When I mention America’s pastime, I’m not talking about baseball. If you still think baseball is America’s pastime, you’re revealing yourself as a Boomer or member of the Greatest Generation. According to Gallup Poll results on most loved sports, 1972 marks the point at Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2015
Lore in the literature
“Lore: traditional knowledge or belief”
Let me say at the outset that by lore I mean information whose validity is not confirmed. Lore is a version of “truthiness,” as Stephen Colbert would say. Most physicians are familiar with the concept of “chart lore.” Chart lore is information that somehow found its Continue reading
Marathon medicine
Running marathons has become a very popular activity in our country with over 540,000 people completing the 26.2 mile distance in 2013. The demographics of marathon runners have changed significantly over the past few decades. Whereas 90% of the 143,000 Continue reading
Azithromycin: spawn of Satan or just evil incarnate?
All prescribers are certainly aware of (and hopefully accept the reality of) increasing antibiotic resistance. While guidelines continue to be released encouraging less antibiotic use for sinusitis, bronchitis, and otitis media, there also continues to be use or, more Continue reading