It looks as though it's time to 'fess up. It's us surgeons who are the source of all that CO2. Sid Schwab tells us why. (And, no, it's not because of all the hot air we surgeons are capable of producing; we're nothing compared to politicians in that respect.)
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Well, here I am in sunny Phoenix, having spent pretty much all of yesterday at the conference, sneaking in alterations to and practicing of my talk in between sessions. All in all not a bad day, although I spent the entire day indoors and didn't get to partake of the bright and cheery warmth, which…
The other day, Sid Schwab, surgeon blogger extraordinaire, brought up a question that, I'm guessing, most nonsurgeons wonder about from time to time when contemplating how it is that we surgeons do what we do.
What about bathroom breaks?
Given that most of the surgery that I do is breast surgery,…
When I saw this, I thought it had to be a joke. But it's not:
Doctors in New York have removed a woman's gallbladder with instruments passed through her vagina, a technique they hope will cause less pain and scarring than the usual operation, and allow a quicker recovery. The technique can…
Admit it.
We're probably all guilty of this at one time or another. Come on, 'fess up. You've done it too. I bet at some point in your life you've used one of The 7 Worst Fonts.
Especially Comic Sans MS. Even I've used that font a couple of times.
Does anyone else have suggestions for fonts that…
There is a tiny problem with the argument. CO2 is not manufactured by burning any additional fuel, but usually by purifying CO2-rich industrial offgases. If not purified and bottled, that CO2 will anyway be released into the atmosphere.