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ERAS accepting applications

Good luck to all you 4th years who submitted applications today. Its gonna be a fun ride for all of us! Scott

Posted by Scott Mackey on September 3rd, 2008 at 12:18am — No Comments (Add)

Why doctors give out antibiotics you don't need

Here is a good article written by an ER physician that might interest some of you. The Pink-Bubble-Gum-Flavored Dilemma Why doctors give out antibiotics you don't need.

Posted by Scott Mackey on May 22nd, 2008 at 1:46am — No Comments (Add)

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Your Quarter-Pounder Just Might Have Come From a Cloned Cow

Meat and milk from the offspring of cloned animals may already be part of the U.S. food supply, the Food and Drug Administration announced this week. While the cloning process is too expensive (about $20,000 per animal) to justify creating clones that will be turned into hamburgers, some ranchers have cloned animals with desirable...

Breast Ironing in Cameroon Africa (Warning: Graphic images)

The UN says that 3.8 million West and Central African girls are at risk of a painful form of body mutilation know as 'breast ironing'. In Cameroon where the practice is most widespread, 50% of adolescent girls in cities and a quarter of all girls nationwide have their breasts 'ironed,' often by their mothers. It's painful even to watch.

10 Myths About The Common Cold and Flu

Experts examine common misconceptions about colds and flu.

Amazing! Intellectual Work Induces Excessive Calorie Intake

A team of researchers have demonstrated that intellectual work induces a substantial increase in calorie intake. Caloric overcompensation following intellectual work, combined with the fact that we are less physically active when doing intellectual tasks, could contribute to the obesity epidemic currently observed in industrialized countries.

You Can Tell a Woman's Orgasmic Ability By the Way She Walks

A new study found that trained sexologists could infer a woman's history of vaginal orgasm by observing the way she walks. The study is published in the September 2008 issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine, the official journal of the International Society for Sexual Medicine and the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health.

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