Comments (4) | Post a CommentScorecard for the War on Drugs
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Wed, Sep 09, 2009, 1:38 am PDTI readily admit to having a considerable amount of prejudice against our illegal-drug laws ever since "druggies" broke my jaw and stole our car in front of a local ATM. This experience made me think about the…Read More
Panic Attack or Heart Attack?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Mon, Mar 23, 2009, 1:16 pm PDTAbout 20 years ago, during a visit to our daughter, my wife had the sudden onset of shortness of breath and chest pain while she was taking a casual walk in the Boston Commons. Although the episode lasted for…Read More
Depression: Common, Miserable and Dangerous
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Tue, Dec 02, 2008, 12:27 pm PSTDepression is common. Major depression affects an estimated 15 million U.S. adults each year, and as many as 8 percent of men and 16 percent of women will suffer a bout of major depression at some time during…Read More
Autism: How It Isolates a Person
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Mon, Jul 07, 2008, 4:59 pm PDTAlthough autism continues to receive much attention from the media, many people are unfamiliar with its manifestations in older children and adults. Autism in juveniles and adults is principally marked by the…Read More
Alzheimer's and Dementia: Will You Be Affected?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Mon, Apr 28, 2008, 4:13 pm PDTBy all reputable predictions, as baby boomers age and as Americans' lifespans continue to increase, the next few decades will likely see a rise in Alzheimer's disease and other diseases that affect older…Read More
Do Vaccines Cause Autism?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Feb 15, 2008, 3:32 pm PSTEven though autism affects about 0.6 percent of the U.S. population, its cause or causes remain unknown. Some scientists have tried to link an apparent rise in the incidence of autism to an increasing number of…Read More
New Treatment for Early Parkinson's
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Jun 08, 2007, 9:26 am PDTThe actor Michael J. Fox has done much in recent years to bring attention to the devastating impact of Parkinson's disease, a neurological disease that affects control of body movement.More than half a million…Read More
Enron Example: Stress and Cardiac Death
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Jul 14, 2006, 4:48 pm PDTWere we really surprised to read that Kenneth Lay died suddenly of what the newspapers called "a massive coronary" July 5 at age 64? We do tend to think that severe stress can cause a heart attack. And it's…Read More
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