Michael S. Fenster, MD

“I want there to be no peasant in my realm so poor that he will not have a chicken in his pot every Sunday.” — Attributed to King Henry IV …

“Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime.” — Mineko Iwasaki This week’s study comes from a meta-analysis presented just a week …

“The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.” — Samuel Johnson A common criticism of much of the research linking …

“The essence of deception is to mask the truth so well that even the vigilant are led astray.” — Anonymous Currently, there is much (appropriate) applause for actions taken regarding …

“There is always a well-known solution to every human problem; neat, plausible, and wrong.” — H.L. Mencken, The Divine Afflatus This week, the Study Spotlight Takeaway starts with a disclaimer: …

“Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.” — Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games Recently, the use of glucagon-like peptide-1 drugs, also known as GLP-1 agonists, …

“By the time you’re eighty years old, you’ve learned everything. You only have to remember it.” — George Burns Over the course of human history, views on aging have changed. …

“Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately, it kills all its pupils.”  — Hector Berlioz Over the last year, various articles and research were presented in this column, representing advances …

“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.”  — Oscar Wilde This time of year is a great opportunity to pause and reflect on the many …

“Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.”  — William Shakespeare (The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 2, Scene 2) Previously, in this column, I have discussed the …