I’m saddened by a recent post I saw on my favorite blog (other than my own), KevinMD. In it, another physician blogger reported on a book that collected survey results from 12,000 physicians regarding matters relating to their job satisfaction. The results were very discouraging. A profession that was once among the most desired now [...]

If you’re like me, the two most common reactions you see from people when politics comes up in casual conversation are negative ones. Either you get an avoidant rolling of the eyes, “Ugh. Not politics again, please” or an angry “I hate those _____ (insert name of party or special interest group)”. Never do you [...]

I’m OK. Thanks for asking. It’s good to know that my two-week absence from blogging has elicited such caring inquiries from many of you, asking about my well-being. Now I need to be a bit more honest. I’m actually NOT OK. Well, to be more precise, I’m just about as OK as anybody else who [...]

Each year, the government insidiously passes more laws to intrude further into our lives. Some laws make life better for society overall, but I really think that most laws make our lives worse. Even if a law is written with a good intention in mind, the overwhelming costs and bureaucracy inherent in the conception, approval [...]

Yesterday, I saw a couple who were back for a third baby. Four years ago, they had done their first cycle of IVF and wound up with twins. After delivering a boy and a girl and enduring sleepless nights feeding them and changing diapers, they apparently did not feel they had suffered enough, so they [...]

One brilliant relationship psychologist, John Gottman, did an analysis of couples and their communication styles. He was able to find four no-no’s that when present consistently in a couple’s interactions predicted a high likelihood of divorce. I have embraced his findings and I try my best to avoid these four in my interactions with EVERYONE. [...]

Do you trust your spouse? Do you trust your parents? How about your doctor? Before you can answer these question honestly, it’s important that we define what we mean when we use the word, TRUST. In everyday life, the word, TRUST, just like the words, LOVE and HAPPINESS, is one that people use to mean [...]

What exactly are you paying for when you spend your money on medical services? This question was inspired by a post on another blog that I regularly visit. It’s pretty obvious when you go to the supermarket, you come home with bread and eggs in exchange for the dollars that you leave there. When you [...]

I’ve always been a risk-taker, risking my own things, not other people’s. This includes taking huge risks such as starting my own infertility practice and making some high-risk high-yield financial investments, which have come to pay off very handsomely. However, I am prone to taking many near-trivial risks in life also, such as waiting for [...]