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“Nobody dumbs down the finance pages. Imagine the fuss if I tried to stick the word ‘biophoton’ on a science page without explaining what … gulfstream/1833
Lymphatic filariasis—a disease which results grossly swollen limbs—affects 120 million people; there is no cure, and to eradicate it, “every infected … gulfstream/2054
The “Barefoot Doctor”—a proponent of alternative medicine, apparently—answers hostile readers’ questions… gulfstream/1311
Professor of clinical medicine at Stanford thinks alternative medicine doesn’t do anything. Acupuncture has only been formalised and standardised over … gulfstream/2154
One the first use of anesthetic in an operating room, and the the moral and medical environment of the time: “Before 1846, the vast majority of religious … gulfstream/2623
Really gripping: 999 (i.e. emergency services) transcripts. “All right, well done. How old is your mum?” “Um, I don’t know. She’s just like … gulfstream/2557
Quotes Collected
I'm far from an expert in such matters, but I would have thought that a combination of nanomeds and gamma radiation would be sufficient to make a nerdy … fortune
Kerry's camp has made a point of saying the surgery will be conducted by the "chief of sports medicine" at Massachusetts General Hospital. Sports medicine--that … fortune
Of a man's abilities first comes knowledge of the teachings of the sages, by a clear understanding of literature. Next is hand-writing, which should … fortune
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Auto-appendectomy in the Antarctic: case report -- Rogozov and Bermel 339: b4965 -- BMJ
Anne Applebaum - Anne Applebaum on the political response to swine flu - washingtonpost.com
On H1N1, and the curiously different responses of governments: "Each of these countries has produced different medical explanations for its actions, and each medical explanation is widely perceived to be a cover for political machinations, at least by the opponents of the relevant government." Oh WHO: "And hardly anyone knows what to make of the WHO or its Web site. Is the word "pandemic" just medical bureaucratese for a cough and a sore throat? Or does it mean that everyone who isn't vaccinated will die?"
If Health Care Is Going to Change, Dr. Brent James's Ideas Will Change It
"During one of our first conversations, Brent James told me a story that you wouldn’t necessarily expect to hear from a doctor. For most of human history, James explained, doctors have done more harm than good. Their treatments consisted of inducing vomiting or diarrhea and, most common of all, bleeding their patients. James, who is the chief quality officer at Intermountain Healthcare, a network of hospitals and clinics in Utah and Idaho that President Obama and others have described as a model for health reform, then rattled off a list of history books that told the fuller story. Sure enough, these books recount that from the time of Hippocrates into the 19th century, medicine made scant progress. “The amount of death and disease would be less,” Jacob Bigelow, a prominent doctor, said in 1835, “if all disease were left to itself.”"
Medicines to Deter Some Cancers Are Not Taken
Surprisingly little evidence that eating healthily, exercising, and not being overweight do anything at all to prevent cancer.
Developing a good bedside manner - Embedded.com
"The fastest and most effective way to debug hardware or software involves using a disciplined process. Here are six steps for debugging." Nice essay on debugging, and how debugging a computer problem (particular a problem with an embedded system) is similar to the way in which doctors diagnose problems.
By T.R. Reid -- Five Myths About Health Care in the Rest of the World
Dalrymple: There Is No ‘Right’ to Health Care - WSJ.com
"Where does the right to health care come from? Did it exist in, say, 250 B.C., or in A.D. 1750? If it did, how was it that our ancestors, who were no less intelligent than we, failed completely to notice it?"
Print Story: Mixed-race patients struggle to find marrow donors - Yahoo! News
Re bone-marrow transplants: "Multiracial patients often have uncommon profiles and a much harder time finding a donor."
Is it worth it to wash your hands in a public bathroom? - By Daniel Engber - Slate Magazine
it's very important to DRY hands after washing them
Tiny teenager from India is smallest girl in the world | Mail Online
How We're Wrecking Our Feet With Every Step We Take -- New York Magazine
HeLa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
immortal cell line used in medical research
Deaf demand right to designer deaf children - Times Online
Annals of Medicine: The Checklist: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
Muslim medical students get picky - Times Online
Jay Parkinson, MD. A physician in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Houston - News - Bursting the Bubble
Chips Quinn Scholars | Photo Detail
Sword swallowing and its side effects
"Proprietary medicines are used for this problem, physicians are rarely consulted, and abstinence from swallowing swords is the main treatment."
How Hookworm Can Cure Asthma, Hayfever & IBD
AOL Money & Finance: WSJ.com - The Journal Report: The Case Against Vitamins
New Scientist Technology - Saved by 'sand' poured into the wounds
The Times Online guest contributors Opinion