Category: Commentary
Attention All Lovers of the Following: Hamburgers (also known as "our national pastime") French Fries (also known as "coronary sticks") Pastries (apply directly to hips to cut out the middle man) Sugary Drinks (the answer to this riddle: "What is...
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Posted by Craig Hildreth at 3:04 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Autobiographical Tidbit
Happy Hallowe'en from the Ghastly Assassin of Malignant Mitoses!...
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Posted by Craig Hildreth at 11:37 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Medical Mysteries
"His oncologist had told him that no further treatments were likely to be of any benefit."
"And did you agree with this assessment?"
"That, my dear Senf, is the essence of this case. After reviewing all of his records I noticed something was missing - something important at the time of diagnosis that was easily overlooked."
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Posted by Craig Hildreth at 9:13 AM • • 111 TrackBacks
Category: Health Care Policy
It seems that health insurance companies in New York are trying to persuade their customers to go to doctors who have excelled at the little game entitled "Popularity Contest."
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Posted by Craig Hildreth at 7:07 PM • 9 Comments • 63 TrackBacks
Category: The Art of Medicine
Just for fun I'd like to share my version of this meme, so without further ado here is a list of 25 skills every doctor worth his or her salt should be able to do.
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Posted by Craig Hildreth at 6:43 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Commentary
Does keeping a positive mental outlook help cancer patients to live longer? People who are depressed about their cancer are no more likely to die than people who keep a positive outlook, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. The choice of...
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Posted by Craig Hildreth at 8:30 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Footnotes
Last time I checked none of us have been ordered to bend their knee to the Gods of Apathy, Stupidity and Cowardice...
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Posted by Craig Hildreth at 11:28 AM • 3 Comments • 112 TrackBacks
Category: Commentary
Maybe a courageous visionary, inspired by the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a hectoring pseudo-eschatologist, will roll up his or her sleeves and make the goal of saving children's lives their mission in life.
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Posted by Craig Hildreth at 2:36 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Medical Mysteries
He showed no signs of improvement, and an uneasy sense of gloom began to drift through the ICU.
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Posted by Craig Hildreth at 7:56 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Commentary
Here's some food for thought the next time you sit down to shovel in a wheelbarrow or two from the breakfast buffet: "Obese People Much More Likely To Develop Esophageal Cancer" I've seen enough esophageal cancer in my career to...
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Posted by Craig Hildreth at 5:38 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks