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The Cheerful Oncologist

"Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but will enable you to bring comfort and help to the weak-hearted and will console you in the sad hours." -Sir William Osler

January 29, 2007

The Five Deadly Sins of Doctors, Part IV: Nihilism

Category: Patient Advocacy

I'm referring to the bizarre phenomenom of doctors who look upon certain illnesses as unworthy of the time, effort and expense involved in fighting them.

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January 28, 2007

The Five Deadly Sins of Doctors, Part III: Myopia

Category: Patient Advocacy

Physicians harboring personality quirks, undiagnosed neuroses or simply bad attitudes may fail in their mission...

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January 27, 2007

The Five Deadly Sins of Doctors, Part II: Sloth

Category: Patient Advocacy

Other days, though, Mount Olympus sends a thunderbolt or two down just to remind them that doctors are only doctors when they doctor - not when they ignore their responsibilities.

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January 25, 2007

The Five Deadly Sins of Doctors, Part I

Category: Patient Advocacy

As a fellow mucker who is doing his best to use the heavens for inspiration I offer my own list of five deadly sins doctors should avoid at all costs.

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January 23, 2007

Fiber! Broccoli! Chicken Docs and Coffee!

Category: Commentary

Rubbing coffee on our hard-boiled eggheads just might grow hair? What's next - pouring Scotch whisky on our breakfast flakes to improve our...improve our...

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January 21, 2007

The Sunday Night Poem - Matthew Arnold

Category: Lyrical

Arnold lived in an era of violent intellectual turmoil (gee, sound familiar?) which is reflected in his body of work.

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January 18, 2007

"Hey, Anyone Want to Run to Starbucks?"

Category: Commentary

Is caffeine good for you or is it so dangerous to users that they might as well fry their arteries in coconut oil?

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January 17, 2007

3,014 People Are Alive Today Who Should Have Died - Why?

Category: Commentary

If you still don't understand how to reduce your risk of dying of cancer, you need to read up and then wise up.

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January 16, 2007

Back Home Again

Category: Autobiographical Tidbit

Mirabile dictu, the electric company came by and replaced our downed power line this afternoon. Blogging will resume tout de suite, but first can I at least get the temperature in here above 60 degrees? (Up from 44, that is)....

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January 14, 2007

We Interrupt This Blog to Bring You the Following

Category: Autobiographical Tidbit

Once again a despicable ice storm has forced us out of our house...I'm currently living in a tent city run by some Food-For-Oil executives by the banks of the muddy Meramec River in Fenton, Missouri...unable to blog...am using a friend's...

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