How to hack aging

I’m a Millennial. And an INTJ. I was an engineer long before I was a physician. Given all these, efficiency is in my blood. I detest waste of all kinds. Waste of time, waste of money, waste of neurons. If you notice the mouse image below, that is exactly how I think when faced with…… Continue reading How to hack aging

10 tips for practicing the anti-inflammatory diet

Inflammation and aging go hand in hand as inflammation markers – especially the ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate) – slowly increase with each decade. Many age-related diseases have inflammation as their common denominator and this is partially modulated by diet, so here are 10 easy tips to avoid the buildup of damaging inflammation products as much…… Continue reading 10 tips for practicing the anti-inflammatory diet

When money talks, ethics walk

Books belong to the white market. Drugs are traded on the black market. Lots of modern products and services are traded on the gray market – somewhere in between the white, legal market and the underground, illegal, black market. Despite being illegal to trade human tissues and bodies, the red market thrives with flesh exchange…… Continue reading When money talks, ethics walk

When flesh becomes plastic

Medicine is not about routine bureaucracy. Medicine is an art. And some physicians extended the creative part of it beyond what is normally expected. Because medicine is more than scribbling a receipt. Medicine is about diagnosing problems and solving them. And when no treatment is to be found, medicine is about dealing with human suffering.…… Continue reading When flesh becomes plastic