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Archives for September 23, 2007
Why you should be vaccinated
Posted by Orac on September 23, 2007
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ERV explains: Vaccines strengthen superpowers. Take that, Jenny McCarthy!
World’s worst album cover?
Posted by Orac on September 23, 2007 Believe it or not, this post is related, albeit somewhat tangentially, to my area of expertise, breast cancer. It’s also related to one of my great loves in life, namely loud, obnoxious rock and roll. Unfortunately, it involves bad art and an album cover so puzzling that, even when considering the source, I have a…
One reason I don’t do general surgery anymore
Posted by Orac on September 23, 2007 Two words: Necrotizing pancreatitis. There’s nothing like repeated trips to the operating room to scoop out bits of dead pancreas, trips sometimes so frequent that we leave the abdomen open to facilitate repeat visits, in patients who are about as sick as any patient you’ll ever see. There are few, if any, problems in general…