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This Friday – you can ask questions about Haiti LIVE, to people working there now

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:18:26 +0000

Has the recent six-month post-earthquake Haiti coverage got you wondering what’s really up – and if things are slowly getting better or not? We all know Haiti is a complex, evolving situation. The mega-earthquake, a once-in-a-250-year-occurrence, was one of the world’s largest urban implosions, in an area already chronically deprived – but located only [...] Related posts:

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What’s Really Happening In Haiti? An Interview With Two People Who Know?

admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:03:53 +0000

As the six-month mark has arrived, there’s suddenly been more about Haiti in the news, tales of paralysis and corruption and despair. But almost all of these reports are from people who’ve flown in for a quick visit – one Esquire reporter even starts his story describing how he didn’t step outside his hotel [...] Related posts:

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What’s wrong with studying your own genes?

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:47:10 +0000

You may be wondering why Stanford Medical School’s new genetic interpretation class – the one that offers medical students the opportunity to study their own genes – has made the news here. After all, what better genes are there to study than your own? And if you were a medical student, wouldn’t you want [...] No related posts.

Declare Your Health Independence!

Doc Gurley — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:14:22 +0000

Are you tired of discovering that your McNuggets and Silly Putty have more in common than just garish packaging? Are you starting to wonder about how you’ll ever get that jiggly pad of lamprey-fat to detach itself from your formerly shark-sleek sides? Or maybe you’re feeling Lombard-Street short-of-breath…when you stroll along the Marina.

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5 Crucial (and Weird) Whooping Cough Facts To Know!

Doc Gurley — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:13:45 +0000

Image via Wikipedia

As a whooping cough epidemic hits California, you may be asking yourself, “hey, weren’t we all vaccinated for that?” Even as the headlines imply a Victorian-level outbreak of hacking and coughing, perhaps you’re looking around and wondering where, exactly, this epidemic is located. And what you should know about whooping [...] Related posts:

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When your doctor quits

admin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:53:37 +0000

Image by slambo_42 via Flickr

The news that Dr. Marcus Conant has quit practicing medicine is a blow to healthcare here in the Bay Area. And a sad symbol of all that is wrong with healthcare – and in particularly, the way we treat primary care practitioners – in America today. It would [...] Related posts:

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Airline Fees At The Doctor’s Office

Doc Gurley — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:44:39 +0000

It finally happened. Last night, in a close vote along party lines, the Senate failed to block a scheduled 21% cut in Medicare pay to doctors. While there’s nothing less appealing than a doctor whining about their pay, keep in mind that this Medicare pay cut now means that your primary care doctor will [...] Related posts:

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Brain-travel – get your summer vacation here!

Doc Gurley — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:55:45 +0000

Summer vacation is breaking out all over. But maybe not for you. Perhaps you’re trapped in a cube-farm, forced to play prairie dog just to stand up to stretch your legs. Perhaps you’re now struggling with life while the kids are out of school – and wishing you could be “off” too. Or maybe [...] Related posts:

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Empathy, Character and Emotional Intelligence

Doc Gurley — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:37:59 +0000

Against the backdrop of a rapid decline of California whites into the minority, and with a California Democrat asserting that the Arizona immigration law was fueled by white supremacists, and the New York Times reporting that the California G.O.P. governor’s race will be defined by immigration, the battle lines seemed to have hardened on [...] No related posts.

Penis Size and Condom Size – does one size fit all?

Doc Gurley — Thu, 27 May 2010 15:55:02 +0000

The BBC reports that Indian men have smaller penises. Smaller than international condom standards, that is. A two-year study in India of 1,200 men, measuring the length and breadth of their penises, found that 60% of men had penises that were between 3 and 5 centimeters smaller than international condom standards. There were already [...] Related posts:

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