A few days ago I picked up on an interesting post on Althouse about a new Nurse Practitioner Program, where the graduates will have the title "Doctor." Here’s her post Althouse: How to make patients think of the nurse as a doctor? . And here’s the original article: Call the Nurse "Doctor" WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL … Read more
This is from the NY Times health section a couple of days ago. See my comment at the end. Hospitals Slow in Heart Cases, Research Finds – New York Times In nearly a third of cases of sudden cardiac arrest in the hospital, the staff takes too long to respond, increasing the risk of brain … Read more
Here’s a member of the Russian Academy of Science who says a relative cold spell will soon set in… RIA Novosti – Opinion & analysis – A cold spell soon to replace global warming Earth is now at the peak of one of its passing warm spells. It started in the 17th century when there … Read more
Christianity Today has a posting by Pastor Tony Campolo (he is Liberalism’s answer to Jerry Falwell) with his top five books on Social Justice. My Top 5 Books on Social Justice | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction I confess to not having read any of them, although I have Jim Wallis’s book. … Read more
My meeting with Dr. Zelenetz lasted only a few minutes. At the end of it he said "you’re doing great. … It’s been two years since your chemo… you’ve graduated. Our next appointment will be in 6 months." (Rather then every three months.) I said "great, I’ll make an appointment for a CAT scan and … Read more
Seeing the lymphoma guru, Dr. Zelenetz at 3:15 this afternoon. I expect a "no news is good news" report. UPDATE: Go Here Tom Faranda’s Folly: Health update – excellent news
What better way to start the year, but with an online interview with myself? Q. Tom, how is your health? A. Good. Very good as far as I can tell. As a matter of fact, I am seeing my lymphoma Dr., Dr. Zelenetz, the day after tomorrow. Our meeting was scheduled for three weeks ago, … Read more
I read and posted reviews of 17 books this year, and also posted the reviews (sometimes slightly edited) on Amazon’s website. Here are the three best books, in the chronological order I reviewed them in: Tom Faranda’s Folly: Latest read: The Only Three Questions that Count By investment manager and Forbes columnist Ken Fisher. The … Read more
All right. Three quotes. Who could settle on just one? The last was not published in the Times, but stated by their editor at a lecture in England. Yup. Criticizing the NYT again. I read the Times every day, and they have some great stuff. But their editorials, op eds, and thinly veiled "news analysis" … Read more
This is the second installment of my friend Maggie Barbieri’s murder mystery/comedy/love story series about college professor and part-time sleuth Alison Bergeron. Here is my review of the first one – Tom Faranda’s Folly: Latest Read: "Murder 101" In Extracurricular Activities there is more of just about everything; more dead mangled bodies, more suspects, more … Read more