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Month: November 2011

Touching the third rail

November 17, 2011Russell Saunders 67 Comments

I’ve been mulling a post for the past few days after hearing a report on WBUR about changes in how elective C-sections and inductions are scheduled in Massachusetts.  However, I’ve been reluctant to write it because the subject skirts dangerously… Continue Reading →

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Memo to Michele Bachmann

November 16, 2011Russell Saunders 19 Comments

When even Rush Limbaugh has backed away from your lunacy, maybe it’s not a great idea to double down. “Michele, on behalf of myself and a lot of other mothers that have a child that’s sick from the Gardasil vaccine,… Continue Reading →

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Stupid Tuesday Questions, slow-mo train wreck edition

November 15, 2011Russell Saunders 53 Comments

A little while ago while flipping through the channels in search of Low Entertainments, the Better Half and I stumbled upon the film “Abandoned,” starring the late Brittany Murphy.  Sadly, it was Ms. Murphy’s last role, and while she was… Continue Reading →

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Patient BW, DOB 2/16/1971

November 14, 2011Russell Saunders 45 Comments

[By special request] Patient: Wayne, Bruce DOB: 2/16/1971 Occupation: Industrialist Insurance: Self-pay Emergency Contact: Dick Grayson, XXX-269-9637

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Why I can’t “win” the vaccine argument

November 11, 2011Russell Saunders 10 Comments

Because there are people out there who think this is a good idea: You’ve probably heard of “chickenpox parties,” where parents get unvaccinated kids together (in the home of an infected child) in the hopes they’ll catch the disease. They think making… Continue Reading →

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Not sure about salad dressing…

November 10, 2011Russell Saunders 11 Comments

There was a lovely little dovetail this morning between what I listened to on my drive to work and my catch-up reading once I got there.  First the bit from the radio, courtesy of WBUR: WBUR’s Martha Bebinger reports that… Continue Reading →

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Tuesday Questions, Apoplectic Hippocrates edition

November 8, 2011Russell Saunders 18 Comments

[Editor’s note: As much as I like to keep my Tuesday Questions stupid, I’m having a hard time coming up with deliberately moronic questions to ask.  Thus I am transitioning to simple “Tuesday Questions,” where I ask you what you… Continue Reading →

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Why I’m liberal-ish

November 7, 2011Russell Saunders 25 Comments

Like Mr. Kain, I also found Will Wilkinson’s essay on how conservatives, liberals and libertarians view the role of outside forces vs personal agency in a person’s success very interesting.  Wilkinson opens with this quote: Harmon (2010a) built on these… Continue Reading →

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Dept of Finger Wagging

November 4, 2011Russell Saunders 12 Comments

This comment of Will’s got me thinking about how the medical profession sometimes comes across.  On the subject of whether women should give up drinking because it may raise breast cancer risk a bit, he says: The thought of taking… Continue Reading →

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Everything bad for you is good for you is bad for you

November 3, 2011Russell Saunders 6 Comments

Suppose you are a woman who enjoys a glass of wine or two with dinner.  This is the amount of alcohol you consume most of the time, and rarely if ever do so excessively.  You don’t drive drunk, you can… Continue Reading →

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