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A group of doctors and nurses in lab coats are smiling. We're looking up, as they are in a circled around us, with their hands piled on one another, like a team agreement. It says Medical Malpractice and the Enablers. A three part series.
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The Los Angeles Malpractice Gang and the Enablers: Part 3 of 3

Medical Malpractice and the community cover-up.

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A group of doctors and nurses in lab coats are smiling. We're looking up, as they are in a circled around us, with their hands piled on one another, like a team agreement. It says Medical Malpractice and the Enablers. A three part series.
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The Los Angeles Malpractice Gang and The Enablers: Part 2 of a 3-Part Series

Wrong side surgery and community cover up.

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A group of doctors and nurses in lab coats are smiling. We're looking up, as they are in a circled around us, with their hands piled on one another, like a team agreement. It says Medical Malpractice and the Enablers. A three part series.
General

The Los Angeles Malpractice Gang and the Enablers: A 3-Part Series

PART ONE Why three parts, you ask? Hell is a long journey. You need to know what led up to my getting surgery at USC Keck with Roxana Moayer in Beverly Hills, and every step thereafter. Stick around for all three parts. Right when you think it couldn’t get worse, oh boy does it. Let’s […]

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Lifestyle

The Happy Hormones: A 4-Part Series

Part 4: Dopamine – The winner Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that gives you focus and motivation leading to satisfaction with achievements. When we have a task to do, our brain might take us off track. Dopamine keeps us focused on the end goal – ‘if I do A, B, and C, I’ll get D!” Dopamine’s […]

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A pink card with a rounded circle of words that say Dopamine, serotonin, endorphines, oxytocin. In the middle of the circle, there is a stick figure woman running with ballons in her hand.
Lifestyle

The Happy Hormones: A 4-Part Series

Part 3: Endorphins – Natural painkillers Endorphins are natural painkillers. A rush of deep happiness. A blissful state. Euphoria. Reduces pain and suffering. These neuropeptides are kept in the anterior pituitary gland giving a morphine-like sensation. Huh? Okay, endogenous opioids and catecholamines produced by the body – wait, they produce naturally? Did we just cure […]

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A pink card with a rounded circle of words that say Dopamine, serotonin, endorphines, oxytocin. In the middle of the circle, there is a stick figure woman running with ballons in her hand.
Lifestyle

The Happy Hormones: A 4-Part Series

Part 2: Serotonin – the mood booster Serotonin is also known as 5-hydroxytryptamine, or to fit it onto the back of a jersey, 5-HTP. This champion hormone is thought to extend the lifespan, because a happy life is a full life. What role does it play? Serotonin affects your central nervous system, which operates your […]

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Lifestyle

The Need For Weed: Is Marijuana Addictive?

Pot shops are on every corner in some states, while others are rallying to vote for legalization. It’s acceptable in some medical communities for certain illnesses, or you can also go to a special doctor for ‘back pain’ and walk out with a card to light up. Growing up, I knew an older teen who […]

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Happy Earth Day! Wednesday, 22 April. There is an illustration of a cheerleader, a megaphone, and planet earth, with smaller planets scattered about.
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Go Team Earth! A Non-Crunchy Earth Day Blurb

We root for our home state, our home team, yellow cornbread vs white cornbread. Think NY vs LA, West Coast (aka Best Coast) vs East Coast. So many worldly territorial wars that are taking place currently and throughout history. Why don’t more people get fired up over rooting for the home turf we all share, […]

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A pink card with a rounded circle of words that say Dopamine, serotonin, endorphines, oxytocin. In the middle of the circle, there is a stick figure woman running with ballons in her hand.
Lifestyle

The Happy Hormones: A 4-Part Series

Part 1: Oxytocin – the love hormone We’ve heard the word ‘oxytocin’ from our own pregnancy or others we know who have been pregnant. It helps to encourage and maintain  contractions during labor. It’s also part of the mother-child bonding, created in those early days and over a lifetime. When it plummets, that’s when we […]

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Lifestyle

Studying Your DNA Could Help Dissolve Racism

There is a meditation from Thich Nhat Hanh that begins with staring into your hand, being with all of the ancestors who came before you. It’s very powerful, though mine was limited. Being raised by a single father, I knew my paternal grandparents, and their parents all died when I was very young. I met […]

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