To me, the human brain remains the most elusive, mysterious and complex neuro-anatomical and functional organ. Ever since my medical school years, I have been fascinated with the workings of the human brain. I wonder how our brain can create very abstract and difficult to understand non-physical essences like mind and consciousness, and other higher mental faculties.
What is the level of your medical literacy? Let us see how much medical knowledge you have. Let me start by asking you a few basic questions about the most seen chronic diseases and what you should do to prevent them.
As I see it, from my 40 years of medical practice experience, medical illiteracy is the biggest cause of medical fraud. Ignorance and the naivety of patients makes them vulnerable to medical fraud by unscrupulous medical providers and profit-oriented health care institutions, to have many more unnecessary tests, treatments, office visits, procedures and even surgeries.
Corporate medical care is taking over the healthcare system in America. And physicians are changing their practice pattern as a result. What does that mean for your health?
Recently, I have been thinking about what the most difficult thing for me to deal with, during my forty-year career of practicing medicine.
Our brain has the capacity to grow its power and is subject to strengthening and refinement at any age.
Phenomics Medicine is a new concept for me. Phenome is a scientific wellness program that tries to spot the earliest signs of disease by checking a person’s genetic makeup and certain biomarkers in their blood, urine and bodily secretions to diagnose the disease in its earliest and most curable phase.
Chronological Age vs Biological Age - what is the difference? Which one is more important? I believe all age-related decisions such as employment, retirement, running for a political office should be made according to biological age, more than chronological age.
Which aspect of aging should we take more into consideration - chronological or biological age - when we make age related decisions? As I become an octogenarian doctor, I look at old age differently.
The biology of aging is being investigated on cellular and molecular level in tissue cultures, on healthy older old people, and in wild animals with exceptionally long lifespans. Read on for more insight into longevity medicine.
What is the impact of Artificial Intelligence on human behavior? Even in its infancy, A.I. is already manipulating us, adversely impacting our thinking and our behaviors. How will this evolve?
How can a lifeless device be intelligent? The IQ of AI
Horseshoe crab number are drastically declining. The relationship between horseshoe crabs, humans and many shore birds beautifully exemplifies how all living species in nature are interrelated for survival.
Thanks to the advanced medical sciences and improved food sources and nutrition, humans are steadily increasing in number and approaching 8 billion. This insurmountable number, not only creating an imbalance in the nature but also many logistic problems. How are we going to be able to feed, cloth, house, educate, employ, and protect them from the ravages of climate change without invading and destroying the living environment of other species, thereby causing their disappearance?
Genes are the essence of biodiversity in nature. How is the immense diversity in nature accomplished and why?
The primordial cry for help for their mother.
More than half of the adult population suffers from hemorrhoids. Burning, itching, discomfort, pain, bleeding, and protruding piles from the rectum during bowel movements are some of the common complaints. What are hemorrhoids and why do we develop them?
I’m very concerned seeing a perfect storm of destruction gathering right in front of our eyes, in form of massive advertising by gambling companies to bet on sporting events, and the legalization of marijuana sales for recreational use by many states, while it remains illegal by the federal government.
As a gastroenterologist with many years of clinical practice experience, I have always been fascinated with brain-and-body communication and miscommunication, and its role in the development of mental and organic diseases. To me, one of the most curious brain-and-body miscommunication disorders is transgenderism. I believe there is lack of scientific knowledge and understanding among research scientists and among the general public. In this essay, I would like to discuss my opinions and understanding about transgenderism.
In memory of my father, I would like to share with my readers some of his most helpful advice and words of wisdom that helped shape my life.
