I am used to gross stuff. I see it every day. But still, there are times I just do a double take and almost throw up a little in my mouth. The other day a youngish woman came with “sores on the leg”. Much to my horror, when I asked to see […]

Quick rant here. I read with expected horror yet another article about how religious (and many political) conservatives mostly clustered in Southern states (what a surprise) have been introducing and pushing educational bills through their various state legislatures which champion “theories” of intelligent design, creationism, as well as questioning global warming. Probably spurred […]

Lets see, you’re a 43 year old woman and in my ER with recurrent facial abscesses. You have celulitis all over your cheek which is very puffy. Your teeth are rotted. You have snorted massive amounts of cocaine for more than 20 years and now your entire nasal septum is gone and the resulting cavernous […]

 
OK, quick non-medical post here. I really enjoy the winter Olympics. Growing up on skis, I think it kicks butt over the summer ones - although the excitement of many watching it may be due to the distinct possibility of crashing big time, being seriously injured or even killed (RIP Georgina Luger […]

In ironic coincidence with the 50th anniversary of the Woolworth lunch counter sit - in down in Greensboro, NC (the counter and stools are part of the Smithsonian now), I had a patient who staged his own sit - in, albeit under less noble circumstances. He marched into a local diner and plopped himself down […]

What a surprise. A large study has found that the prices for brand name drugs have risen to uproarious levels. In 2008. prices rose 100% for 71 different drug products vs 28 of them in 2000. One drug’s prices rose by 4200 % !!!!!!! Read about it in the NY Times today.
The price gouging did […]

I prefer white Christmases over yellowish-green Christmases. Especially when the colouring is related to the products that seem to be issuing forth unbridled from my dog and son’s GI tract!
Dog crapping all over the place after getting into a box of butter shortbread cookies.
Toddler son vomiting all over his nice Reindeer sleep suit […]