Also On Wellness
Posts by Estelle Toby
Alright, so I am a cynic. It seems like the , a mainstream doctor who presents mainstream medicine in the media is on the level with religious conversion among the missionaries.Then, only today, I saw — an organization I am also blogging for. Most folks seem to think marijuana should be freely available.I empathize with Dr. Gupta. I used to be anti-marijuana, too — medicinally. I’ve always been...
8/23/2013 12:26:53 AM
I thought that everyone knew by now that if something is a supplement that is supposed to help you lose weight by gulping down a pill, it is going to turn out to be a lie. One of the first things they teach you in debating is that your weakest argument is an appeal to authority. Everyone who follows Dr. Oz has noticed that his recommendations seem to “flip-flop.” Perhaps individual supplements come...
8/23/2013 12:24:34 AM
I am an expert on this — .First, from my practice. I remember a woman in her forties I saw in Oklahoma for a routine antidepressant renewal who told me that she had a cardiac condition and had been to her primary physician (this is back in the prehistoric days when I took insurance) and he had told me it was her own fault she was overweight and she was risking her life by doing nothing about it.She...
8/23/2013 12:22:36 AM
This story does not start with “I was minding my own business, surfing the internet.”I was seeing a deeply suffering patient with terminal cancer and I was sneezing. I have a bunch of seasonal allergies and I treat them naturally with and related compounds, a bioflavonoid, unpatentable, because I would have to eat a lot of oranges to get enough. Still, I will admit to the occasional sneeze, followed...
8/23/2013 12:20:15 AM
I remember the first time I saw a. I was in a public clinic, not far from the industrial waterfront in California. She was 24 years old, weighed 380 pounds, had already had what she claimed was a “slight” heart attack. She had type 2 diabetes which I thought was virtually impossible to get at such a tender age. She was able to do little other than to shrug her shoulders. She said something about...
8/23/2013 12:15:18 AM
Lady Gaga had to cancel some shows because she has Synovitis. Can you get that from wearing raw meat? Just checkin'. Actually, I know a little something about this. Synovitis, I mean. Not the wearing meat part; I much prefer to eat mine. Go back to me at 18. Yes, I know it was a long time ago. But there are some things you do not forget, like my first days in the emergency room at the ancient and venerated...
2/22/2013 1:43:57 PM
Warning: Daily use of aspirin can lead to side effects which may include total loss of impulse control, man boobs, toe hair, and third nipples. Please consult your doctor before taking this and other over the counter medicine. Well, not really. But your really should know the risks and benefits of anything you take, even if it's over the counter, even if it's aspirin. I have an early memory, and I...
2/22/2013 1:42:26 PM
When I was an undergrad at Boston University, I took a course in the department of sociology in "medical administration." I was compelled to understand the social context of medical practice, for whatever reason. I remember little of the course itself. There was a very attractive older woman sitting next to me who amused herself by "adopting" me, which she thought gave her a right to criticize my then...
1/18/2013 12:36:33 PM
Like many others, I am of the type who has been made to feel less. Less than healthy, less than human; whatever, the kind of feeling that sells diet food and diet plans. When some of the wire services picked up on the latest meta-analysis about obesity and mortality, I had to smile. I've seen and read so many things about how horrible it is to lose weight, how wonderful it is to be thin; and then,...
1/18/2013 12:33:50 PM
The first time I heard about using empty whipped cream dispensers to get "high" was a long time ago. I was living at my parents' house after I had finished medical school in France. I had done my thesis as quickly as possible, in the fall. My residency was projected to start July first. I promised my parents I would do what I could to earn my keep. I sold kitchen cabinet fronts over the telephone,...
9/7/2012 1:15:07 PM