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My wife was pregnant when we went to sign the rental contract for our prior apartment. She was due to give birth during the term of the lease. Our rental agent suggested that we include in the contract a clause that severely limited or prohibited the landlord from showing the apartment to prospective tenants or…

With Elon Musk releasing conservative pundits from Twitter jail, you’ll find on the app an increasing number of user-generated instant polls. The typical question is: What was the most appalling act by government and public health over the last few years? The choices are usually: a) Lockdowns, b) Vaccine mandates, c) Business/school closures, d) Forced…

My oldest son asked me an interesting question. He said: Dad, can you point me to experts on fitness and nutrition? It’s not good enough to tell my friends, “my dad said.” This credibility problem of non-doctors is a challenge. We have all time highs of obesity, metabolic disease, and health care spending. Yet people…

During my vacation to Margarita Island in Venezuela, my wife had planned for us to stay one night at the nicest hotel on the island. She wanted me to see the best her country had to offer. Nevertheless, the hotel called the day before our arrival to tell her the entire property had lost power….

One of the reasons study results are often wrong – more likely wrong than right in fact – is because there are so many confounding variables. For example, we can’t tell whether the cephalic insulin response to artificial sweeteners is meaningful and unhealthy, because most of the population is already in metabolic shambles. The cephalic…