Archive for September, 2009
Is it Melanoma or a Benign Mole? It Depends on Who You Ask.
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009To follow up on this post: the pathology report indicates all the affected lesion was removed and I have been given a clean bill of health. I’ll be monitored by a dermatologist. But the news could not be better.
An article on "diagnostic drift" today in the New York Times sheds light on a personal experience [...]
An Old BMW “Airhead” Comes to Life
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009Nothing recently has caused my heart to soar like the sound of a BMW motorcycle roaring to life after ten years of sitting in the garage. It’s a 1977 R100RS. To my mind a classic. I commuted into New York City from New Jersey on it for ten years. I rode it with my son [...]
Low Power FM: Radio for the Community
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009Is low power FM set to roar? Some think so. In this era of personalized communications choices, could low power FM radio become one of the choices? Possibly.
Low power FM has been around for a while but hasn’t really blossomed to its full potential. It could now. Commercial broadcasters centralized and homogenized, losing the real [...]
Depression: A Silent Global Burden
Saturday, September 5th, 2009In twenty years depression will affect more people globally than any other disease, according the World Health Organization. A BBC report points out the prevalence of the disease among the poor and those living with disabilities. The BBC says developing nations spend only 2% of their health dollars on mental health while developed nations spend [...]