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- Meningitis and Hershey Bars - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2012 from Estelle GoldsteinStrange, that the meningitis-tainted steroids in Tennessee make me think of the chocolate bar case from Oklahoma. Two young, and it seemed to me, perfectly honest if somewhat histrionic young women who found worms in their Hershey bars — the hard way. Both were unemployed and mothers of ...
Views: 708 - Mental Health In Women - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2014 from Estelle GoldsteinMaybe if it’s “all in your head,” it’s in your brain chemistry We women have spent so long and worked so hard for equality in rights, in education, and at work, that it may actually be hard to talk about how we are different. The World Health Organization has been working on this, and ...
Views: 1603 - More Fake Diet Methods On The Market - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2013 from Estelle GoldsteinI thought that everyone knew by now that if something is a supplement that is supposed to help you lose weight by gulping down a pill, it is going to turn out to be a lie. One of the first things they teach you in debating is that your weakest argument is an appeal to authority. Everyone who ...
Views: 1565 - Newsletter - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Estelle GoldsteinWelcome! This is the discussion area for and the archive of my newsletter The Renegade Doctor. I started publishing a newsletter in March of 2011 and distribute it exclusively to my opt-in email list each week. Not only will subscribers get to read content that isn’t available in my ...
Views: 1461 - No More Cognitive Loss for Age - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2012 from Estelle GoldsteinDo Not Go Gentle into That Good Night, that old Dylan Thomas poem, is a favorite of many mature adults, including me. Do not go gentle into that good night Rage, Rage against the dying of the light Let’s face it — none of us is getting any younger. And as we age, we’ve got to ...
Views: 1195 - Pets Are Okay, But I Love Humans - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2014 from Estelle GoldsteinAnimal mummies from ancient Egypt are featured on banners flying from poles here in middle-to-upper class southern California and I realized something significant but not earth-shaking. I didn’t care. I was fascinated with Egyptology back in the 4th grade when I built a model pyramid out ...
Views: 1457 - Research Fraud Isn’t Reported To The Public - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2012 from Estelle GoldsteinTopic: Research Fraud For someone who has been a part of many clinical trials, I will be the first to admit that I have very little training in research design or statistics. Oh, the hours I’ve spent surreptitiously curled up on the sofa of a doctors’ lounge or my own apartment, thinking ...
Views: 543 - Rise in Measles From Lack Of Vaccination - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2014 from Estelle GoldsteinHumans are … well, strange. A fixed problem can become unfixed. First, let’s take it on good authority this problem really has been fixed. It has been fixed with vaccination. Nobody wants problems. So why? Why is the number of measles cases suddenly rising? People seem to ...
Views: 1108 - Science and War (and Ethics) - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2012 from Estelle GoldsteinIn the National World War II museum, it is easy and even triumphant and pride-generating to look back and see some of the scientific advances made during World War II. There’s no doubt that science is advancing. But I wonder if our ethics can keep pace. I am fairly proud of Teflon. And ...
Views: 785 - Stem Cell Benefits Masked By Fear and Misinformation - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2012 from Estelle GoldsteinMaybe the folks who continue to argue against stem cell research are just afraid their own stem cells could beat them at a game of checkers. Listen, I want to live forever. Not like in the song “Fame,” but like in the way that most of us would do anything to live. Or like the guy who had ...
Views: 864 - Take Care Of Yourself So You Can Take Care Of Others - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2008 from Estelle GoldsteinGreetings fun-seekers and brain lovers! I want to tell you about a profound realization I've had and I hope it saves you from going through what I've gone through. Whenever you fly, you hear the safety instructions and they tell you, if the oxygen masks come down, make sure you put on your own ...
Views: 2363 - Teens and Inhalant Addiction and — K2 Spice? - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2012 from Estelle GoldsteinThe first time I heard about using empty whipped cream dispensers to get “high” was a long time ago. I was living at my parents’ house after I had finished medical school in France. I had done my thesis as quickly as possible, in the fall. My residency was projected to start July first. I ...
Views: 1674 - Thanking Veterans - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2012 from Estelle GoldsteinTurns out, while most veterans appreciate a stranger saying “thank you” for their service, it can also be a bit uncomfortable. I wonder how these same guys feel about the “Have you thanked a veteran today?” bumper stickers. I’ve been thanking veterans for a long time. Sometimes, not as ...
Views: 1006 - The Man Who Was Born With His Feet On Backwards - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2012 from Estelle GoldsteinYou probably know by now that I’m all about helping people relieve chronic pain and live longer and healthier lives. Just the other day, a gentleman visited me at the clinic to request medical marijuana. He said his feet had rotated 180 degrees from normal when he was born. He was literally ...
Views: 2951 - The Speech That Made An Unwilling Addict Go To Rehab - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2013 from Estelle GoldsteinI found myself facing a person who had lost themselves in drug abuse. Not so unusual — when dealing with public health clinics. The prognosis is usually poor. An addict won’t cooperate with treatment unless forced by the courts in most cases. Here is what I said to one mental health ...
Views: 1556 - They’re Ba-a-a-a-ck!!! Zombie Diet Drugs!!! - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2012 from Estelle GoldsteinTo paraphrase some recent political campaigns, the FDA was against Qnexa before they were for it. I’ve written about this diet drug compound before – HERE And HERE. Last time I wrote about this “drug,” I thought it was down for the count. Aauugghh!!!! Like a scene from “Night Of The ...
Views: 1196 - This Is Not A Diet Book - by Submitted on May 26, 2011 from Estelle GoldsteinWARNING: Don’t spend hundreds of dollars on diet or exercise programs that seem to work for everybody but you until you read this important information I have to tell you. I Lost Over Half My Body Mass WITHOUT Diet, Exercise, Drugs Or Surgery And I Am Going To Tell You How! By Estelle Toby ...
Views: 1653 - To Aspirin or Not To Aspirin; That Is the Question - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2013 from Estelle GoldsteinWarning: Daily use of aspirin can lead to side effects which may include total loss of impulse control, man boobs, toe hair, and third nipples. Please consult your doctor before taking this and other over the counter medicine. Well, not really. But your really should know the risks and ...
Views: 1005 - Topic: Xyrem and Doctors - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2012 from Estelle GoldsteinI’ve got to admit, I must have already been living in the world of alternative medicine by the time the FDA approved Xyrem. As far as I can figure, it’s exactly the same as the street drug GHB. Us pharmacology types call this gamma hydroxybutyric acid. In a stable salt form that people can ...
Views: 1414 - Want To Waste Time? Argue Science VS Religion - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2012 from Estelle GoldsteinI have no use for “science vs. religion” debates. They are artificially created to get people angry at each other, when there is absolutely no reason. Whatever divine entity you believe in — whatever “universal intelligence” — is not a stupid being. Any Deity would simply reveal to people ...
Views: 1385 - We All Need Inspiration — Here Is Today’s Dose - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2013 from Estelle GoldsteinWe are in an era when all reporting — wire services, networks, whatever — looks the way tabloid reporting did when I was small. Aggressive, emotional, mostly verbal renderings of disasters that are meant to strike terror into the heart of the reader. Sometimes, something miraculous or near ...
Views: 1090 - We Can Fix This Vaccination Bit - by Submitted on Oct 03, 2014 from Estelle GoldsteinIf I haven’t convinced everyone yet, I don’t know how. I have written on this before. Vaccination keeps kids alive. Kids who could die dead as door nails from preventable diseases. Vaccination has very few side effects. All kids should get them (except for specific and quite rare ...
Views: 1064 - What is there to Treat? - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2012 from Estelle GoldsteinI enjoy having friends, like just about everyone does. But that’s not why I’m in this business. When a patient needs help, I will do my best for them every single time. And if a few colleagues get bruised egos along the way, so be it. She was a 53-year-old woman, but I don’t think she even ...
Views: 911 - What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Sinus Headaches - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2012 from Estelle GoldsteinI read a joke once about a husband’s preemptive strike in the bedroom. He walks in holding two aspirin and a glass of water. When his wife asks what it’s for he says it’s for her headache. She replies “But I don’t have a headache.” “Gotcha!” Headaches are no fun, so we might as well get ...
Views: 1813 - Whose Birth Control is it, Anyway? - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2013 from Estelle GoldsteinSo who is or is not going to pay for contraception under Obamacare? And this is a religious question? The truth of the matter is that even though the United States has promised religious freedom from the very start, they have not done a very good job, historically, of delivering on this ...
Views: 1184 - Why I Have Not and Will Not Take Tamiflu - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2013 from Estelle GoldsteinThis story does not start with “I was minding my own business, surfing the internet.” I was seeing a deeply suffering patient with terminal cancer and I was sneezing. I have a bunch of seasonal allergies and I treat them naturally with Quercetin and related compounds, a bioflavonoid, ...
Views: 1470 - Why Soldiers Commit Suicide These Days - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2013 from Estelle GoldsteinThe current rate of suicide among soldiers should make us angry, maybe enough to destroy our computers or, heaven forbid, write to congress or even try to stop war. I checked out this institution¸ the National Center for Veterans Studies, the best I could. I am not sure why the Department of ...
Views: 1246 - Your Family Really Can Kill You - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2014 from Estelle GoldsteinOnly 16% of all murder victims are members of the defendant’s family? That’s according to the PDF file that pops open (or opens in your browser) when you click this link – and you must have the free Adobe Acrobat reader to see it. (Fortunately, it is included with most computers ...
Views: 1342 - Your life, Your Work – What’s The Difference? - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2014 from Estelle GoldsteinI love being a ”shrink-lady.” (okay, a “psychiatrist.”) I did not pick it out of a hat. I tried a couple of other medical specialties. The “doctor” part — well, there was never any doubt about that part, really. I mean the idea of taking care of other folks came into my head pretty early ...
Views: 1343 - “Listening to Prozac” and What People Really Want - by Submitted on May 24, 2014 from Estelle GoldsteinI was in my specialty training when I read Peter D.Kramer’s “Listening to Prozac.” I remember thinking he was articulate and observant and all kinds of wonderful things, riding the cusp of a great change in psychiatry, doubting him to be a “real” scientist who would hang out at a meeting of ...
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