Dr. Ed2 days ago5 minWhat Dorothy Said to TotoIn the 1939 iconic musical fantasy, Wizard of Oz, Dorothy cradles her little dog Toto when a tornado transports them from her home state...
Dr. EdJun 263 minWhat Our Prehistoric Ancestors Taught Us about Social Connection (and Why COVID Changed All That)Let us turn back the clock several million years. We humans survived in small groups of families and clans. We sat around campfires, we...
Dr. EdMay 203 minIn a Heartbeat, Life UnravelsHere in Lake Woebegone, spring has arrived. Flowers are blooming, grasses growing, farmers are plowing and planting, and we lovingly...
Dr. EdJan 104 minThe Queen's Gambit and COVID: CheckmateAn international chess game is brewing as Russia has positioned more than 100,000 troops close to the border with Ukraine. Any further...
Dr. EdDec 27, 20214 minLike Rats in a Cage, Are We Witnessing the Collapse of the Healthcare System?A classic laboratory experiment involving rodents goes something like this. These smart little caged rats quickly figure out if they...
Dr. EdDec 19, 20213 minDo I have to draw you a picture?The virus variants affect us all, and our lives hang in the balance Growing up in the murky world of thoroughbred racing on the East...
Dr. EdDec 12, 20213 min“Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus”The most reprinted newspaper editorial in the English language appeared in the September 1897 New York Sun when eight-year-old Virginia...
Dr. EdDec 4, 20214 minRiding the COVID roller coaster. Have we reached the “Point of No Return”?Our world plummeted down the rabbit hole of chaos in March 2020 when the nightmare of COVID disintegrated our daily lives. With the...
Dr. EdSep 22, 20213 minReal People, Not Just a NumberWould You Do This If You Thought You'd Get Cancer? Let us imagine a football stadium. We don’t have to imagine because on any given...
Dr. EdAug 10, 20213 minIt's Not 'Game Over' with This Deadly PandemicWe're playing the same risky game with a deadly pandemic. We know what works. We know how to institute a game-winning strategy, but in...
Dr. EdJul 30, 20214 minTroubled Times Call for a Declaration of IndependenceTroubling times. With COVID we have taken many steps forward toward eradicating this plague, yet now we are taking steps backward as...
Dr. EdJul 19, 20214 minThe Plague That Won't Go AwayWe have become too complacent about the risks from COVID. The results can be disastrous. Let's look at some prudent guidelines.
Dr. EdMay 19, 20213 minTo Mask or Not to Mask? That Is the QuestionMayo Clinic doctor uncovers the truth about wearing a mask Let me start with the bottom line: Those of us who have been wearing masks...
Dr. EdMar 31, 20215 minPandemic 2.0: Two shots, ready to go, right?Wrong. As more states in the US open vaccination to anyone and everyone, we need to be mindful of the new rules. Just browse the Facebook...
Dr. EdMar 23, 20213 minLife after COVID (Spoiler alert: not much different) but Medical Care Is Changed ForeverOur nightmare of death and misery is over a year old now. We live with spikes and plateaus, shots and deniers, masks and distancing,...
Dr. EdMar 11, 20213 minHere’s Your COVID Get-Out-of-Jail-Free CardIn one year our world has gone from normal as we knew it to fully locked down Armageddon doing battle with a deadly bat virus. COVID will...
Dr. EdFeb 8, 20213 minThe Road to Normalcy Took a Gravel RoadFor most of us, the nightmare of this pandemic started a year ago with the onset of shelter in-place and stay-at-home executive mandates....
Dr. EdFeb 1, 20213 minCOVID-19, Confusion, and ComplicationsThe lines were long. People with children were standing in line for a shot in the arm, eagerly waiting to be immunized against a killer...
Dr. EdJan 25, 20212 minThe COVID Vaccine: The Promise, the Perils, the Hope, the ForgottenA year ago. We had yet to ponder the implications of a deadly virus attacking the world. We had no clue what lay ahead for us. A year...
Dr. EdJan 15, 20213 minSo Why Can't We All Get the COVID-19 Vaccine Right Now?Depending upon when we start the COVID countdown clock, most of us are heading into the tenth month of this pandemic. Back in March,...