February 22, 2012
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No need to look old no matter what age
Written by Joe Pisani
Thursday, 16 February 2012 00:00
For the first time in my life, I went to a dermatologist. Next week, I’ll be bungee jumping.
I always thought the dermatologist was a doctor for celebrities, vain women and kids with pimple problems. My wife and daughters go more often than I change my car oil.
Growing up in Pine Rock Park, we were too poor for dermatologists, so my mother bought me a tube of Clearasil to treat my zit collection. Actually, she bought a case of Clearasil that lasted well into my 30s, and there still are some half-empty tubes in the medicine cabinet.
At this stage in life, going to the dermatologist was like bringing my car in for a 25,000-mile checkup at 125,000 miles and getting a new paint job.We can all be doctors now
Written by Joe Pisani
Thursday, 09 February 2012 00:00
The Koreans, who gave us Hyundai, Samsung and the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, are on the verge of a major technological breakthrough that will let your smartphone diagnose your illnesses. It will save you a fortune in doctor bills but probably run up your cell-phone bill worse than your teenage daughter.
Scientists at Korea Advanced Institute of Science of Technology are exploring how touch-screen technology can perform medical tests, possibly even diagnosing cancer, by detecting bio-molecular matter and electronic charges in your body. I’m not clear how it works, but I suspect it’s similar to technology the IRS uses to determine whether you’ll get audited.
This is an exciting development for us hypochondriacs, who are prone to rare diseases since the invention of the Internet and WebMD.A quest to find a spark of the divine
Written by Joe Pisani
Thursday, 02 February 2012 00:00
During rush hour I stopped at the newsstand in Grand Central and picked up a book by the Dalai Lama about how to be compassionate. Then, I promptly sidestepped a poor man in a wheelchair who had his hand out for cash.
Does the city suck compassion out of us, or is compassion a commodity like pork bellies that you can trade on the market, by being compassionate to people who offer the greatest return on your investment? Give a little, get a lot ... in the spirit of capitalistic compassion.
Lately everyone is talking about compassion because there’s a sense we’ve lost part of our humanity in the self-obsessed quest for more.Dreaming of a good night’s sleep
Written by Joe Pisani
Thursday, 26 January 2012 00:00
All my adult life, one pleasure has eluded me — it’s not what you think, this is a PG column — and that pleasure is a good night’s sleep.
I’m part of what the government calls a “public health epidemic,” along with 70 million Americans suffering from “insufficient sleep,” a condition that can lead to depression, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and other ailments.
About 40% of adults suffer from insomnia from time to time, women twice as often as men. More than half of those over 65 have trouble sleeping, and even though they represent only 13% of the population, they consume 30% of prescription drugs and 40% of sleeping pills. At the same time, Medicare payments to test for sleep apnea went from $62 million in 2001 to $235 million in 2009.Teenagers are always right
Written by Joe Pisani
Thursday, 19 January 2012 00:00
University of Virginia researchers recently made a breakthrough that could change the world of parent-child negotiations. They concluded that arguing with teenagers is good for their health.
But what does it do to your health? As the father of four daughters, who thought they were adults at 13, I’ve often believed raising teenagers is one of the hardest undertakings known to civilized man, second only to watching Jersey Shore without a bottle of Pepto Bismol handy. Looking at how that cast of nitwits turned out, I have to conclude their parents didn’t argue enough with them.
Psychologist Joseph Allen, who led the study, published in Child Development, said, “We tell parents to think of those arguments not as a nuisance but as a critical training ground” that will help a child learn how to handle disagreements in life.More Articles...
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