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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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July 19, 2010
Ethics and goals: always a challenge
Category: meta-blag
My formal ethical training began in medical school with an introduction to the basic concepts of medical ethics. This training continued as I encountered difficult cases and thought through them, often with the help of the hospital ethics committee. While...
Posted by PalMD at 4:05 PM • 41 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 18, 2010
Sunday morning reflections
Category: Medicine
The Midwest loves extremes. Our spring is a quick, cold bucket of water to the face, and the fall a brief but intense set of umber and auburn brush strokes on the landscape. Today is neither of those, but still,...
Posted by PalMD at 8:58 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 16, 2010
Reminder: Whooping cough is serious business
Category: Medicine
I shouldn't see any cases of pertussis ("whooping cough"), but I do. We have a safe, effective and affordable vaccine. But still, people are getting this disease. In the age group I see (adults), immunity has often waned, and if...
Posted by PalMD at 4:05 PM • 54 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Important reads you may be missing
Category: meta-blag
Since the Pepsipocalypse, several excellent science writers (some of the best, really) have sought out new homes online. You really shouldn't miss them. SciCurious: special shout out to Sci who is one of the best pseudonymous science writers out there,...
Posted by PalMD at 11:11 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 15, 2010
Would this work in Kansas?
Category: Medicine
Catherine Shoichet, a reporter at CNN, is reporting on a unique (as far as I know) public health intervention. For a few bucks, a randy Switzer can have a three pack of condoms delivered by bike in one hour. How...
Posted by PalMD at 2:08 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 14, 2010
Rostropovich and Richter
Category: Narcissistic self-involvement
I credit my youngest sister for introducing me to these guys playing this piece, but it might have been my father. I've listened to several different musicians playing this, and none matches these two. None. The vid starts in the...
Posted by PalMD at 8:44 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
HuffPo blogger claims skin cancer is conspiracy
Category: Medicine
I was a bit torn when trying to figure out how to approach this piece. A reader emailed me about an article in the Huffington Post, and there is so much wrong with it that I felt overwhelmed. My solution...
Posted by PalMD at 5:31 PM • 18 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 12, 2010
Casals plays Bach
Category: Narcissistic self-involvement
Bach's first solo cello suite looks deceptively simple on the page. It doesn't call for virtuosity as such, but to sound like more than an étude requires someone like Pablo Casals....
Posted by PalMD at 7:05 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
What is an internist and why should you care?
Category: Medical education
Yes, this is a repost, sort of. I first put this up on denialism blog in December of 2008. For various reasons, I haven't had a chance to crank out anything fresh this weekend, but this is still a good...
Posted by PalMD at 10:00 AM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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