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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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February 25, 2010
Category: Medicine
Ambivalent Academic made a fascinating observation today about certain parts of the animal rights movement: What really strikes me is that a lot of this rhetoric reads like snuff-porn. [...] There is an undercurrent of appetite for the kind of...
Posted by PalMD at 5:32 PM • 30 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 24, 2010
Category: Medicine
I have this friend. She used to be a scientist, but changed fields, earning a Ph.D. in philosophy. She now studies and teaches the ethics of the practice of science. I'm sure most of my readers understand how important this...
Posted by PalMD at 11:52 AM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 23, 2010
Category: Medicine
Several months ago, Dr. Val Jones wrote about a growing fad in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders. The therapy, called platelet rich plasma (PRP) injection, involves taking a small amount of blood from a patient, spinning it down in a...
Posted by PalMD at 3:35 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 22, 2010
Category: Medicine
I've written previously about my decision not to assist patients in obtaining medical marijuana. My decision is based on my interpretation of the data and of medical ethics. This decision is independent of any opinion I may have about legalization....
Posted by PalMD at 8:05 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Medicine
Human beings are fundamentally narcissistic, and this narcissism can be antithetical to good science and good medicine. We place far too much confidence in our individual abilities to understand what happens to us, and we place far too much importance...
Posted by PalMD at 2:28 PM • 24 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Fatherhood
Every morning I get to wake up my daughter and get her ready for school, but often that's the last time I see her until the next day. The other day, my wife took her out of school to go...
Posted by PalMD at 8:15 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 18, 2010
Category: Medicine
There are plenty of bloggers who consider themselves to be serving a larger social purpose. How much of a service they actually provide depends very much on your own ideology. I'm sure RedState thinks they are providing vital, timely political...
Posted by PalMD at 1:36 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 16, 2010
Category: Texas nurse case
The story of the Texas nurses who were fired and prosecuted for reporting a flaky doctor just keeps getting better. This case was surprising in that it at first seemed to be a clear abuse of power by local officials...
Posted by PalMD at 12:55 PM • 20 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 15, 2010
Category: #FWDAOTI
I'm crabby. Normally I'm a pretty easy-going dude, but right now I'm crabby and some of the stuff I'm reading on the internet lately is so stultifyingly stupid, I just can't contain myself any longer. It's not unexpected for Dr....
Posted by PalMD at 10:38 PM • 54 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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