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 Spring is in the air – and so are the musings of Click and Clack. Check out their latest article titled How To Ask Your Mechanic Out On A Date. There are sooo many mechanic-doctor job parallels, everything from the “checking under your hood,” to “preventive maintenance” – parallels which, of course, lead to [...]  Whoa! Weird and wonderful medical news this week! The New England Journal of Medicine published three Image by gwen via Flickr simultaneous reports proving the existence of a veritable Loch Ness monster of physiology – the identification, at long last, of “brown fat” in adults. Say what? See, the conventional wisdom for many many [...]  There’s a great article today talking about the uninsured’s perceived lack of political power. Much of what the article Image by Steve Rhodes via Flickr says feels true – I can certainly attest that people who lack health insurance often see it as a shameful thing – a statement about their own failures instead [...]  Money, money, money – it’s all you hear about in the news. A billion here, a trillion there. Before you know it, we’re Image by swanksalot via Flickr talking serious bonus. The Huffington Post published an article about how smokers are good for the economy. Since they die so conveniently young, smokers save taxpayers [...]  Ah, the demons of cost -effectiveness have reared their snake-writhing heads again. Now don’t get me wrong – Doc Image via Wikipedia Gurley has actually done some cost-effectiveness research in her day: here and here. That experience taught her that people who do this type of research for a living (not all of them, [...]  Should your basic healthcare be non-profit? And is that even a major consideration? I mean, after all, isn’t “profit” a good Image via Wikipedia motivation for a healthcare plan? This issue came to the forefront of a PBS documentary about healthcare around the world – and apparently got the person who made the documentary [...]  It’s that time of week again! Head on over to CodeBlog for a round-up of the best of the healthcare blogosphere. This Image by bazin.erwan via Flickr week’s host is a Tales of a Nurse site – with an ICU nurse host and a behind-the-scene look at healthcare. After you’ve gotten your weekly grand [...]  We had a great Hello Doc question from a reader*: Could you define “normal”? Luckily for Doc Gurley, this question wasn’t a request for a metaphysical definition of human non-weirdness (Doc Gurley, in fact, loves human weirdness), but was, instead, a medical question. In other words, our reader continues - “I had my [...]  There have been some great science reviews of practical tips recently! Here is the final of four proven, data-driven studies that you may not hear much about in the main-stream media (usually because of a lack of profit-driven PR). Be sure to forward the Well Worth It information along to those you care about [...]  You may ask yourself – in case of widespread disaster, how will you know where neighborhood healthcare providers live? Image by david ॐ via Flickr If these types of thoughts are keeping you awake at night, read the Doc Gurley post on Do It Yourself Sleep here’s your answer: check mailboxes for boulders of [...] |
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