Women’s Health News has an interesting topic and comments about what women go through when a tampon gets “lost.” So can a tampon head north for spring break? How far? Isn’t there a border check somewhere?
More importantly, what should you do if it happens to you? Assuming you don’t have male-plumbing, here’s the Doc Gurley [...]

Doc Gurley is off this week giving a talk about homelessness and HIV at the Wright School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio. But she is also thinking of you, her readers so she didn’t want to leave you completely in the dark. So here is a little retrospective of some of the ‘best’ Doc Gurley [...]

Yes, my sweeties, we have (yet again!) gotten a question answered by Dave Barry himself (sound track: Doc Gurley maniacal cackling bwha ha ha) at the new and not improved Dave Barry For President Forum. What, you ask, could it concern?
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Submitted by Area 51 from Roswell, NM [...]

Doc Gurley 2008 Haiku: Cherry blossom bomb, Petal shrapnel pelts my hair, Trees shake with laughter.
It’s that time of year. Easter, spring break, and cherry blossoms. Take a moment (really, it won’t take long!) to write a haiku in honor of something you enjoy. It’s a great way to both lift your mood and use [...]

As you lie in the hospital bed, watching the crystal-clear fluid drip from the IV bag hanging overhead, or when you stand at your bathroom sink, palm up, ready to pop your $12 pill into your mouth, you can console yourself that these medicines are so expensive because they’re being made under the strictest, safest [...]

The sun is peeking out, buds are swelling and maybe you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed at getting your life in order during this time of seasonal renewal. Well, there’s one surefire, easy, effective way to address our universal longing for health and vitality–grab yer feedbag! The thorough folks at the Cochrane review put together an [...]

With both David Paterson and his wife now admitting to having extramarital affairs, you have to wonder, what’s the difference between him and Eliot Spitzer. I mean, except for some measly “victimless” laws. After all, of the many, many things you can cuddle up to and get off on, the one thing we here in [...]

How did we get stuck with menopause? I don’t mean the whole evolutionary argument about surviving-until-your-ovaries-quit-working. What I’m talking about, instead, is the label. Menopause has to be about the biggest downer of a name in the history of the world.
The thing that really sticks in my craw, speaking as a female member of the [...]

Here’s your chance! Read the article in either the San Francisco Chronicle, or the unedited version posted here, titled America–Most Expensive Pee In The World, then weigh in on the sanity of Doc Gurley–does she really think Big Pharma’s going to clean up its water-contaminating act?
Vote for one of the following: 1) clearly, she drank [...]

Salt-N-Pepa had it right in their classic 80’s hit: “Just push it…push it real good.” At least that’s what the Journal of the American Medical Association has to say today. A study looking at types of CPR after cardiac arrest found that if only chest compressions were done, the survival rate TRIPLED. The key to [...]

Fair Warning: If you’re feeling queasy, don’t read any further. The big news today is that we Americans are drinking our pee. That’s basically what the AP article about finding easily detectable levels of pharmaceuticals in the water supply all boils down to (pardon the phrase). You may be shocked to realize this about yourself, [...]

There’s a Doc Gurley article in this Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle–titled “What’s Your Doctor’s Style.” Check it out!

This year brought the deflating news that Daylight Saving Time (where we lose an oh-so-painful hour of sleep) doesn’t even save energy. Looks like the savings in energy due to decreased light usage is more than offset by the increase in energy used for air conditioning. Sigh. But here’s the most important message to keep [...]

We here at Doc Gurley went through a phase of getting quotes for major repairs on our 1942 Bay Area crumbling home high-tech office. Each time–no matter what the problem–the contractor’s estimated price, eerily, came back as some number close to $8,000. Eight thousand for air conditioning, eight thousand for an advanced pool cover, eight [...]

For those who’ve enjoyed the weekly Grand Rounds Round-up of Health Blogs, this week is hosted by Chronic Babe. Click here for a great collection of posts, all with the theme of New Beginnings. The Editrix (a job I hope to someday aspire to) Jenni Prokopy, pulled the Grand Rounds off with talent and panache, [...]

The end of February signals many things–the first glimmers of crocus, thin beams of rosy sunshine, and, the emptying out of health club parking lots. Suddenly anyone can get a space right at the front door. New Year’s resolutions tend to peter out around mid-February, and, just as the world is brightening and perking up, [...]

We may be experiencing a new beginning in toy safety in this country–the State of Maryland’s house of delegates voted 132-4 to begin its own state testing of toys for lead. Apparently, this move so worried China that Beijing sent a letter about the issue, challenging the state’s right to enforce international trade regulations. California, [...]