Disorders, Diseases and Syndromes, Oh My!
February 4, 2006
In the past five or ten years, it seems like a hundred new so-called disorders, diseases and syndromes have been discovered. Restless Leg Syndrome is the most recent I’ve seen advertised on TV (well, it was the medication they were advertising, not the syndrome). What I find amazing is that there is no widespread concern about the fact that everybody seems to have the “Disorder Disorder”–which is the disorder of having many disorders. Surely, someone besides myself thinks this plethora of newly discovered disorders is odd and indicative of a much larger health issue that needs to be addressed. [Read more]
No Meditation Allowed
January 21, 2006
In the process of setting up a meditation program at a certain biomedical research university on the upper east side of Manhattan, I was politely told, “Unfortunately I need to ask that you cancel your meditation class… since your stated usage violates the University Policy on Use of University Premises and Facilities…”, etc., etc. The funny thing is, just months ago, the same university spent money creating special canopied areas with benches designated for smoking. But no meditation allowed. [Read more]
