People are getting hurt.  Do-it-yourself (DIY) and direct-to-consumer (D2C) healthcare remedies are putting the public at risk and the FDA and other agencies are quiet.  We should not be. When I asked my mentor Dan Kennedy this week how to deal with the proliferation of these “alternatives”, in his typical “professor of harsh reality” style, […]

Once Upon a Time… 50 years ago, within 1 month, I graduated from college and got married.  50 years of marriage has taught me much about teamwork. Laurie and I married on June 12th, 1973.  Our relationship has been remarkably fulfilling and productive.  A wonderful family, friends and a career in practice and academia (that’s […]

  We primarily think of bullying as happening in the schoolyard, but bullying can occur in any workplace, including dental practices.  Bullying has become so commonplace, especially in the political arena, that we often fail to call it out for what it is. Putting a label on bad behavior is important so the behaviors can […]

On Memorial Day, we pay homage to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in service of our Country.  In a nation with over 332 million people, most don’t know a fallen soldier personally.  That makes Memorial Day just another day off. How many will Americans visit cemeteries?  How many will lay flowers?  How many will […]