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By Kevin Pezzi, MD

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You can order my books from this page: www.pezzi.org/order.php

Please note that some of the books are were free*, yet are professionally written, full-length books. Incidentally, printed USED copies of one of them (True Emergency Room Stories) have sold on Amazon for as high as $85. (I sold new copies of it for $12.95, not realizing that people would pay much more!) The e-book version is arguably even better, with some juicy story updates and fallout from the first edition, such as being offered the chance to go on a blind date with Katie Couric.

No more free e-books!

*NOTE: I am no longer offering free books (except for Gas Saving Tips and Microhome Living, which I will continue to offer free during our economic crisis). To make it feasible to give my books away or sell them for much less, I mentioned some of my other books and products (e.g., a burglar deterrent CD) in them, which angered people too stupid to realize the benefits of ad-supported free (or very low cost) books. You could pay over $100/month for cable or satellite TV and still have one-third of the time taken up by commercials; I wonder if the brainiacs who complained about my ads complain to Comcast, Dish, or DirecTV about their commercials? Or do they complain about the ads on virtually every website with valuable content? Or the ads in magazines?

Ironically, Amazon introduced an ad-supported Kindle that currently sells for $25 less but exposes readers to ads in perpetuity. My free or reduced-cost e-books saved readers that much or more for a single publication and didn't clutter up other books with advertisements.

True Emergency Room Stories

Think you know what it's like in an Emergency Room just because you watch the television show ER ? Take it from an ER doctor—you don't! Certain aspects of emergency rooms are just not palatable enough for prime-time viewing. The rest of the story, as Paul Harvey would say, is far more interesting. You won't find these stories on TV, but you'll find them in True Emergency Room Stories.

Reader comments:

Ron Lancaster, Radio Host, WDIS, Norfolk MA: “Truly a great book. It's one of the most fascinating books I've read.”

Steve B., Aguanga CA: “I sent the following to a number of friends: Rarely do I give a guarantee! Get this book . . . if you don't have fun with it, I'll buy it from you and send it to someone who has a better sense of humor. … Kevin Pezzi's background may make him the world's most intelligent doctor. By the way, I'd stand on my head if I have to to read ANYTHING from Pezzi!”

Reader, North Miami Beach FL: “From the first sentence, Dr. Pezzi had me riveted. From his collection of outrageous ER experiences to his insightful, candid viewpoints on the state of healthcare in America, he offers a wickedly voyeuristic ride into the real world of emergency medicine. Unlike other ER books which simply offer a compilation of stories, Pezzi writes with a bracing candor that breaks down the “white coat” barrier to reveal the feelings, thoughts and fears of an ER doctor. He’s made an avid fan out of this reader!”

Beverly G., RN, ER Nurse: “I brought the book to work and everyone in my ER read it and copied the cover to buy it for themselves. The book is right on the money and is written extremely well. One RN said most of the ER books are boring, but this one he couldn't put down. I have read it from cover to cover in one day. I love it.”

Sandy, ER, St Anthony’s Hospital: “I loved your book. It is now making the rounds at St Anthony's Hospital! Everyone really likes it. PLEASE tell me that you are going to write another one. Besides the actual stories, I really enjoy your sense of humor and honesty of your feelings.”

Paramedic, Greenbelt MD: “Your ER stories put Michael Crichton (creator of the TV show ER) to shame. You recount your stories quite vividly.”

Love & Lust in the ER

Love & Lust in the ER

Before I became an ER doctor, I assumed that emergency rooms treated only genuine emergencies such as heart attacks, strokes, and assorted injuries. That assumption proved to be very naive. In reality, patients go to emergency rooms for just about every imaginable reason, including many that deal with sex, love, and lust. Furthermore, ER doctors, nurses, and patients sometimes become romantically involved with one another, oftentimes in ways that are far more salacious than the romantic entanglements depicted on television medical shows constrained by censorship.

This book presents cases involving everything from puppy love to the real thing. In that hormonally-fueled gamut are some expected things, such as flirting and affairs, but also others that you've probably never heard about, nor could even imagine. There is something about the intensity of emergency rooms that tends to foster passion. After reading these stories, I think you'll agree.

How to Lose Weight Without Dieting, Drugs, Herbs, Exercise, or Surgery


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You can lose weight easily. I did it, and so can you. When I got out of my residency program, I was so fat that I could not see my feet when I stood up. Although I am now 17 years older, I have a better body than most teenagers. How did I get in such good shape—and stay that way? Probably not in the way you think. My work is primarily sedentary, I eat sweets, and I never starve myself. In fact, I usually eat until I am full, and I typically “pig out” at least once per week. I don’t use any drugs or herbs to lose weight. I exercise occasionally, but the workouts are brief and not too strenuous. So how did I lose weight easily, and keep in great shape without torturing myself?

Before I explain that, I must tell you a bit about myself, and why I feel that I am more qualified than an average weight loss expert. I graduated in the top 1% of my class in medical school. If nothing else, that is a testament to the fact that I learned more than 99% of my colleagues. However, the key to generating a real breakthrough in weight loss or any other field is an innovative mind. I may be smarter or more academically successful than 99% of other doctors, but formal schooling is not my forte. My strength is innovation and inventing. I have over 850 inventions and countless innovative ideas. One of those ideas pertains to how a person can lose weight easily without dieting, drugs, herbs, exercise, or surgery.

I conceived this idea years ago, but never mentioned it because it was so obvious to me that I was certain one of the “big name” weight loss experts would also think of it. But they never did. They're just rehashing old ideas and getting rich in the process, even if their advice is lackluster. Take Dr. Phil, for example. He rose to fame as a protégé of Oprah, and he is truly gifted in delivering pithy quips. Lately, however, he seems to believe that he is a weight loss expert. That is laughably ironic to me, considering that Dr. Phil is overweight. I heard him trying to excuse this by blaming it on an old injury, but don’t we all have excuses? I could have stayed a blimp and blamed it on my sedentary job, bad joints, and pudgy genes. But I did not want excuses, I wanted results. I hated schooling, but I love to read extensively. I learned many great weight loss tips, and I developed some tips myself, including the breakthrough idea on how it's possible to lose weight easily without dieting, drugs, herbs, exercise, or surgery. I described these tips in my book, How to Lose Weight Without Dieting, Drugs, Herbs, Exercise, or Surgery. You can buy that book for less than $12, read it in an afternoon, and be on your way to having a great body—easily.

Trivia: Did you know that sex is part of medicine?

Real sex ed is science

It is! Sex ed isn't just for kids in school. Sex is part of the field of medicine, as is physiology, biochemistry, anatomy, pharmacology, endocrinology, nutrition, neurology, etc. Actually, the part of sex I focus on largely IS physiology, biochemistry, anatomy, pharmacology, endocrinology, nutrition, and neurology. Most authors waste your time telling you things you already know or could easily figure out on your own (e.g., sexual positions), but as a doctor, I focus on things you likely won't know unless you went to medical school, graduated in the top 1% of your class (as I did), and read voraciously thereafter about those subjects and many more, integrating that info (“putting 2 and 2 together”) in a way that gives readers many ways to make sex better than they ever thought possible.

The medical school I attended emphasized sex more than most others, and we were taught in a surprising way by a group of doctors who specialized in teaching sex to medical students. One of their primary objectives was to erase the silly inhibitions and taboos about sex that society instills, so we would treat sex as just another topic, no more shameful than discussing cardiology or neurology. The professors said that doctors who didn't have this training tend to be uncomfortable discussing sex with patients, who sense the discomfort, clam up, and seek the solutions to their problems elsewhere: from a locker-room buddy or one of the many hot young bimbos who call themselves “sexperts” and write about sex even though they couldn't tell a neurotransmitter from an enzyme.

Physicians do a much better job of writing about sex, but the depth and breadth of their material is usually unimpressive. Sad to say, but many doctors don't understand competitive inhibition, polymorphisms, and many other things they should know about so they can translate that gobbledygook into practical advice for their readers.

To illustrate how utterly silly the taboos about sex are in the United States, consider these ridiculously artificial and indefensible boundaries:

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An example of what is commonly seen at the beach or on Facebook.

No one can justify why these taboos make sense, but they are likely a product of the same human idiocy that led to the Salem witch trials. In today's supposedly sophisticated and cerebral world, we look back at those simpletons in 1692 and 1693, wondering how so many people could be so deluded by such an obviously nonsensical belief that people were accused of witchcraft and prosecuted in county court trials, which convicted many people and executed them by hanging, except for one particularly unfortunate man, Giles Corey, who “refused to enter a plea and was crushed to death under heavy stones in an attempt to force him to do so.”

Witches Graveyard
The graveyard for the witches of Salem Massachusetts

While we laugh at those people for their ideas that seemed to originate on Mars, people of the future will laugh at people in our culture whose pea-brains tell them it is OK to talk about breast size but not penis size, and it is OK to talk about penile erectile dysfunction but not impaired vaginal lubrication or clitoral engorgement. Impaired clitoral engorgement is just another way of saying clitoral erectile dysfunction, so you must really wonder about the brainpower of those who don't object when Viagra® and discussions of it are wallpapered over our world 'cause it is OK to talk about penile erectile dysfunction but not clitoral erectile dysfunction. Go figure.

They cause SIDE EFFECTS?
They cause SIDE EFFECTS?

In case you think you are smart enough to logically justify those ridiculously artificial and indefensible boundaries, I'll give $100,000 to the first person who can:

  1. Persuade me that intelligent and sophisticated people should adhere to them and
  2. Refute my claim that better doctors know more about every branch of medicine, including sex and
  3. Explain why it makes sense for our culture to be so tolerant of sex when it is exploited by corporations hoping to profit from us, but why it makes sense for our culture to be so uneasy with the kind of sex that strengthens marriages and makes babies (see below).

Too much work for $100,000? OK, I'll make it $300,000.

Feel free to contact me and submit your best justification, but prepare for me to respond by laughing!

Almost every person develops at least one sexual problem in his or her lifetime—often secondary to various diseases (diabetes, hypertension, hemochromatosis, etc.) or drugs prescribed by doctors who don't know—or don't care—those drugs can decimate libido, sexual pleasure, or performance. Since sex is the primary glue that binds men and women together (see below), weakening that bond undermines relationships and contributes to divorce or infidelity when people think the grass might be greener on the other side of the hill.

I've corresponded with people from around the world, and found that adults in the United States are more likely to possess a bizarre dichotomy about sexual attitudes. On one hand, it is perfectly OK to have risqué T&A oozing out of every television program and commercial, movie, magazine ad, product packaging—you name it. Yes, it's completely acceptable to have sexually suggestive material fed to you 24/7/365, as long as your retina is focusing on images of hot young airbrushed strangers who model for corporations that hope to sell you something. But real sex with a real person is somehow so shameful that it can't be discussed in public, or often even in private (as with a spouse or personal physician), without evoking uneasiness, apprehension, dread, and shame.

Isn't this a strange inversion of acceptability? Cheap, inescapable, in-your-face sexuality is routinely exploited by companies that hope to profit from you, but real sex—the kind that makes babies, bonds men and women together, and makes life more enjoyable—eewww! Better talk about it in hushed tones behind closed doors, like the Communists used to do when discussing freedom in the USSR before it disintegrated, or skip that topic altogether, and discuss something more palatable, such as the latest chapter in the sex life of Paris Hilton. Nuts.

University at Buffalo sociologists found that in the last several decades, the portrayal of women in the popular media has become increasingly sexualized, even “pornified.” Our culture too often treats women as sexual objects, which triggers negative consequences. One of the study authors, Erin Hatton, said, “Sexualized portrayals of women have been found to legitimize or exacerbate violence against women and girls, as well as sexual harassment and anti-women attitudes among men and boys.” Sex is a healthy part of life for mature people, while immature people—like too many in our culture—treat sex in an unhealthy way that penalizes women in general. It's high time those childish people grew up.

Doctors should sound like doctors

When I did radio interviews years ago to promote my first book of ER stories, I asked the hosts in advance if they wanted me to euphemize the adult terms. Almost none did; instead, they told me to use anatomically appropriate language. The most common explanation they gave was that people expect physicians to matter-of-factly use the correct terminology and sound like a doctor.

A personal explanation of why I wrote Advanced Enlargement and The Science of Sex: When I graduated from medical school, writing about sex was the last thing on my mind. A decade later, I was convinced that I had to write about it. What changed my opinion? A constellation of several factors, including:

Unlike a car salesman who puts his interests ahead of yours, physicians must put the interests of patients ahead of their personal interests. In medical school, I was taught that if one possesses knowledge that can help others, it is an ethical transgression to withhold that information. I therefore felt morally compelled to write about sex because I knew that I had countless tips that could help people. Personally, I would rather write a book about building sheds or making your own snowmobile or tractor. I could have kept to myself all of the sex info that I acquired over many years of reading and research, but I wanted to share that knowledge so others could benefit from it.

In my blog, I asked “When will adults grow up, or wise up, regarding sex?” I'll give $100,000 to the first person who reads the three articles I presented and persuades me that we shouldn't grow up or wise up about sex; that it is preferable to keep doing what we've been doing, which is frequently acting like immature children.

Can sex make you smarter?

Research shows that sex can increase intelligence (for example, see Scientific American Mind, September/October 2011, pages 36 - 43), so it is reasonable to wonder if more sex and better sex do even more for the mind. As I discussed in an article, geniuses are often very fond of sex. Albert Einstein, Robert Oppenheimer, Erwin Schrödinger, Marie Curie, Nobel Prize-winning Richard Feynman, and Founding Father Ben Franklin were intensely interested in sex and had more of it. In contrast, small-minded idiots are less interested in sex and more interested in ridiculing its importance and discussions of it. Thus, smart people should read on, while dumbbells should keep knocking their heads against an undeniable truth: sex is one of the most important parts of life. Lose that spark, and you've lost an essential ingredient to a great life, and perhaps a first-rate mind.

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The Science of Sex:
Enhancing Sexual Pleasure, Performance, Attraction, and Desire

Cast away your preconceptions of sex books as being a rehash of things you already know and hence a waste of time. By reading this book, you will learn things that Dr. Ruth and other sexologists have never considered.

Reader comments:

Reader in California: “This book completely blows away any other sex book, by a country mile. To borrow an old European country saying: first comes this book, then there’s a loooooong stretch where there’s nothing . . . then there’s a big pile of manure . . . then another long stretch of nothing . . . then every other book on the market. Well, it’s funnier in German. :-) Anyway, you can go to any bookstore, and replace the entire sex section with this book. No one can complain that you don’t tell it like it is, and explain what to do about it. It’s safe to say there won't be any other book out there to touch this one for interest level, straight talk, and practical advice. Congratulations!”

Scott in Seattle: “Dr. Pezzi, you spoiled my whole weekend! I bought the book on Thursday and then proceeded to get nothing done until I finished it many hours later on Sunday! The Science of Sex may have made me ineffective at getting my work done but it made me much more effective with my lover. It was filled with great information and real action items. I am very impressed and appreciative.”

A fellow MD: “. . . it is vastly superior to anything I have seen on the topic from a medical view.”

Reader in US: “I'm reading the book now . . . fascinating, extremely well written, and an incredible bargain!”

Reader in Florida: “Dr. Pezzi, I absolutely love The Science of Sex and your website. I cannot put into words how much I appreciate and respect your knowledge and attention to detail.

In my blog, I explained why I wrote The Science of Sex.

Trivia: Did you know that sex is part of medicine?

Advanced Enlargement

Like other doctors, in medical school I was taught that penis size is fixed at the end of puberty. I previously believed that, too, and the evidence seemed overwhelming. I then serendipitously discovered a way to trigger what amounts to a “second puberty” of penile growth. The only difference between this “second puberty” and real puberty in terms of penile growth is that the penile growth was much more dramatic the second time. My penis grew more in three weeks than it did during three years of puberty. I once believed that such a transformation was impossible, but I was wrong, and so were the professors who taught me that myth.

Clearly, penile size is not necessarily fixed at the end of puberty if you provide the body with the proper stimulus to rekindle penile growth. After realizing that my medical school professors were wrong about this topic, I naturally questioned if there are other ways to enlarge the penis. The answer is yes, and I present all of them in Advanced Enlargement. By the way, in that book I do not discuss enlargement techniques that “everyone knows about,” such as jelqing. I consider that to be a garbage technique because I've heard from too many men who said that it either did nothing for them, or it damaged their penis. While the primary focus of Advanced Enlargement is on penile enlargement techniques that go beyond what is presented in The Science of Sex, the information in it is also useful for enhancing libido, sexual pleasure, and performance. Besides the "second puberty" mentioned above, my libido went from "twice a week is good enough" to "twice a day is barely enough," and the pleasure was so intense and gratifying that it triggered an endorphin buzz that lasted for hours.

Boosting Brainpower

Boosting Brainpower:
Increase Your IQ, Memory, Creativity, Concentration, and Motivation

If you're interested in this book, you probably know why reading it can benefit you: a better brain can help you achieve your career objectives and excel in your job. As the world becomes increasingly competitive and challenging, being smart is no longer good enough; you must be brilliant.

No matter how smart you are now, Dr. Pezzi can help you become more intelligent and creative, with enhanced memory, concentration, and motivation. You will become more focused, productive, and even happier, because boosting your brainpower will make your education and occupation easier, thus giving you more free time and less to worry about.

Having a better job can give you more satisfaction and potentially millions of extra dollars in lifetime earnings. You could spend tens of thousands of dollars buying every brainpower book and journal ever published, and attending every conference on intelligence, yet you still wouldn't know many of the tips in Dr. Pezzi's brainpower book. So what will his book cost you? About what you could make in one hour as a doctor, or one minute as a CEO: $195. However, if you pre-order it now, you will save $100 and get free lifetime updates and additions to it.

Don't be penny-wise and pound-foolish. Don't fritter away your money on iPods and clothes you might wear a few times before tossing them in the trash. Instead, spend your money on something that can help you make much more money and have a better life.

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Fascinating Health Secrets e-book cover

Fascinating Health Secrets:
Intriguing tips on medicine, beauty, health, sleep, nutrition, weight loss, longevity, exercise, brainpower, sexual attraction, and sex

A health book that's packed with information yet is actually enjoyable to read—sound impossible? It's not! Here is what some reviewers said about Fascinating Health Secrets:

Alan Jakeway, Northern Express: “You've got to hand it to Dr. Pezzi—he knows how to craft a health book that's as gripping as a ride through a big city ER. While many health books are as dry and dull as a surgeon's medical transcript, Dr. Pezzi brings a good bedside manner to his book, blending humor, first-person insights and a folksy wisdom with cutting edge medicine. Fascinating Health Secrets is a ‘good read’ page-turner that will keep your attention at the beach as well as any summer novel. Dr. Pezzi's encyclopedic scope is aided by equal measures of humor and intelligence.”

David Hacker, Prime Time News & Observer: “There's an odd fascination with the way Pezzi's mind works. He is a scholar, bright (possibly brilliant), and single-minded. There's plenty of useful information . . . some interesting tidbits . . . life-saving tips . . . and amusing historic trivia. For the most part, you can take this book seriously. At the same time, you can have fun with its folksy, whimsical and chatty style.”

Registered Nurse, Flint MI: “Wow! What a book! How much does it cost? No, I don't care how much — I've got to have that book!”

Reader, Los Angeles CA: “I'm speechless. Fascinating Health Secrets is simply a fantastic book. I can't begin to tell you what a pleasure it is to read—my brain gets such a great workout it feels like drinking 5 cups of coffee. Rarely do I find something so mentally stimulating that I can actually feel my IQ rising as I read it. Apart from the health tips themselves, there is so much killer material in the book. I found myself laughing out loud, and nodding in total agreement. Please accept a virtual handshake and hearty slap on the back for such a wonderful piece of work.”

Retired Dentist, Albion, MI: “That book by Dr. Pezzi is fabulous. You would expect a man who is such an unusually bright person would be beyond the average person to understand. He is so down-to-earth and practical, so sensible and honest. I wish he was practicing here—I would go to him in a minute. That’s one book that won't be loaned to anyone.”

From Bailout to Bliss
Top 10 reasons why you should read this book >

From Bailout to Bliss

WHAT YOU KNOW: The economy is bad.

WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW: It's going to get much worse.

WHAT YOU ALMOST CERTAINLY DON'T KNOW: How to find the silver lining in this economic cloud.

The bailouts stemming from the subprime mortgage crisis are just the first round in a series of financial shocks that will devastate our economy. In this book, I reveal the silver lining in our economic cloud: how to figuratively turn lemons not just into lemonade, but into gold. While we are headed for some very rough times, there are ways for us, individually and collectively, to sidestep much of the fallout from this crisis. We can go from bailouts to bliss.

I spent a few months researching our economic crisis because I needed to forecast where we're headed so that I can make wise long-term decisions regarding my invention development. In the midst of that investigation, I had a political epiphany and finally understood that the fiscal conservative - liberal dichotomy is one of the many "us versus them" ruses exploited by rich and powerful special interests to camouflage who the real enemy is: them. I substantiate that opinion in From Bailout to Bliss. Like most people, my political opinions were so etched in stone that I couldn't imagine that they would ever change—but they did.

If you read this book, you will realize:

Every great crisis is potentially a great opportunity, but to prosper from this one, you must reboot your thinking and carefully contemplate everything: from dating and marriage, to education and employment, to health and happiness, and the many decisions you make as a consumer and voter. We were raised in a culture that once gave us the ability to essentially go on autopilot and still do OK. Those days are over. Even the smartest people must now carefully analyze whether doing things the old way is still the right way. The answer is often no, but most people don't yet get it. I see smart people and politicians doing incredibly counterproductive things because they are basing their game plans on an outdated playbook.

While it is tempting to look to our political leaders for guidance, you will likely achieve far better results by educating yourself and thinking for yourself. Most politicians are now cluelessly wondering how they should respond to this financial crisis and the ones to come—you have heard about the next wave of mortgage problems, haven't you? The subprime mortgage crisis was only the first shock wave to hit our economy. More disasters are looming, but don't despair: I will help educate and guide you. Download this book >

Microhome Living

Microhome Living (free)

Would you trade a much smaller home for a much better life? Most people never realize how the direct and indirect expenses of traditional home ownership doom them to spend their lives working and struggling to stay out of debt. That's true at any time, but especially true during our current economic crisis. If you want more free time for you and your family, read this book. If you love working more than anything else, keep doing what you've been doing.

Cancer: Life & Death

Cancer: Life & Death

In this free book, I reveal how to substantially reduce your risk of developing or dying from cancer. I don't perform cancer research, but it is one of the many topics I study, evidently more than most doctors who treat cancer.

Skeptical? Here's an example that illustrates how most doctors are behind the times. A UCLA study found that nearly all patients with high-grade bladder cancer do not receive guideline-recommended care. Of the 4545 bladder cancer patients included in the study, can you guess how many received the comprehensive care recommended by the American Urology Association and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network?

95%? 70%? Half of them?

Not even close! Just ONE of those 4545 cancer patients received the recommended treatment! That is almost as unlikely as your lifetime risk for being struck by lightning, so it is downright pathetic when doctors who routinely treat cancer patients are so poor at giving them the most up-to-date care. When well over 99% of doctors fail to do that, it is obvious that information is not adequately filtering down to medical practitioners.

Unfortunately, this is just the tip of their ignorance. Doctors do an even worse job of disseminating information to patients about what they can do to avoid cancer or recover from it, besides (or in addition to) typical after-the-fact medical therapy.

Every bit of my information is backed by research conducted by credible scientists and published in reputable journals. Admittedly, some of the research I write about may sound implausible to people without much scientific background. For example, contact allergies may help ward off certain types of cancer. That may sound really hokey, but researchers discussing it have a plausible scientific explanation for that statistical association. Skeptical? Read the article: Association between cancer and contact allergy: a linkage study. Then read Allergies: their role in cancer prevention, which extensively reviewed the scientific literature on cancer and allergies, or this summary of it: Miseries Of Allergies Just May Help Prevent Some Cancers, Study Finds. Also see More Evidence That Allergies May Help in Fighting Brain Tumors, or if you've had your morning coffee, Prediagnostic Plasma IgE Levels and Risk of Adult Glioma in Four Prospective Cohort Studies.

Want more? How about Allergies Linked To Lower Risk Of Brain Cancer, or Allergies Lower Risk of Low And High-Grade Glioma, Study Finds. That study, Assessment of Type of Allergy and Antihistamine Use in the Development of Glioma, stated that “All types of allergies appear to be protective with reduced risk for those with more types of allergies.” Although this information seems offbeat, it is very intriguing and potentially useful to people with functioning brains.

Other examples:

Therefore, what may sound wacky often makes perfect sense to educated people, while those lacking the brainpower or inclination to understand it may only scratch the surface before going berserk making wildly irresponsible allegations about my discussions of that research.

This reminds me of how the sister of a friend reacted when she heard me use a word she didn't know. Being intellectually arrogant and evidently unable to fathom that she might not know something, she concluded that since she didn't know the word, it must not exist, and I was therefore an idiot for using it. When my friend with a doctorate degree heard that, he chuckled and explained the word was quite valid, and I was no idiot. A word to the wise: Since no one knows everything or anything close to it, by yapping about the lack of intelligence of someone who knows something you do not, you come across as being a close-minded idiot. Being stubbornly unreceptive to new ideas and the opinions of others is the hallmark of a bigot. Bigotry comes in many flavors, all of them unappealing.

While good new ideas are often ridiculed by people with closed (and lesser) minds, those innovations are the steppingstone that take us from where we are, to where we want to be, by giving us a brighter future. An advertising slogan created for Apple Computer in 1997 brilliantly explained how “the round pegs in the square holes, the ones who see things differently” who are “crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

Steve Jobs said, “We believe that people with passion can change the world for the better.” He's correct.

Do you know who cannot change the world for the better? Of course you do.

To receive the download link for this book, contact me.

Gas tips

Gas Saving Tips (free)

These tips can save you hundreds of dollars per year. Includes info found only in this e-book. Even if you think you know how to save gas, you'll learn new ways in Gas Saving Tips.

Folic acid: Friend or Foe?

For a cell to divide, it needs a number of specific factors. Two of those are folate and vitamin B12, both of which are members of the diverse B-vitamin family. You may be more familiar with folate being referred to as “folic acid,” which is the form found in supplements and fortified foods (the naturally occurring form of that vitamin is folate). Folate and folic acid are NOT synonyms, and they are NOT the same chemical. It is much better to obtain folate from natural foods than from supplements or fortified foods containing folic acid.

Folic acid can be both friend and foe; its “foe” action may give you and your loved ones decades of problems that are often incorrectly attributed to other causes. This perpetually “unsolved mystery” affects many millions of people, inducing symptoms that unwary physicians usually mistreat out of ignorance. Given its prevalence in supplements and fortified foods, unsuspecting consumers are bound to be exposed to folic acid, thereby setting the stage for subsequent problems that are usually misattributed to aging, bad genes, or bad luck.

If you want to learn more about this topic, consult me for $25 and I will send the book to you. It might be the best $25 you ever spend; it's a short book, but the information is priceless. If folic acid doesn't get you (or a loved one) now, it will probably get you later.

How to Sue* Your Doctor . . . and Win!
*Legitimately or Not

YOU DON’T NEED A MAJOR MEDICAL MISTAKE TO MAKE SOME QUICK CASH!Why play the lottery when your odds of winning money from a lawsuit are so much better?

Why on earth did I write this book? If you've read some of my other books and web sites, you know I think that too many medical malpractice lawsuits are motivated by greed and the desire for revenge, not genuine medical mistakes. Therefore, you may think that I wrote this book to illustrate how darn easy it is to sue, even when the doctor did nothing wrong. In fact, a Harvard study found that over 80% of malpractice suits are lacking merit, frivolous, or otherwise motivated by greed—not true malpractice.

On the other hand, I know that most—probably all—doctors commonly make mistakes because of ignorance, sheer laziness, or not having enough time to do a thorough job. Most such mistakes are of minor to moderate significance; they generally won’t kill or maim you, but they might prolong your illness or create other problems. These errors are generally never brought to the attention of a malpractice attorney, so doctors rarely suffer the consequences of practicing imperfect medicine. Patients (and their attorneys) who read this book are bound to learn many ways to profit from those mistakes. However, if all physicians read this book, they would make fewer mistakes in the first place.

There are numerous reasons to sue your doctor, ranging from true malpractice on his part to the fact that you need some cash and you can't think of any legitimate way to obtain it. Whatever your motive, this book describes numerous legitimate and even some illegitimate ways for you to sue and win, often without the hassle of a malpractice trial. Some of the ways are so open-and-shut that the doctor's insurance company will simply pay you to get you off their back.

Please note that I am not condoning any of the illegitimate techniques; use of them could put YOU in jail. If you use them, I hope that you crash in your Ferrari!

The cost/page of this short (20 page) book is greater than that of any of my other books because the intended audience is primarily malpractice attorneys and doctors, all of whom can easily afford it, but also patients looking for some quick cash.

To order this book, see: www.pezzi.org/order.php

Report Finds Most Errors at Hospitals Go Unreported
Excerpt: “Hospital employees recognize and report only one out of seven errors, accidents and other events that harm Medicare patients while they are hospitalized, federal investigators say in a new report. Yet even after hospitals investigate preventable injuries and infections that have been reported, they rarely change their practices to prevent repetition of the "adverse events," according to the study.”
Comment: That meshes with my conclusions after having attended countless hospital meetings in various states of consciousness—hey, I worked the night shift! Hospital errors are caused by the same factors that caused them decades ago. After literally millions of meetings, hospitals should have significantly reduced error rates, but mistakes are just as common as they were years ago, and some things are worse, not better. Why? With many billions of dollars and millions of lives resting on the answer to that question, it is definitely worth asking. In my experience, I've seen how people who love to talk even when they have nothing worth saying can dominate conversations. The few good solutions presented are usually nixed by administrators who fear any change.

Why not welcome change for the better? I presented the answer to that mystery on my blog toward the end of a long article primarily about hospitals mandating the influenza vaccine. To adequately address that topic, I had to explain why hospitals are so dysfunctional, and why medicine can't produce better outcomes. We pay for Cadillac care and often get rusty Yugo results because those who control the system care less about solving problems than staying in power. It's us versus them, and they're winning. If more doctors had a spine, they'd write like I do, and expose problems that send many people to an early grave.

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So You Want to be an ER Doctor?
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This book series is a must-read for anyone thinking of becoming an ER doctor. In a question and answer format, I answer hundreds of questions from people who want to know what the job entails and how to succeed in college and medical school so they can obtain a coveted ER residency position.

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