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Beautiful short essay on dying by a young doctor with cancer. http://is.gd/JjsdIA via @medskep @amcunningham
Read this: The BMJ's Amazing Shock & Awe Assault on Sport Drink Science http://t.co/Hbay89m2 via @yonifreedhoff @rvaughnmd @drflanders
Very clever MT @gruntdoc @texmed Have some physician friends who don't understand social media? Share this photo. http://t.co/Dzi2D6ME
Surgical instruments in UK often of poor quality. BBC investigation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3EfHAWCwfg … via @i_scans
Wow. MT @mgkatz036 @herbaronow Rad-induced damage in lenses of 50% of interventional cardiologists, 41% cath techs/RNs. http://solaci.org/en/opacidad_cristalino_asociada_radiacion.php …
Correlation & causation went into a bar
The bartender asks "Are you two related?"
Correlation answers "Hey, what are you implying?"
Story about a surgery resident who really f'd up http://t.co/bMV3nclI via @kidney_boy
@kidney_boy
The news is sad.
We've done a urinalysis.
Your kidneys are bad.
You will need dialysis.
Robots are few in Canada. Why? Too expensive. Unproven. http://is.gd/0SfbuM via @4zim Also, my blog on this http://is.gd/Z17jtA
Doctor ratings Conrad Murray is still listed as a "Top Cardiologist" http://t.co/3irUhjmD via @cardiobrief @mgkatz036
Bloggers/tweeters take note. @amednews: Doctors can risk lawsuits when writing about patients http://t.co/spIddFN6
A tale of 2 ICU pts. RT @gruntdoc & @ernursek: Required reading from MoJo, RN: http://t.co/pqZT2PDB
Read it. MT @guymccardlejr @krelnik What's the harm in battlefield acupuncture? Worst quackery of 2011 http://t.co/nYHoZCiL
Needs no comment. A review of stuff that people got stuck in various orifices in 2012. http://is.gd/El60mi
Agree MT @gruntdoc: 35% lied @elizabeth_wiley: Survey of program directors-65% indicate using a #USMLE step 1 cutoff for screening
To me, the fact that attempted murder carries less of a sentence than murder is rewarding incompetence.
15 y o boy invents screening test for pancreatic ca. Wins $75K prize. http://is.gd/dD4JXE
I guarantee you'll laugh. MT @gawker: Dog doesn't quite get how sticks work. http://gaw.kr/28q4qJk
Agree. RT @kidney_boy @cardiobrief The Best Doctor Blog On The Internet http://wp.me/ppMHd-3uI ATTN: @bongi1
I tweet & blog about medicine & other stuff. I try to keep it brief, controversial & on occasion, humorous.
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