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Gallbladder Schmallbladder, And you’re right! I’m not Mormon
The gallbladder is an interesting little character cast in the saga of the human body’s daily function. Clinging to its much more celebrated co-star the liver, like a remora fish on a reef shark, it...
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malignant
If I thought that it wouldn’t completely rip the life out of me, I would have probably been a cancer surgeon. I have been fascinated by cancer since I first learned of its existence. And after four...
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When you have a hammer…
I have a new favorite patient. She was discharged from the hospital recently and given a prescription for antibiotics. When asked in clinic if she finished all the drugs, she dropped her head and said...
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Article 4
blaggblog:A portion of Just Another Forced Awkward Intimate Situation has been selected for publication in a real-life magazine. So, next blog will be another Trauma Nights entry. This contains the...
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Authorize This
I recently returned to the VA hospital. I haven’t been there since 2010 and apparently I have been taken off the grid, completely. So I spent a good ½ day trying to get computer access, door access,...
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Dorsey: Bird Whisperer
copyright: http://www.cfbw.com I’ve never really understood the fascination with bird watching. Frankly, if I see a bird and it doesn’t repeat what I say or at the least great me with a “Hello,” why...
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Respect Your Elderly Criminals!
I usually go right past the News while channel surfing, but I recently paused long enough to catch this: An eighty-something-year-old man just robbed a bank. The security camera footage of the man’s...
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Aren’t you a little large to ask for candy?
Apparently, a woman in North Dakota had plans to hand out this letter to trick-or-treaters she felt were too overweight to be asking for candy. There are obviously so many things wrong with this, but...
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Plastic Surgery Gone Global: Guatemala Cleft Lips
Well folks, I have a pretty sweet job. I get to cut on humans, and I’m not considered a criminal. I have several “favorite” plastic surgery procedures. For instance, I love removing excess skin after...
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Grab Your Swim Trunks and Head to Belize
There are times when you want to stick your big toe in the water to check out the temperature, but when it comes to Belize, you might as well just cannonball on in. It’s okay, the water’s just right....
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