I review a fictionalized account of a breast cancer treatment center in South Florida. The book is Adversity and Courage: The Breast Center by Joseph Alexander. One will learn a lot about the disease that affects one in eight women. The story of how four women pull together to support each other provides encouragement and hope for ever changing people and protocols.

What happens in the field before a person arrives as a patient in the Emergency Department? A LOT
Sometimes the scene is total chaos and dangerous. Highly trained emergency medical personnel answer the call day and night every day of the year. Read about my ride-along and a book that will take you there too.

When parents and family members are told that their precious child has autism, they go scrambling for information.  Yes, they get reliable information from healthcare professionals. Likely, they go online for information and recommendations on how to proceed. Can lay people tell the difference between reliable information outlets and the hundreds of sites peddling misinformation and snake oil cures? Where can desperate parents go?

 Dr. Andrea Amalfitano has a long and unique understanding of pediatrics and medical genetics that inspired him to write an extensive resource titled: Autism Revealed: Clarity Through Understanding Its Causes: A Cutting-edge, Holistic Summary That Answers Your Questions about Autism. Here is my review.

I take another quick trip to NYC to teach the emergency medicine residents at Maimonides Medical Center. I’m planting the seeds for curious empathetic physicians to grow. I also made it to another major tennis tournament with an evening trip to the Billie Jean King Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows. What a trip!