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Need Oxygen to Smoke
Need Oxygen to Smoke? my editorial in the Salt Lake Tribune on the difficulty of tobacco cessation. What do you think about the policy at the Cleveland Clinic and other large employers that refuse to...
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Slow Medicine
Time heals all wounds, they say, or, in medicine, if not all, then many. But with our improved efficiency and throughput of patients, we fail to allow this most magical treatment to work. The pace...
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Hubris
“I think he’s just anxious about it,” the medical student told me a few sentences into the presentation. His patient had had a spontaneous pneumothorax, a leak of air between the lung and chest wall,...
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Gorilla Glue and Heartbreak
“My friend said to tell you everything when I come,” she says as she opens a little zippered bag full of flakes. “My teeth are falling out and I can’t afford a dentist, so I use Gorilla Glue to glue...
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Rural Americans’ Healthcare SLC Tribune Editorial links
Here’s the link to my SLC Tribune Piece Sunday, June 9, 2013 Below are the links that were embedded in the piece. …..healthcare cost..is a major factor, but for many, geography correlates far more with...
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Judging by the Source
“Mom, who made the first people?” he asks me sweetly. It is already nine o’clock and well past his bedtime. Blah, blah, blah, I stumble a bit then build up to “people came from monkeys.” “Nah,” he says...
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On Names, from someone who has one
My name is Denitza Blagev, and I was born in Bulgaria. I’m not certain whether I have an accent or not, but if someone has heard my name, there’s a 50% chance that they’d exclaim “you don’t have an...
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On Names, from someone who doesn’t have one. Guest post by Stephen Brown
My name is Stephen Brown, I was born on the Isle of Wight. I am the fiancé referred to in the article. It is a common name in Britain, a very common name. Both parts. At my school I was not the only...
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The Women’s Table
My latest post on mentoring women in medicine and science can be found at the Broad Side. It’s called “The Women’s Table” and you can read it here. ————————————————————————— The Women’s Table at Yale...
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Evidence-Free Pregnancy Advice
I know why the hoopla around Emily Oster‘s new book, Expecting Better, bothers me, it’s because she hasn’t let you in on obstetrics’ big bad secret… and here it is…. from a pulmonologist. What Ms....
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