From Arthritis to Zoster

Like love, arthritis is a many-splendored thing. There are dozens of different kinds of arthritis, all with one common property: inflammation in one or more joints (see my previous post). Over time, that inflammation leads to joint damage, and a damaged joint cannot function well.
It might be worthwhile to quickly review the structure of a […]

I want to spend some time talking about arthritis, a condition we’ve all heard about… and one far too familiar to many of us. First, though, I’d like to point out some distinctions and definitions (we in medicine have always been compulsive about little details; it probably dates back to when the only comfort a doctor could offer was […]

 Since this is still a learning experience for me, I thought I would add a photograph to the post, just to see if I could make it happen. When I enlarged the image so it seemed visually pleasing, the whole page came unglued (sidebar fell to the bottom of the page, fonts and colors changed, etc.). What a nightmare. I’m […]

First and foremost, this site represents a forum for the exchange of information. That said, I should probably point out that a lot of the information found here will be controversial. Surprised? Don’t be. After all, much of what we discuss here will deal with scientific data, which is usually contested by the very people who generate […]