglyceride) with a resting level (no treatment) over 2000 mg/dL (extremely high), hypercholesterolemia (high blood cholesterol) of over 230 mg/dL (high) and low HDL (high density lipoprotein, so-called 'good' cholesterol, but really an ... Read more
"There are still old knots that are unrecorded, and so long as there are new purposes for rope, there will always be new knots to discover." From 'The Ashley Book Of Knots,' cited in Chapter 39 of 'The Shipping News' by Annie Proulx. Hi folks, Years ago I read an interesting book by John Horgan, entitled 'The End Of Science,' which I thought at the time must have been written with tongue in ... Read more
Hi folks, I have had a modicum of success in a number of challenging endeavors, such as photography and water polo in my teens, as a veterinarian and amateur flautist in my twenties, a neuropathologist in my thirties, a nose scientist in my forties, in applied mathematics in my fifties, and as a triathlete in my late fifties and sixties, but one of the most challenging things with which I have had to deal, in ... Read more
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