Multitasking
Think about the last time you were multitasking. Are you proud of your versatility and efficiency?
I used to be so. This is even more so when I was attending a true tour-de-force outpatient clinic, in which I had to see twenty to thirty patients within a half day. Everyone is in a rush, and I am no different. After recent installation of dual monitor computer in my clinic, I could scan and call the second patient's name before I finished seeing the first patient.
I used to be so. This is even more so when I was attending a true tour-de-force outpatient clinic, in which I had to see twenty to thirty patients within a half day. Everyone is in a rush, and I am no different. After recent installation of dual monitor computer in my clinic, I could scan and call the second patient's name before I finished seeing the first patient.
God rejse
Danish hygge has become a genre unto itself, as The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well turns into a bestseller.
While there is hardly an English equivalent for the Danish word hygge , we can simply feel it, and forget about its translation. An oft-quoted idea of hygge is a bike ride in the pouring rain with a candle on the heads. Or eating cakes.
To coin my own way of hygge from scratch, I grabbed my running shoes right after waking up at six today
While there is hardly an English equivalent for the Danish word hygge , we can simply feel it, and forget about its translation. An oft-quoted idea of hygge is a bike ride in the pouring rain with a candle on the heads. Or eating cakes.
To coin my own way of hygge from scratch, I grabbed my running shoes right after waking up at six today
Meal
If I were to choose a meal to skip it would be the lunch.
If anything, breakfast should be the last one out.
To understand how breakfast gets in the way of keeping us healthy, we should take a look at the scholarly medical literature. A growing body of evidence shows that breakfast has important effect on the expression of "clock genes" that regulate our body's post-meal glucose and insulin responses. The field of body's inner clock, including molecular mechanisms controlling our circadian rhythm,
If anything, breakfast should be the last one out.
To understand how breakfast gets in the way of keeping us healthy, we should take a look at the scholarly medical literature. A growing body of evidence shows that breakfast has important effect on the expression of "clock genes" that regulate our body's post-meal glucose and insulin responses. The field of body's inner clock, including molecular mechanisms controlling our circadian rhythm,
Run
When it comes to attending overseas conference, I'm basically a philistine butt-in-chair nerd. But here at Copenhagen - where I joined a four-day meeting in the field of kidney disease - the city is so attractive that it's called the world's most livable one.
One of the biggest temptations is the urge to sneak out and discover the city, unlocking the recipe for the Danes being ranked the world's most contented people. I'm lucky to learn about the official
One of the biggest temptations is the urge to sneak out and discover the city, unlocking the recipe for the Danes being ranked the world's most contented people. I'm lucky to learn about the official
Marathon
Most "important" books aren't much fun to read. Most fun books aren't very important. But there is always exception. When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel Pink is exactly the case.
That's a book I'd waited for four months before my turn to borrow from the public library. And to be finished within two weeks, for that matter, before the due date. As it turned out, I learned so much from this book within two weeks. Nothing
That's a book I'd waited for four months before my turn to borrow from the public library. And to be finished within two weeks, for that matter, before the due date. As it turned out, I learned so much from this book within two weeks. Nothing
Albert River
Kids love water theme parks. Adults too. But after indulging in another plunge down yet another nautical plastic tube you might find yourself justifiably itching for something a little more authentic.
That's exactly what we did at Gold Coast Hinterlands this week. That means untamed destination where we can get a thrill from the water while still being at one with nature. During our farm stay, we had picnic lunch at Albert River, blending traditions with frenzied fun. There was no fast food shop (where price can jump crazily
That's exactly what we did at Gold Coast Hinterlands this week. That means untamed destination where we can get a thrill from the water while still being at one with nature. During our farm stay, we had picnic lunch at Albert River, blending traditions with frenzied fun. There was no fast food shop (where price can jump crazily
Lamington
Many a time while traveling I would look for ecotour rather than entirely self-guided tour. This is one of the best ways to learn about the wildlife.
I was lucky enough to find one gifted guide to bring our family to Lamington National Park. One of those very rare, special nature buffs who are as knowledgeable as Sir David Attenborough. By the way, my guide's name happened to be David, too.
Following David is like joining a field trip aboard Miss Frizzle's Magic School Bus.
I was lucky enough to find one gifted guide to bring our family to Lamington National Park. One of those very rare, special nature buffs who are as knowledgeable as Sir David Attenborough. By the way, my guide's name happened to be David, too.
Following David is like joining a field trip aboard Miss Frizzle's Magic School Bus.
Rein
Our family is grateful to have farm stay vacation in the Gold Coast Hinterland this week. There's no shortage of entertaining activities for my daughter. Plenty of domestic and wildlife. And of course horse riding is always the winner.
That reminds me of The Naughtiest Girl books, in which Whyteleafe School allows students to keep pets, and even horses. After a second-term student Robert has promised not to be a bully, he is allowed to choose two horses under his special care, feeding them, grooming them
That reminds me of The Naughtiest Girl books, in which Whyteleafe School allows students to keep pets, and even horses. After a second-term student Robert has promised not to be a bully, he is allowed to choose two horses under his special care, feeding them, grooming them
Nĭhăo Beijing
I attended a conference at Beijing this week. It's not something I usually do, but I'd been lucky enough to be invited to give lectures there.
My last visit to the capital city of China was 28 years ago (if I didn't count another short conference trip of mine 8 years back). How times have changed. The toughest antismoking legislation in 2015 has been impressive enough to give us essentially smoke-free environment, I must say. The smog isn'
My last visit to the capital city of China was 28 years ago (if I didn't count another short conference trip of mine 8 years back). How times have changed. The toughest antismoking legislation in 2015 has been impressive enough to give us essentially smoke-free environment, I must say. The smog isn'
Family Doctor
It is difficult to conceive of the sin of a doctor whose father died from an undetected blood clot traveling from his leg to the lung. This happened when his doctor son was thousands of miles away. But D r. Phillip Lerner was suffering from such guilt. Tempting as it is to brush asidethe responsibility to the surgeon who operated on a groin hernia, actually it is Dr. Lerner who took his father's death harder than anyone. The thing that bothered Dr. Lerner most was that his father had