More heartbreak. The New York City Coroner announced today that Heath Ledger’s death was an accidental overdose. The word accidental is insider code for the fact that none of the blood levels of any one of his medicines was high enough to mean that Heath Ledger tried to kill himself–they were all in the range [...]
Entries from February 2008
Nine Practical Tips on How To Avoid A Death Like Heath Ledger’s
February 6th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Tags: Doc Gurley Lists · Feature · In the News · Practical Medicine
Super Bowl Pre-Game Health Checklist
February 1st, 2008 · No Comments
You wouldn’t think that watching burly guys with plastic bubbles on their heads slamming together would have a lot of impact on your health, would you? Au contraire–the world of health science is mesmerized by what I call the Super Bowl Effect. Almost every year a new finding is released by researchers that shows just [...]
Tags: Feature · In the News · Practical Medicine
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