https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_6judSddQU Ira Einhorn - one of several killers featured in book. Please leave a comment about the trailer. What do you think? Do you like it? Always love feedback, and truly appreciate any book reviews like the "Advance Praise' reviews at the start of my book. See these reviews (and leave your own review) here. … [Read more...]
Trailer for just published revised edition of CLEFT HEART
https://youtu.be/WDzXtkpSWd0 What do you think? Do you like it? Please leave a comment. … [Read more...]
Controversial Utah Cleft Palate Care -III
A summary of Part II re Cleft Palate Care at Primary Children's Part II deals with the the timing of jaw surgery in cleft lip and palate care at Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake, Utah. At this children’s hospital, ProPublica asserts pediatric surgeons are taking controversial risks with how they care for kids with cleft lip and palate. Experimenting With Bone Grafts 'About seven years ago, spurred by what [Dr. Dana] Johns said was a “hypothesis we had,” Primary Children’s cleft team … [Read more...]
Controversial Utah Cleft Palate Care -II
A summary of Part I re Cleft Palate Care At Primary Children’s Hospital in Utah, pediatric surgeons are taking controversial risks with how they care for kids with cleft lip and palate. This is the conclusion of a ProPublica article of which the below is the second of three parts. I’m reprinting it in my blog because the article is disturbing. (I’ve added several new subheads in brackets below.) It is interesting that the recent article was penned by Megan Rose a crime reporter who … [Read more...]
Controversial Utah Cleft Palate Surgeries -I
As the beneficiary of an innovative cleft-palate team at Seattle Children's Hospital, I'm always interested in the progress being made regarding cleft palate surgeries. The innovation in my day was approaching the birth defect as a team effort from the minute a baby is born. Heretofore, most doctors did cleft palate surgeries without the input of dentists, orthodontists, speech therapists, and others involved in the decade-long treatment of the defect. [Contested Cleft … [Read more...]
How race may still affect outcomes despite opportunities.
I had the pleasure last month to meet Jimmy Hatch for the second time in several years. He's a decorated, wounded Navy Seal vet.** He started Yale four years ago as a "nontraditional" student at age 52. He stood out on campus because of his age and definite real world prep as opposed to the often prep-school prep of his much younger young classmates. Hatch came to the attention of a trio of Yale classmates who run a monthly zoom forum featuring interesting people to showcase. … [Read more...]
The new Frida Kahlo. Are Appearances Deceiving?
If my prior post showed skepticism about the latest self-reinvention of Paris Hilton, then this post is different. I invite you to learn about the private life of well-respected Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. After you learn some of the against-type characteristics of the artist's personal life, reflect on whether Kahlo’s unconventional life seems more real and honest than Hilton’s. BTW, search my website for other posts about "appearances being deceiving," like my blog about President … [Read more...]