Content tagged medicine
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Target’s beautifully designed new pill bottle. (Flaws of existing designs on the previous page.) gulfstream/1734
The Nocebo effect: thinking that bad things will happen is a self-fulfilling prophesy. (So should doctors lie to patients about their prospects?) gulfstream/2102
The “Barefoot Doctor”—a proponent of alternative medicine, apparently—answers hostile readers’ questions… gulfstream/1311
“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
Professor of clinical medicine at Stanford thinks alternative medicine doesn’t do anything. Acupuncture has only been formalised and standardised over … gulfstream/2154
Quotes Collected
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 … quotes/303
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 … quotes/262
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 … kenko/15
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How We're Wrecking Our Feet With Every Step We Take -- New York Magazine
Deaf demand right to designer deaf children - Times Online
HeLa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
immortal cell line used in medical research
A child frozen in time - Dateline NBC - MSNBC.com
"Health Care Forum" by Adam Gopnik and Malcolm Gladwell
The Times Online guest contributors Opinion
New Scientist Technology - Saved by 'sand' poured into the wounds
AOL Money & Finance: WSJ.com - The Journal Report: The Case Against Vitamins
How Hookworm Can Cure Asthma, Hayfever & IBD
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."
Chips Quinn Scholars | Photo Detail
Houston - News - Bursting the Bubble
Jay Parkinson, MD. A physician in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Muslim medical students get picky - Times Online
Annals of Medicine: The Checklist: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
