Chapter three: somewhat objective results and a trip too! Finally we come to the part where I’d like to share what have I got to show for it, as it were. …

Chapter two: Parlez-vous français, or learning with professionals The first thing that I’ve enjoyed in school was not surprisingly the fact that someone else had already thought hard and devised a study program, then had it tested on hundreds of students thus allowing me the time and the brain cycles…

No one was hurt in the process, much Chapter one: tête-à-tête with French Let us begin few years ago, when the consideration of learning another foreign language had finally settled in my mind as an ultimately achievable goal and not an arduous task without merit. Thus commenced my search for sources. I began with the…

While browsing the almost endless holy grail of knowledge on everything musculoskeletal I’ve stumbled on a mention of B12 deficit and misconceptions related to that. I’ve read the following article and must say I was surprised. So here’s what I’ve learned: - serum level of B12 is not a good…

Part one: iron deficiency anemia (IDA) When one reaches certain age, babies and baby-related content floods one’s input channels and slowly but surely most of the women one knows transition into motherhood. And if growing the baby and waiting for it to be born makes many anxious and frightened, it…

On moving to Montreal there were several obvious essential things to be done — finding a long-term abode, getting a local phone number, learning how to use the metro and other highly sophisticated tasks. However, whilst I was still browsing the interwebs from the scorching heat of Thailand, I’ve found…

About a month ago I took the Basic Life Support (BLS) course with the Canadian Heart and Stroke Association. Due to restrictions related to COVID and my level of French (practicing language during CPR class might not be advisable, I thought), the spots where I could take such class in…

Very short answer — to mask. Slightly longer version (build upon episode #811 of the SGU, thank you very much Cara!). Reason #1 (selfish one) Let’s begin with two terms that are often used interchangeably though there is important difference between them: efficacy, which is looked at in pristine, lab…

It seems that there has always been appreciable presence of doctors in literature, there is even an article in Wikipedia named “Physician writer”. Gawande, Chekhov, Schiller, Rabelais, Sacks to name a few. Medicine gives one an intimate insight and a peculiar angle on life and people. Today I wanted to…