Category Archives: medicine

guess what i found today at the bookstore

In Area 51, do they study Grays’ anatomy?

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a higher grade of gibberish

Strange but true — People study for years to talk like this: Infant is status post initial ampicillin and gentamycin for rule out sepsis workup.

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what, if anything, were you thinking?

I hear some surprising things in this job. I trust I’m not violating confidence if I repeat this doozy from a discharge report: At this point the etiology of the [symptom] is still unclear to me; it could possibly be … Continue reading

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it takes an expert?

Kaiser Permanente has a radio spot with this bit of dialogue: So what did your doctor say? Oh, she prescribed the same medication she always does. And it worked? M-hm! My doctor is awesome. What’s wrong with this picture?

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what, more links?

Medical Guesswork (Business Week) The navel and the WTO antidote, by Sauvik Chakraverti a slightly naughty chuckle When Bigots Become Reformers: The Progressive Era’s shameful record on race (Reason) Arnold Kling: Bleeding-Heart Libertarianism an annoying conversation that every libertarian has … Continue reading

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how sick on average?

I’ve been hearing on the radio a statement that hospital emergency rooms in California admit 25 thousand people every hour. That’s equivalent to the entire population every eight weeks. –??–

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chew slowly

Met a man the other day who said his son had rung up a fortune in dental bills during an amphetamine habit; something I’d never heard of before. Now why wasn’t that mentioned in hi-skool “health” propaganda class? It’s scarier … Continue reading

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