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A friend emails to ask: On the transgender troops issue, would a woman who's having her period be a problem when elite forces go out on...

A friend asks about miscarriages. For what it's worth, here's my response: Definitions a. Miscarriage is also known as spontane...

Just a few (preliminary) thoughts about "spontaneous remission" in the context of cancer: A side note regarding terminology: a...

A friend ponders: Today I was reading some entries in The Oxford Companion to Archaeology . Among other things, I read about how the conq...

Just a word or two about the DSM: 1. The DSM is touted way too much by LGBT supporters. The DSM was meant to be a guide for psychiatrist...

Hillary Clinton recently said the following about the privatization of the VA: Privatization is a betrayal, plain and simple, and I’m not...

I recall Michael Moore interviewing a UK physician in his "documentary" Sicko , and using the UK physician as a representative exa...

I just saw this article about a physician (anesthesiologist) who "trashes a sedated patient - and it ends up costing her": 1. ...

I've read reports indicating the mass murderer Dylann Roof "may" have been on Suboxone. He may not have been, but let's sa...

For what it's worth, if anything, here are some of my thoughts on the topic of ectopic pregnancy: Keep in mind I'm a mere med stude...

Yesterday I saw a cardiac arrest. In fact, two cardiac arrests, in the same person. The person was an obese woman around the age of 60. ...

I recently came across a Christian discussion over complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). For what it's worth, if anything, here ...

I posted the following over on Dan Phillips' post : Hi Dan, Thanks for your post. I'd like to make some comments please. 1. Since...

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According to the JAMA : Conclusions In this survey, a small proportion of terminally ill patients seriously considered euthanasia or PA...

Dr. Timothy Root is awesome! He's super informative, has a pleasant demeanor, and is just plain hilarious. Also, he knows how to perf...