I like this guy–knows how to tell a funny story about the foibles of man–Mark Twainish
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Category: Medicine
Stroke Treatment
It has become very accepted that there is a positive benefit to busting up clots in arteries causing strokes.
That’s the public perception.
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Opioids Good to Stop Bad Pain
Here is an anxious report from the Journal of Academic Emergency Medicine.
You be the judge
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ADHD in Adults–Give me a Break
This is really getting irritating, I am seeing so many people who are on ADHD drugs, prescribed to them when they are adults.
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The Electronic Medical Record–it's like magic.
This piece is the usual hyperbolic BS.
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Government declares a Heroin OD Crisis
A media blitz on Heroin OD deaths.
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Alzheimer's Marker? Predictor? Phospholipids? Tau? Amyloid?
Hope you understand this is not a breakthrough of any significance.
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Regenerating heart muscle–VooDoo not working so far
There was a lot of noise about bone marrow pleuripotent immature cells infused to encourage regeneration of heart muscle recently.
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Cholesterol absorption inhibitor added benefit?
Ezetimibe and intense statin therapy for LDL are considered here.
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Hep C–big problem
I see a lot of Hep C–Since I am a Jail Doc.
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Sudden Death in Young Athletes
This is an event no one wants to see, a sudden death of a young person.
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Leo Alexander explains why Physicians become Monsters
The question always is–how could professionals do unethical things.
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