Posted 1/22/24 Wisdom is a tree of life to those who embrace her; happy are those who hold her tightly. _prov. 3:18 This is something I shared with my support group email group today, but it is worth your consideration as well. 2024, rightly so, is shaping itself into a year that could be called…
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Clinical Studies and Trials Primer
Posted 10/4, Good Buddy The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,but fools despise wisdom and instruction. -Prov. 1:7 Hi all! Just dropping a quick article to share my most recent experience with clinical trials/studies (guinea pigging as I like to call it). I just finished this year’s 3 PET Scans. This one is…
Radioactive Dragons and Other Cool PETs
Posted 4/21/23 (Given the title of this piece, I wish I would have written it on 32123 instead… In that day the LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea.” -Isaiah 27:1 Not…
Lecanemab (marketed now as Leqembi ) “approved” today
The Lord is my strength and my shield; in Him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him. Psalm 28:7 There is a lot to discuss here, but here is some primary thoughts on today’s approval of Lecanemab: The study info:https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2212948 and https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03887455 FDA Statement: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-grants-accelerated-approval-alzheimers-disease-treatment NY Times…
Long Time, No See: A Recap of My Trip to Vanderbilt
Posted 7/15/22 But we, brethren, having been taken away from you for a short while—in person, not in spirit—were all the more eager with great desire to see your face. 1 Thess 2:17 (Note: I feel the same way as the Apostle here did. I hate not having time to write, but it has been…
MEEP
Posted 6/13/22 Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way. -Proverbs 19:2 Whoever speaks the truth gives honest evidence, but a false witness utters deceit. -Proverbs 12:17 Happy Monday, You’all! I hope you had a great weekend! Mine was good. I was fortunate to have some downtime…
(Semi-)Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 583 (1 Year, 218 days): Maximum Overdrive Battlefields–Or– The Search for a Simple Fix
Posted 10/18/21 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone.” –Mark 10:18 Happy Monday to all! I love a good Monday, don’t you? (Problem is, there ain’t a lot of good ones, but I digress…) Driving into town on the Autoban Highway 13 this morning, I noticed, as usual, that I…
(Semi-)Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 568 (1 Year, 203 days): A Novel Novella About Web Research
Posted 10/1/21 “Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber. 2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 362: The Show Must Go On (Vaccine Edition)
Posted 3/8/21 Salvation belongs to the Lord; your blessing be on your people! Selah Psalm 3:8 (Quick note re: my Bible verses. I tie the chapter and verse to the day of the month. I know some of you read often and some not at all…but all can get a smattering of semi-random verses here. I know the…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 350: “Who, What, Where, Why, When-sday”: Moving in the Right Direction
Posted 2/24/21 He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed. 1 Peter 2:24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.- Genesis 2:24 But God…