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“When many remedies are proposed for a disease, that means the disease is incurable.”
-Anton Chekhov
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The surgeon told the Weindel family that the operation had gone well. He had taken Dale Weindel’s stomach and cut it into two, and rerouted his small intestines so that all the food Weindel ate would now pass through the smaller portion of his stomach. He had given Weindel a “gastric bypass” operation, the best…
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Here is a link to a story about a very good friend of mine, Scott Mackler, who I wrote about in my book You’re Stronger Than You Think. Scott was diagnosed with ALS almost 15 years ago. His first symptoms were when he lost grip of a tennis racket, playing against me. And I thought…
Is Einstein Overrated?
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Revolutionary Thought
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“It’s not a revolution if nobody loses.” -Clay Shirky (Click here to view comments)
How Parents Get Caught Up in Their Children's Identities
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