https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/214105 Medical communities and forums staffed by doctors from leading medical centers. Over 325 forums and communities providing medical information and medical help. en This is the continuation of my previous blog - Tiger Mom, Let's get the facts straight http://www.me jdesouza Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:40:00 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/263531/Tiger-Mom-So-what-can-we-learn-from-Amy-Chua https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/263531/Tiger-Mom-So-what-can-we-learn-from-Amy-Chua The morning after Amy Chua’s article “Why Chinese mothers are superior” I received a barrage jdesouza Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:24:29 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/263252/Tiger-Mom-Lets-get-the-facts-first https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/263252/Tiger-Mom-Lets-get-the-facts-first Hi, I've posted about my knee injury while playing with my kids on March 22, 2010. While putting w jdesouza Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:42:01 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/216975/Knee-surgery-Make-sure-you-are-fixing-the-real-issue https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/216975/Knee-surgery-Make-sure-you-are-fixing-the-real-issue I went to the bathroom at night and thought I was not seeing properly as my urine looked pink. I rubb jdesouza Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:58:39 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/216720/Blood-in-Urine-Maybe-not https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/216720/Blood-in-Urine-Maybe-not I noticed that periodically I would see light flashes. Sometimes with my eyes open but more prominent jdesouza Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:04:20 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/121424/Low-blood-pressure-retinal-detachement-or-lightening https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/121424/Low-blood-pressure-retinal-detachement-or-lightening Let me start this with a disclaimer - I know there are many runners who are non-competitive (or at le jdesouza Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:37:41 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/118093/Running-Reflections-Overtaking-others-versus-being-overtaken https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/118093/Running-Reflections-Overtaking-others-versus-being-overtaken I think a common misunderstanding of running is that running, like walking , is an innate ability and jdesouza Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:15:27 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/114414/Walking-may-be-innate-but-running-isnt-RunSafe https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/114414/Walking-may-be-innate-but-running-isnt-RunSafe As I get older I noticed two changes as I exercise. - The first is that I need more recovery time jdesouza Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:08:10 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/114392/Nothing-hurts-a-lot-but-everything-hurts-a-little-Aging-and-exercise https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/114392/Nothing-hurts-a-lot-but-everything-hurts-a-little-Aging-and-exercise Over the last few months I have been testing the idea that I tend to gain weight when I am sleeping l jdesouza Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:17:53 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/113577/Sleep-more-and-lose-less https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/113577/Sleep-more-and-lose-less I recently flew back from Japan and before boarding the flight I bought the book "What I talk about w jdesouza Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:24:11 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/112689/What-I-talk-about-when-I-talk-about-running-Haruki-Murakami https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/112689/What-I-talk-about-when-I-talk-about-running-Haruki-Murakami I just returned from a week in Japan and spent two nights at a hot spring. This is a really busy time jdesouza Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:17:10 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/110858/Why-the-Japanese-live-so-long-reflections-while-soaking-nude-in-the-hot-springs https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/110858/Why-the-Japanese-live-so-long-reflections-while-soaking-nude-in-the-hot-springs One of the difficulties of trying to lose weight is that it is a system with a lot of inertia and so jdesouza Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:59:55 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/45423/The-inertia-of-weight-gain https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/45423/The-inertia-of-weight-gain I just read a very touching story about the China Earthquake. While going through the debris they fou jdesouza Tue, 20 May 2008 12:48:16 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/11272/China-Earthquake-miracle-of-life https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/11272/China-Earthquake-miracle-of-life My son likes Jamba Juice and when we go there we order a small and share it amongst four of us. I've jdesouza Tue, 06 May 2008 12:26:37 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/10304/Jamba-Juice-Chocolate-Mood-Power-900-Calories https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/10304/Jamba-Juice-Chocolate-Mood-Power-900-Calories Having played sports very actively for a long time I've learned how easy it is to compound injuries. jdesouza Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:56:25 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/8686/Avoiding-compounding-injuries https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/8686/Avoiding-compounding-injuries I managed to cut my eyelid and was wondering if I might need to get some good old fashioned stitches. jdesouza Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:36:24 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/1603/Dermabonded-back-together https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/1603/Dermabonded-back-together For the first symptom of prolonged sleep deprevation is an eyelid twitch. It can drive you crazy and jdesouza Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:41:09 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/800/Eyelid-twitch https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/800/Eyelid-twitch Do you periodically get mysterious vibrations in your leg reach done to get your blackberry and reali jdesouza Sat, 27 Oct 2007 11:19:07 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/432/Blackberry-Syndrome https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/432/Blackberry-Syndrome I noticed that I was getting spots on the tongue where the papillae (small bumps on the tongue) were jdesouza Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:24:07 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/402/Geographic-tongue https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/402/Geographic-tongue This is really great. here is a collage of my son. jdesouza Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:14:54 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/340/I-love-that-you-can-now-add-a-photo-to-a-journal https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/340/I-love-that-you-can-now-add-a-photo-to-a-journal