Teddy Roosevelt and Harry Potter Had These. Do you?

by | May 14, 2026 | Medicine

Are you wearing glasses or contacts to read this? If so, join the 75% of American adults who need some type of vision correction. Of that 75%, 64% wear prescription glasses. That means that almost 200 million Americans use glasses to see well. Only 15% of us who need...

Waterloo Teeth

by | May 1, 2026 | Medicine

Last time, when I wrote about Wilbur Wright’s dental problems, I happened upon information so unexpected and interesting that I knew I had to tell you about it! Waterloo Teeth! First, we need to talk a bit about cavities and the history of dentistry. Cavities have...

The Ice Hockey Game that Changed the Trajectory of History

by | Apr 22, 2026 | Medicine

Winter, 1885, on an icy pond in Ohio, in the middle of a hockey game, Oliver, a 15-year-old neighborhood bully, whacked 17-year-old Wilbur in the face with his hockey stick. Nobody is sure if it was an accident or on purpose. (Wilbur’s dad’s diary says, Oliver “threw...

Playing at the Masters Despite Medical Issues

by | Apr 12, 2026 | Medicine

I’m glued to the Masters this weekend, and if you’re a golfer, or live in Georgia, you are, too. Did you know that several of these professional golfers, all of them great athletes, are competing in the face of significant medical problems? Rory McIlroy, last year’s...

That Time Medical Students Dissected an Elephant

by | Mar 20, 2026 | Medicine

Those of you who are doctors will clearly remember dissecting your cadaver in Gross Anatomy class. So much to memorize, so many structures to learn, so much careful dissection to do! What if your professor gave you an elephant to dissect?! That’s exactly what happened...