The death of Michael Jackson and the ensuing struggle between those that want to deify him and those that — pardon the pun — want to bury him for his alleged crimes, opens the door for a much needed discussion about child molestation.
Full disclosure: not a fan. A visually compelling artist perhaps, with [...]

 
 
 
 
 
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(Anticipated Publication Date: March 2010)

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Diet, Soy & Breast Cancer Risk

 
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By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS
Updated: 06/07/2009
 
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The article published in the Chicago Tribune titled “Child support imperiled: More jobless parents seek break from courts” published on May 26th, reminds us yet again the struggles divorced fathers are facing as the economic strain gets worse. What hasn’t changed since our escalating situation is the unsettling view that divorced fathers that are “dead-broke” [...]

 
 
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Diabetes, Glucose Control & Death
 

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By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS
 
 
Updated:  05/24/2009

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Recently it was my privilege to hear an extraordinary audio podcast by MND’s own Amfortas, responding to a series of questions by interviewers John Dias and Christian J. The transcript is below. Right click to download the MP3s — lasalle
Part I of this transcript available here.

Audio: (part 1) (part 2)

TRANSCRIPT PART II
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This is part [...]

Recently it was my privilege to hear an extraordinary audio podcast by  MND’s own Amfortas, responding to a series of questions by interviewers John Dias and Christian J. The transcript is below. Right click to download the MP3s — lasalle
Audio: (part 1) (part 2)

Part II of this transcript available here.
Who Is Amfortas?
Q. Tell us a [...]

 
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Hemorrhoids & Surgery
 

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By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS
 
 
Updated:  05/10/2009

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Fathers4Equality respond to recent comments by the Chief Justice of the Australian Family Court

 
 
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Statin Drugs & Blood Clots (Thromboembolism)
 

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By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS
Updated:  05/3/2009

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Author’s note: Previously published in “The Hatchet: Lizzie Borden’s Journal of Murder, Mystery, and Victorian History.”
Denise Noe’s Lizzie Whittlings: Elizabeth Montgomery
Actress Elizabeth Montgomery won a permanent place in the hearts of Borden buffs when she took on the part of Lizzie Borden in the made-for-TV movie, The Legend of Lizzie Borden. For a movie-of-the-week, it [...]

Chicago, IL — In recent interviews on the Tyra Banks Show and CBS’s Early Show, Levi Johnston accused the Palin family of limiting his access to his infant son, Tripp. Whether or not his accusation was true, only the parties involved know the answer. However, Levi has brought to the forefront the real pain suffered [...]

Those who demand tolerance from traditional America reveal themselves to be wholly intolerant of any opposing viewpoint. And as they hysterically decry as “hate” even the mildest form of disapproval on the grounds that it supposedly denies them their “right” to engage in every form of aberrant activity, it is they who employ hostile and hateful behavior to cow all opposition and thereby advance their agenda.

Chicago, IL – (April 9, 2009) – In the past two weeks, the nation has been shocked by three cases of domestic violence ending in the deaths of innocent children. Two weeks ago, two Illinois boys and their father, Michael Connolly, were found dead in an apparent case of murder-suicide. Last week, James Harrison, a [...]

 
 
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Are We Really Losing the War on Cancer?
 

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By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS
 
 
Updated:  04/26/2009

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Fathers Are Mere Tenants
The manhood brand is dead, kaput, and that is no accident. Men, who built the legal and physical infrastructure of this country from scratch, have, over the past 36 years, chosen to allow women to marginalize and overshadow them. It’s as though the entire history of men was written on an Etch-a-Sketch [...]

 
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Exercise in Middle Age & Risk of Death
 

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By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS
 
 
Updated:  04/19/2009

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Chicago, IL –  A non-violent felony conviction has landed Juan behind bars for the next three years. As Juan is trying to adjust to prison life, his young son is trying to adjust to life without a father. Juan, like countless numbers of inmates in Illinois, is locked up in a correctional facility far from [...]

Failing Institution
Marriage is a failing institution. There are some basic factors driving this failure — judicial and societal — but the bottom line is indisputable: For the first time in US history, across all ethnic groups, the majority of women are unmarried and 40% of babies are born to unwed mothers.
The judicial reason is quite [...]

 
 
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CABG Surgery vs. PCI in Diabetics with Coronary Artery Disease
 
Sweetened Beverages and Coronary Artery Disease
 

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By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS
 
 
Updated:  03/22/2009

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She’ll Hit Again
Oprah Winfrey is increasing domestic violence in America. By being Harpo — remaining silent — on the truth about violent women, she unwittingly perpetuates the problem.? Repeatedly excusing women’s culpability and unfairly blaming men only serves to foment this pernicious societal scourge.
On March 19, 2009, Oprah aired an anti-male show about domestic violence [...]

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Depression, Stress, Anger & Heart Disease

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Updated: ?03/15/2009

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Seeking moral legitimacy for a practice that, in every one of its forty-million plus iterations has resulted in the death of an innocent unborn child, the abortion advocacy has seized upon fetal stem cell ?science? as a means of elevating itself to the standing of decency and honor.

 
 
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Coronary Artery Disease: CABG vs. Stents?
 
Swimming Lessons & Drowning Risk in Children
 

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By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS
  
Updated:  03/8/2009

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Obsession with Carats
Nothing speaks subjugation like a man on bended knee, sliding a diamond engagement ring on the finger of his new fiancée. Yet, countless men engage in this emasculating, enslaving ritual every day.
When asked why he felt compelled to prostrate himself while pledging to his “better half” a life of devotion, the typical man [...]

 
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Statin Drugs & Death Rates

 
Physical Activity, Breast Cancer & Sex Hormones
 

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By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS
 
Last Updated:  02/15/2009

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Revelations about the mother who recently gave birth to octuplets have occasioned a great deal of public consternation. There was a natural and laudable concern for the welfare of the eight babies who were, of course, underweight and premature when delivered.
Concern became more acute as more [...]

Anyone wondering why marriage is passé and illegitimacy is at record levels can find the answer in the recent case of the unmarried California mother with six test-tube children who just launched octuplets with the help of an unethical feminist fertility clinic.
Why would she do this? Because she gets about eight times more welfare [...]

 
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Obesity and the Complications of Diverticulosis (Diverticulitis & Bleeding) 
Obesity, Weight Loss & Urinary Incontinence

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By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS
 
Last Updated:  02/01/2009

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When the movie “First Wives Club” came out in the fall of 1996, the men’s movement had never done a multi-city protest. The internet was new and the possibilities endless.  Within 10 days a 25-city protest was organized that recieved a historic quantity of national attention.
Our point was not to urge a boycott of the [...]

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Cancer and Vitamins
 
Teenagers, MySpace and Risky Behaviors

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By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS
 
 
Last Updated:  01/18/2009
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