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Creationist physician identifies cause of all disease
Each time I encounter a physician that lacks the honesty and observance of reality it takes to acknowledge the fact of evolution it takes every ounce of me to avoid becoming a cynic. Over the past years us in the science blogosphere have become accustomed to the likes of Michael Egnor as well as Harun [...]
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The future of medicine – gold diggers or concerned debtors?
There has been an ongoing debate in JAMA for quite some time on the topic of specialty choice by graduating seniors in U.S. medical schools. Many of the letters written in have come from concerned physicians in the specialties of family practice or internal medicine, who describe the future of their specialties as grim. They [...]
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African-Americans and medical research
In a research survey of 190 parents (140 African-American and 50 white) of patients seen at Children’s Hospital’s Primary Care Center, African-American parents were twice as likely to be distrusting of medical research as white parents. This study was conducted by Kumaravel Rajakumar, MD, a pediatrician in Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh’s Division of General Academic [...]
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What would you do in his position?
01.18.09 | Permalink | 2 CommentsSo, I am my friend is in quite a conundrum at the moment. He is in the process of choosing the location of his future medical education, but has ran into a potential conflict of interest. He has a laundry list of schools to choose from, but only two schools really stand out in his [...]
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Resisting cancer: An evolutionary approach
01.08.09 | Permalink | 3 CommentsEvery now and again I enjoy a nice lump of cancer with my evolution coffee in the morning, and today happened to be one of those mornings. A paper published in PNAS appeared in my aggregator that I just couldn’t keep from devouring. Entitled Toward a genetics of cancer resistance, George Klein of the Karolinska [...]
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Calcium receptors and the natural history of lung development
The Medicine
It doesn’t take a neonatologist to know how intimidating the multitude of potential issues are that come along with premature birth. Hypoglycemia, anemia, sepsis an intracranial hemorrhaging are a few of the complications pediatricians have to manage in the fight for life in the NICU. Thanks to a study published recently in the Journal [...] -
Plantar fasciitis: Bleeding for Lucy’s mistake
12.11.08 | Permalink | 6 CommentsThe Medicine
Plantar fasciitis is a quite common*, very painful foot problem caused by repeated tension on the plantar aponeurosis (or plantar fascia), a ligamentous structure that runs from the calcaneus (heel) to the bases of the proximal phalanges (toes), which results in inflammation. It is found most common in individuals who participate in high stress activities [...] -
Dr. Darwin, medicine woman: Foundations of evolutionary medicine (Part I)
[This is a multiple-part series that will deal with the foundation and current state of research at the intersection of evolution and medicine]
A fantastic article was published in the journal Preventive Medicine in 2002 (As far as medicine goes, it might as well be from the Paleolithic… I know…), entitled “Evolutionary Health Promotion.” The authors, [...] -
DISH (Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis)
10.26.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsI hope all of you are excited for the first installment of “The Pathology Profile”. I have received quite a few e-mails regarding It Gets Worse In The Middle Ages: Bone Disease And The Medieval Period, and have decided to make it a point to provide you with a steady stream of posts regarding interesting [...]
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Diagnosing crazy
‘Absolutely fantastic’, is the first (sarcastic) phrase that comes to mind after reading this ’story o’ lawsuit’ against pseudonymous blogger, and emergency medicine doctor, symtm. To get the entire story, with all of its image-goodness, click either of the previous links.
The basics: Woman shows up to emergency room with complaints of being “7 1/2 years [...]
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