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Lone star

October 17, 2011Russell Saunders 3 Comments

Last night I went looking on the Internet for an old friend from medical school.  After a couple of minutes with Google, I was able to find her faculty page with the children’s hospital in the city where we went… Continue Reading →

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Yes, our advice about TV makes sense

October 14, 2011Russell Saunders 7 Comments

Over at Slate, Farhad Manjoo has one of those irritating, self-consciously counter-intuitive essays that seem to define the site.  He goes after pediatricians for our advice about television for toddlers, which he thinks (according to his subheader) doesn’t make sense. … Continue Reading →

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Gratitude

October 13, 2011Russell Saunders 3 Comments

I came out of the closet when I was nineteen.  The details aren’t the kind of thing I’m inclined to share in a forum such as this, other than to say that it was difficult at the time but everything… Continue Reading →

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Stupid Tuesday Questions, Healthy Living edition

October 11, 2011Russell Saunders 5 Comments

On days when I have a hard time thinking of something to write about, it’s tempting to head over to Huffington Post and find something inane on their “healthy living” page to rant about.  But just like I have no… Continue Reading →

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Not so fast, Sully

October 10, 2011Russell Saunders 6 Comments

Andrew Sullivan bestows a coveted Yglesias Award Nomination on one David French for writing this in the Washington Post: “In my years as an evangelical conservative lawyer and activist, I have learned (and lived) the painful reality that we evangelicals… Continue Reading →

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Because it’s a holiday…

October 10, 2011Russell Saunders 6 Comments

but I have to work, I’m going to post something frivolous about a professional pet peeve. Parents of the world, take note!  If your reason for bringing your child in for an appointment is a skin lesion, and the lesion… Continue Reading →

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Thank God for this product

October 7, 2011Russell Saunders 3 Comments

I could tell something was wrong the minute I stepped into the exam room from the oddly canted way the patient was sitting on the table. “What seems to be the trouble?” I asked, though I already knew the answer.… Continue Reading →

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Distinctions without differences

October 6, 2011Russell Saunders 45 Comments

I work with three nurse practitioners.  I think the world of all of them.  The way our practice is structured, we each have a panel of patients for whom we are the primary providers, but we take care of each… Continue Reading →

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Stupid Tuesday Questions, Divoon and Serene Edition

October 4, 2011Russell Saunders 13 Comments

My two-year-old son is hopelessly addicted to music videos.  It stems from my extreme distaste for most music written for children, which I usually find saccharine and mind-numbing.  Instead, my husband and I play music that we like and hope… Continue Reading →

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Willed ignorance

October 3, 2011Russell Saunders 46 Comments

Over at American Times, LOOG princeps E.D. has a post up about abstinence-only sex education.  Specifically, he highlights a recent study that reports on the sexual activity of young evangelical Christians, those who one might presume would be most likely… Continue Reading →

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