Category: Personal

(Since many of my family and friends are advancing in age, I thought this post may be helpful. I do hope it is.) Generally, doctors are very smart, hard-working, and conscientious—and incredibly busy. Their knowledge and skills vary widely. Obviously, doctors can be outstanding, caring, life-saving professionals. Or on the other hand… Generally, the advice…

“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark….” Ayn Rand wrote that.  I have a question for you: How do you keep your fire burning? How do you keep your fire burning for each day, each week, month…. What are your thoughts and ideas for keeping your fire burning… brightly? Once I…

A philosopher once told me that the way one ends a relationship says a lot about a person’s character. Yelling and screaming recriminations and walking out and slamming the door is damaging to the people involved. Unfortunately, such endings are common. So often, relationships end badly—sometimes with great loss, trauma, or even tragedy. There are…

I came across an enlightening article in The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine, published by the Oxford University Press. I recommend reading the article, which opens: The term P4 medicine (predictive, preventative, personalized, participatory) was coined by Dr. Leroy Hood of the Institute for Systems Biology to demonstrate his framework to detect and prevent disease…

I highly recommend a delightful new movie called King Richard. It’s the story of the father of two of the most famous tennis stars, Serena and Venus Williams. It’s a wonderful story (if you can overlook the tiresome, woke messages). The movie showcases exemplary, uplifting values, which I think everyone (Objectivists in particular) will enjoy….

I want my friends and family to live a long time, so that’s why I’m writing this. (Everything I write in this post is my opinion and isn’t meant to be taken as medical advice.) According to physicians I’ve come to trust, there are five main things that one needs to prioritize when it comes…

According to ongoing studies that seem promising, Rapamycin is the most effective pharmacological agent for delaying or reversing some of the biological effects of aging. I also highly recommend Dr. Attia’s five-part series “Studying Studies”—it is an epistemological tour de force.

Friedrich Nietzsche, the German philosopher, famously said: “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” Typical of Nietzsche to say something exotic but not sensible. But contrary to Nietzsche, our current political ultracrepidarians (know-it-all politicians) suggest the opposite and are intent on providing unearned benefits to all, including forgiveness of student loans, free college,…

One of the most tragic, wretchedly heartbreaking traumas for parents is the loss of a child, either neonatal or during childhood, adolescence, or even in their adult years. It’s just not supposed to happen! It feels like a betrayal; it can cause unspeakable suffering. I was struck by a column by Alison Gopnik titled “A…

In a recent article, Peter Attia, MD, a longevity specialist, explained some of the problems with dietary sugar. He wrote that: High glucose variability and higher (peak) glucose levels are each independently associated with accelerated onset of disease and death, even in non-diabetics. Prospective studies show that higher glucose variability in non-diabetics is associated with…