Republished with approval from DiabetesMine.com. Another interesting development apropos to recent rants on lowering medical costs, in part by breaking down some traditional delivery mechanisms in favor of a more quick-shop, commercial approach to healthcare: now the FDA plans "to expand the the middle ground between drugs that require... Read more
Republished with permission from DiabetesMine.com When I first arrived in Germany in the middle of winter about 18 years ago (ahem...), I immediately caught a bad cold. Every time I sneezed, my brother-in-law's girlfriend would bark, "Health!" It took us a while to work out that Americans say the same thing, only in... Read more
Republished with permission from DiabetesMine.com. What do you talk about at the dinner table? I discovered years ago that Europeans don't generally have issues discussing the three topics we Americans consider taboo: politics, religion, and sex. My friends in Germany would say, "What else is there?" Well,... Read more
Republished with permission from DiabetesMine.com Having practically grown up in Disneyland, it definitely feels like going home. Except it seems a lot smaller, and a LOT more crowded, than I remember. Anyway, for a good 60% at least of our two-day annual park schlep last week, it lived up to it's motto, "The Happiest... Read more