No, I'm not kidding. We made our first investment in August, 2015. It was the first time we invested in a medical device startup. When selling Beth on the investment, I began, "I know this sounds cliched, but this is a sure thing." She gave me an app...

My wife Beth and I watched "Cut Poison Burn," a film about the business of cancer. See https://medgroup.biz/cut-poison-burn. It paints a bleak, one-sided view of FDA and big pharma and medical device companies and an active campaign against Texas-bas...

Meet Josiah Wyatt Anderson, a happy 10yo boy with a giant scar on his left hand. He got it on his second day of life, when he was burned in the NICU. His third day was much worse. That's when an adult-sized feeding tube was administered. It changed h...

Our beloved King Charles Cavalier, the first pet I've ever had, died on Saturday. It hit me harder than I thought it would. Named after my hometown, 11-year-old "Brooklyn" had a biopsy on Friday. We learned he had cancer of the mouth. We decided as a...

In 2002, the World Health Organization (WHO) put together Technical Report Series 916 which says very specifically that sugar is a major, if not THE cause of chronic metabolic disease and obesity. – From the film "Fed Up" (watch for free) It continue...

I'm very interested in your take on this. Mahesh Mulumudi, MD, is Division Chief of Medicine for Providence Regional Medical Center. He probably has as much influence on hospital buying decisions as any clinician there. Which made his comme...

Fake news and corporate espionage are alive and well, which is more than we can say about Brian Meshkin's startup, Proove Biosciences. I'm angry for a number of reasons. First, deliberate lies destroyed a company. 278 people lost their jobs. Second, ...

I get it. Debate rages between: "It's my body, you can't tell me what to do." – and – "As members of society, each citizen needs to protect public health." Both sides have ardent detractors. Which are you, and why? New York takes a side. CNN reported...