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Should Patients Have Access To Lab Test Results Before Their Physician...
Six weeks ago I had a skin lesion removed by a plastic surgeon. About 7 days after the biopsy, I received a letter from the pathology lab where the sample had been analyzed under a microscope. I...
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How Sprained Ankles Can Lead To Cancer Drug Rationing
New York Times blogger Tara Parker Pope describes how her daughter was recently “the victim” of excessive medical investigation. Apparently, the little girl twisted her ankle at dance camp and...
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New York Times Scratches The Surface Of A Festering Wound: The Truth About...
Dr. Pauline Chen recently wrote an interesting, if not slightly sterile, article about the prevalence of bullying in medical school. A survey published by JAMA in 1990 suggested that 85% of medical...
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The Family Physician May Become Extinct – Is That A Bad Thing?
The New York Times recently published an article titled the Family Can’t Give Away Solo Practice wistfully noting that doctors like Dr. Ronald Sroka and “doctors like him are increasingly being...
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Can Happiness Lead To Suicide? Confusing Correlation With Causation?
On Tara Parker-Pope’s NY Time Well Blog, she tells us that in places where people are the happiest, for example Denmark & Sweden, for example, have the highest happiness ranks, and the highest...
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Why We Women Can’t Win: Liposuction And Fat Redistribution
Here’s the tweet I posted Sunday evening: I’ve told pts this for years now>>> Liposuction Study Finds That Lost Fat Returns – http://nyti.ms/kheltN The New York Times article reports on a...
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NYT Reports On Research That Links Height To Cancer Risk
Female models may be tall and beautiful, but they are also at markedly increased risk of developing cancer. The New York Times reported on a fascinating research article regarding height of a women...
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Can Computers Enhance The Doctor-Patient Relationship?
One of my favorite movies is Back to the Future starring Michael J. Fox. I must admit after reading this New York Times piece, titled “When Computers Come Between Doctors and Patients” I have to...
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The Vocal Strength Of A Lion Helps Us Understand The Weak Voice In Some Humans
Researchers in Iowa have discovered what makes a lion or tiger roar so effectively. Apparently, there is a layer of fat within large feline vocal cords that makes the vocal cords especially prone to...
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What Is Distracting Doctors More Than Electronic Devices?
I admittedly snorted out loud when I read a New York Times article earlier last week regarding increased physician distraction due to electronic devices, especially with the advent of the smartphone...
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