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PalMD is a practicing internist in the Great Lakes region of the U.S.. Aside from the great joy he finds in his family and his work, he likes communicating some of that joy to others. He has a special interest in the ways patients---and we are all patients at one time or another---are deceived by charlatans. He aims to change the world, one reader at a time. Previous writings can still be found here, and here. I also write twice a month for Science-Based Medicine
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January 31, 2010
Category: Medical ethics
This is a special shout out to the doctors and scientists out there. Everything we do in our fields has repercussions, often unexpected ones. Because of this, we strive to practice ethically to help prevent or minimize negative repercussions.This discussion...
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January 30, 2010
Category: Narcissistic self-involvement
It's a cold day here in Lake Woebegone southeast Michigan. I'm looking out the kitchen window at the thermometer: +11 F, which is apparently the same -11 C. From my kitchen table, I can see the neighbors let out the...
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January 27, 2010
Category: Medicine
"...It never was our guise To slight the poor, or aught humane despise: For Jove unfold our hospitable door, 'Tis Jove that sends the stranger and the poor..."---Homer: The Odyssey, Translation by Alexander PopeA few weeks ago, Drugmonkey wrote a piece about perceptions...
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Category: Narcissistic self-involvement
I'm hard on hardware, apparently. My current computer, an hp tablet, is falling apart. I need to start thinking about replacement. Cost is the number one issue, so I was thinking about an Acer or a Dell Mini or similar...
Posted by PalMD at 1:46 PM • 35 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 25, 2010
Category: Medicine
Salmonella is lots of fun. Human infection usually involves fever, abdominal cramping, and diarrhea, which is often bloody. Salmonella infections are reasonably common, especially food-borne outbreaks. It's unknown exactly how many people in the U.S. suffer from salmonellosis each year...
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Category: Politics
After learning of the British vicar who sent the cops after a blogger, I decided to read up a bit more about this guy. Sizer is a Mideast activist. By "activist", I mean that he sees the State of Israel...
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Category: #FWDAOTI
From my pal Arikia, I learned of a disturbing case in the UK. A blogger over there has been posting information about Stephen Sizer, an Anglican vicar and holocaust denier. The vicar apparently felt so threatened by the dissemination of...
Posted by PalMD at 12:36 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 24, 2010
Category: Medicine
In The Checklist Manifesto (Amazon, Borders, b&n), Dr. Atul Gawande expands on his previous writing about the work of Dr. Peter Pronovost. Pronovost developed a system to help reduce complications of hospital care, such as infected venous catheters. This system...
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Category: Absurd medical claims
Tragedy can bring out the best and the worst in humanity. The Haitian earthquake has seen an outpouring money (the most needed type of aid) and other emergency aid. A few days ago I pondered what sort of quackery would...
Posted by PalMD at 2:44 PM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 21, 2010
Category: Medicine
It's funny because it's true....
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