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About Dr. Jim

I attended medical school at Tulane, did an internship in Philadelphia, served in the Navy assigned to the Marines, completed surgical fellowships at Mayo and Ochsner Clinics, residency at Tulane, and earned a PhD in cell biology. I was hired by Dr DeBakey in 1983 at Baylor College of Medicine during the golden age of cardiovascular surgery. I was swept along by history and did some sweeping myself. I have been to the puppet show and have creativity that has produced three medical books and hundreds of scientific and ethical publications. I am working on three non-fiction books: an apologia, a memoir, and a better health book.

Happiness: What exactly is it?

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                      A number of things people consider important frequently are relegated to being just backdrops of life, including love and especially happiness. They will occur at […]

Man and child holding a fish outdoors.
Golden fireworks illuminating the night sky.

The Mechanism of Aging

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When aging results in appreciable decreases in what we consider to be our nominal level of functioning, losses become apparent and can cause the downheartedness of aging.  It is important to be realistic and realize what our bodies have done and what is happening to them. Also, what we must do to shore them up.

Aging with its physical and mental challenges is simply the end product of molecular changes in our bodies─ remember vigorously that aging is MOLECULAR! Our bodies produce aging molecules in several different ways.

Living Water

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                    Water is the molecular highway-allowing metabolism to take place. All of the transport of the molecules of life and their interactions occur in water. Life itself […]

Small waterfall flowing over rocky terrain.