As I’ve mentioned, while on the road it has been a source of… let’s call it “challenging amusement” to childproof the room where our preschooler son is sleeping. Among the delightful little fillips to enjoy has been the presence of… Continue Reading
1) Attention, hotel proprietors! Calling a small room with two treadmills (one defunct) and a stairclimber — all of which predate the premier episode of “Friends” — a “fitness center” is false advertising. Please choose a more accurate description for… Continue Reading
The other day, I pulled into a parking spot next to a car that had one of those bone car magnets. “I [heart] My Rescue,” it said. (This was at Whole Foods, of course.) My own bone sticker, which says… Continue Reading
1) It doesn’t matter how long you once lived in New York City. Once you’ve returned with a small child and decided what they’d really enjoy seeing is the bright, flashing lights in Times Square, all of your accumulated “New… Continue Reading
The Better Half and I will be on the road, toddler in tow, for a somewhat indefinite period over the coming weeks. We will be attending to family matters of the hopeful and happy variety. I am too superstitious a… Continue Reading
From WBUR: Children’s Hospital Boston has a new three year deal with Blue Cross Blue Shield that holds rates flat this year. In the second and third years, Blue Cross says the increases will be less than general inflation, which… Continue Reading
Well, it looks like I “won” my bet. I am neither disappointed nor upset. I would have been genuinely surprised if the President had touched on marriage equality in his State of the Union with a ten-foot clown pole. Which,… Continue Reading
From the New York Times: Proposed changes in the definition of autism would sharply reduce the skyrocketing rate at which the disorder is diagnosed and may make it harder for many people who would no longer meet the criteria to… Continue Reading
Not so long ago I posed a question about whether patients should be able to obtain lab tests for themselves without my ordering them. And lo: You could call Michael Brooks a supplement junkie. He pops exactly six pills a… Continue Reading
Okay, so I was all set to start my tenure here with nice aesthetics post. Then a news story came up that just happens to involve disability, ethics, and medicine. The first two are my beat, and the third is… Continue Reading