Fix Bathroom Vent Fan

Fix Bathroom Vent Fan Bathroom vent fans often get very noisy when they age.  The first idea that comes to mind when this happens is to replace the fan.  Replacement fans are not extremely expensive on eBay or Amazon, but depending on where you get the fan and if you Read more…

Hepatitis B Vaccine: First Dose Within 24 Hours of Birth

Hepatitis B Vaccine: First Dose Within 24 Hours of Birth CDC (Center for Disease Control), ACIP (Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices), and AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) have all updated their recommendation of the timing of the first dose of hepatitis B vaccine in a newborn.  They are now recommending Read more…

The EHR Incentive Program Game

The EHR Incentive Program Game Up until recently, there were actually 2 games. Medicare EHR Incentive Program Medicaid EHR Incentive Program These programs began in 2011.  The idea behind these programs was to get physicians to purchase and use computer programs to place their patient charts on the computer.  The Read more…

Sun Joe 16-inch 13.5-Amp Electric Tiller + Cultivator

Sun Joe 16-inch 13.5-Amp Electric Tiller + Cultivator (Model # TJ604E)  Unpacking:   Assembly: Assembly is quick and fairly easy.  There are a couple of ambiguities and discrepancies from the instructions to the actual assembly. First, you attach the middle handle to the lower handle using the 2 modified carriage bolts Read more…

Ocean Aquarium

Ocean Aquarium is one of my favorite fish stores.  It is located in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.  They stock many varieties livestock including: Fresh Water fish (tropical, goldfish, koi) Fresh Water plants Salt Water fish (for both marine & reef tanks) Hard & soft corals Marine invertebrates They also stock Read more…

Skip Pulse Oximetry in Bronchiolitis ?

Skip Pulse Oximetry in Bronchiolitis ? An article was published in in the in the British Medical Journal on 8/16/2017 entitled “When technology creates uncertainty: pulse oximetry and overdiagnosis of hypoxaemia in bronchiolitis”.  This was not a study, but an editorial/opinion statement by the authors reviewing the current literature.  They Read more…

Fat but Fit – Real or Myth?

Fat but Fit – Real or Myth? The Study: A study entitled “Separate and combined associations of obesity and metabolic health with coronary heart disease: a pan-European case-cohort analysis” was reported in the 8/14/2017 issue of the European Heart Journal .   This study has been widely reported in the news Read more…

The Landing Restaurant

The Landing Restaurant The Landing Restaurant is located at the Sundog Marina in Newport, NJ.   It is a favorite scooter ride of mine.  You take Cedarville Road in Millville, NJ and bear left on road # 629 towards Newport.  The traffic is light, especially on a Sunday morning and the Read more…

Is It Time to Run for Cover?

Is It Time to Run for Cover? During my lifetime of investing, I experimented with multiple types of investments and strategies.  But, when you near or enter retirement, your perspective changes.  Its like riding a motorcycle.  You need to assume you won’t get a second chance.  You can’t make a Read more…

Refrigerator Water Filter Stuck Repair

Refrigerator Water Filter Stuck Repair Our Frigidaire refrigerator normally reminds us and we routinely replace the air & water filters every 6 months. The procedure for replacing the water filter, although not intuitive, is very easy.  To pull out the old filter, you push it in against some kind of Read more…