Blog
Category Archives:
Straight, No Chaser: The Skin Problems of Diabetics, Part 1
If you are diabetic or caring for a diabetic, one of the things you’ve likely noticed is that the skin doesn’t always seem to look, feel or perform normally. Perhaps th
Straight, No Chaser: Moving Toward a Vegetarian Diet
Ok… I’m glad to have finally come across a diet option that has struck a nerve. The post on principles of vegetarianism has raised a lot of questions, and I’ll take this spac
Straight, No Chaser: An Introduction to Vegetarian Diets
Today is World Vegan Day. If you are on a vegetarian diet, congratulations to you, but if you’re not, you still should be interested in the principles that make a vegetari
Straight, No Chaser: Treating Halloween Mishaps
In the previous Straight, No Chaser, we offered you tips for a safe Halloween. However, safety tips are only as good as your inclination to use them. Even when an ounce of preventi
Straight, No Chaser: Halloween Health Tips
Are you taking the young ones trick-or-treating this year? Straight, No Chaser and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) want you to have a safe halloween. Today an
Treating Spider Bites
Introduction This Straight, No Chaser post is about treating spider bites! Everything’s bigger in Texas, they say. I recall the first time I saw a banana spider. The thing seemed
Straight, No Chaser: The Benefits of Coffee
It’s so often that I talk about diseases and conditions that are harmful to you that it’s refreshing (no pun intended) to write about something that should be good f
Straight, No Chaser: Ebola Virus – Whose Rights Are More Important?
The presence of a virus capable of causing an epidemic poses several important questions. It also illuminates several issues that are important for members of a civilized nation to
Tips to Avoid Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths (SUID)
Whether you’re expecting, a parent or even a grandparent, most have heard of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). What you’re really concerned about is Sudden Unexpected Infant
Straight, No Chaser: The Frustration of Acute Bronchitis
Imagine what it looks like when someone gets hit in the jaw. There’s the redness, swelling from excess fluid in the area, warmth and pain. Those are the components of inflammatio
Straight, No Chaser: Lung Health – Know The Signs of Danger
October features Lung Heath Day. Before that, I would suggest you should be in complete awe of your lungs. Did you know you take over 20,000 breaths a day? Your lungs brings air i
Straight, No Chaser: Eczema and Psoriasis
Rashes are very frustrating for patients. They itch, burn, get infected, aren’t pleasant to look at and never go away rapidly enough. Another problem is no one ever seems t
Straight, No Chaser: Infection Prevention
There are things you know, there are things you know but don’t really know, and there are still other things that you think you know that you don’t know at all. When it
Straight, No Chaser: Avoiding the Flu Without Getting Vaccinated
It’s time to get your flu shots! Of course, many people choose not to get the influenza vaccine (the “flu shot”) for various reasons, some more reasonable than ot
Straight, No Chaser: So You're Afraid of Ebola but Not Influenza?
We fear the unknown and mock what we don’t understand. Amidst a national panic about less deaths than you can count on one hand (and condolences to those affected), every ye
Straight, No Chaser: SIDS Awareness – A Lesson on Ebola?
Based on all the sense of hopelessness and fear in the face of illness lately, I thought it would be helpful to share with you some sort of evidence of progress regarding a disease
Straight, No Chaser: Eye Pain
Look at the picture. What would you do if that was your eye? Would you try to remove the object or be too afraid, fearing that you could permanently damage it? Does the amount of p
Straight, No Chaser: Treating Arthritis
The thing about treating arthritis is you’d better do it. If you’re not lucky enough to have a form that readily responds to treatment or if you didn’t get early treatment, y
Straight, No Chaser: Arthritis, The Inevitable Disease
Actually, humans have a few different “inevitable” diseases, but today we’re discussing arthritis, specifically degenerative joint disease (osteoarthritis). For this conve
Straight, No Chaser: What To Do If Your Tooth Comes Out
There’s nothing pleasant about having a tooth fall out of your mouth (aka avulsed tooth, dislocated tooth). Whether from trauma (e.g. a punch or other facial injury, a fall) or d
