Dr. Andy

From the same article in the previous post about US demographics in 2007: Age adjusted death rates (death per 1000) over time 1915 21.7 19...

The January edition of Pediatrics summarizes much interesting information about US demographics in 2007: Births: 4.3 million Deaths: 2.4 m...

From David Leonhardt in the NY Times an argument that the current bills on healthcare reform under consideration in the Congress are middle...

1. Run at least 20 miles at USC Fat Ass 50k 1/2. If I'm training for a marathon this spring I'm not sure I need to do all 30+ miles...

How did I do on my 2009 resolutions. 1. Finish Upper St. Clair 50K 1/3. No problem 2. Win Pittsburgh Indoor rowing sprints with time sub 6:...

1. Finish Upper St. Clair 50K 1/3 2. Win Pittsburgh Indoor rowing sprints with time sub 6:35 3. Finish Pittsburgh Marathon. Will probably ru...

Prologue: This was the worst mentally I’ve ever come into a race. It was gloomy, cloudy and misting to raining my whole 5+ hour drive down...

With all the applicants and the apparently imminent demise of the 2-time loser rule, you may only get one shot at Western States, so here ar...

I led for only 200 meters, but fortunately they were the last 200. I put down 6:50 as my estimated time 3 weeks ago, but after some short wo...

Thanks to Tom Watson, pacer extrordinaire, for these. If you click (or maybe double click on them) you'll see bigger versions. This is...

It used to seem to me, That my life ran on too fast And I had to take it slowly, Just to make the good parts last But when you’re born to ru...

If this doesn't curb your cigarette habit, nothing will. all those bumps are individual metastases of this long-time smokers lung cancer...

Why I'll never join a doctor's union: The death of a patient in Goettingen, central Germany, is being blamed on weeks of strikes by ...

A good commentary by law professor/medical ethicist George Annas in this week's NEJM about the various guises in which creationists try...

Health officials have confirmed that bird flu has killed six members of a single family in rural Indonesia, and doctors have tried to deter...

Which articles do and don't get extensive media coverage has always been a bit of a mystery to me, but never more so than this one. Eve...

Allergists and pediatricians are aware that food allergies lead to a lot of worry for parents. The psychological burden can be overwhelming...

In 2003, the United States had fewer practicing physicians, practicing nurses, and acute care bed days per capita than the median country in...

Weight this week: 205 Weight last week: 205 Change this week: 0 Starting weight: 206 Change from start: -3 No change in weight this week, bu...

using this calculator . You just need to know your total and HDL cholesterol and your systolic blood pressure. I come up with a 1% risk of ...

Why do we scratch? A simple answer would be because we itch, but how does scratching make itching (or pruritis in doctor lingo) better. But ...