Government-mandated circumcision? Not so much...
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Rush Limbaugh: big bad black man wants to castrate you
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August 31, 2009
BMI TMI update
Category: Medicine
So, I cheated as usual over the weekend, but not as badly as I might have. I had a seriously awesome bike ride with my kiddo. And today, I'm not terribly hungry. I'm finding that certain things just whet my...
Posted by PalMD at 12:24 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 30, 2009
China---a (medical) capitalist paradise
Category: Health care reform
China's a communist country, totally different from the capitalist U.S., right? They probably have some sort of socialized health system that makes Canada look downright libertarian. Right? No. I was talking to a friend (who I'll call "Pu") this week....
Posted by PalMD at 2:22 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
More health care problems that no one talks about
Category: Health care reform
From time to time we see an article (usually from LA) about hospital patients being "dumped" on street corners. I don't know how wide-spread this problem is, but the systemic problem that leads to this is common and serious. Most...
Posted by PalMD at 11:38 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Another writer's block rant and open thread
Category: Narcissistic self-involvement
The "summer without summer" continues with fall blowing in early. Sitting outside with the kiddo yesterday we found a garter snake sunning itself (and it was pretty big for a garter snake!). Despite the strong north wind, we hopped on...
Posted by PalMD at 11:26 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 28, 2009
Gearing up for the flu season(s)
Category: Medicine
Here in the northern hemisphere, flu season generally starts in the fall and rapidly falls off at the end of winter. This past flu season, we had a "two-fer", with an initial dip in cases, followed by a spike in...
Posted by PalMD at 11:19 AM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 27, 2009
Writer's block and open thread
Category: Medicine
I sometimes feel that if I don't crank out two posts a day, I must have "lost it", whatever "it" is. But I've got the shpilkes and I have to write something. The end of the week is hard. Wednesday...
Posted by PalMD at 7:08 PM • 21 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 26, 2009
BMI TMI---the asymptote
Category: Medicine
So, I ate a big meal last night and I'm at 206 today. I think I've gotten a little out of hand with the "cheating". I'm going to have to be more attentive to what I'm shoving down my gullet....
Posted by PalMD at 8:36 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 25, 2009
The health reform lie that just won't die
Category: Medicine
The Right is desperate---desperate to derail any sort of health care reform. Notably absent from their diatribes is any debate on the merits of one plan or another. They know that the only way to convince Americans to keep the...
Posted by PalMD at 1:39 PM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 24, 2009
BMI TMI update
Category: Medicine
No, I haven't given up on my diet lifestyle change. I've done a little bit of sinning, especially Friday night at Skeptics in the Pub---beer, burgers, nachos...you name it. Interestingly, it turns out that it's more uncomfortable for me to...
Posted by PalMD at 2:36 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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