Hey, I had an article published in Salon, titled “Honey, I Shrunk My Breasts.” It’s about the fallacy of doctors claiming diseases–and I claimed one all for myself. Check it out.
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The Doc Gurley BOGUS Award is traditionally given to a Bonehead, Overhyped, Groundless, Unverified Study. This week, however, we’re awarding a special Bogus Award, to a case in the news of supremely flawed reasoning. Our BOGUS award this week is given for Bombastic Obfuscating and Grandstanding Under Scrutiny. The winner is America’s CIA chief, [...] “Wow, it sure is quiet today.” No phrase is more likely to strike terror in the heart of a physician than that innocent comment, made by a patient, a nurse, or, even worse, another physician. Saying a shift is “quiet” is believed by many in health care to be the surest way to [...] Let’s taken it as a given that doctors are superstitious (don’t believe me? read Superstitious Doctors, Part I–then try this: ask your doctor if she has a white cloud or a black cloud and see what happens). Well, first, the questions has to be asked–is there any basis in fact to these weird superstitious [...] I met God last week, and boy, did he have a bad case of foot fungus. I work in a clinic for the homeless, and we see a lot of mental health problems—besides God (who was a bit pudgy), I’ve met a man who believed he was God’s father (although he seemed a tad young [...] Congratulations! The winner of this week’s BOGUS (Bonehead Overblown Groundless Unverified Study) Award is (drum roll please)… Stressed-Out Moms Carry Babies on the Right Okay, let’s get a few things straight, right up front. First, carrying your kids “on the right” is not about politics. Second, what mom is not stressed out? [...] |
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