Doc Gurley – Overlawyered!

Head on over to Overlawyered.com to see Doc Gurley, Lawyered Up! Her recent SFGate post article on whether or not genes should be patented- “Who Owns You?” – got chosen and cited in Overlawyered’s weekly round-up of issues. While you’re there, check out the site – it’s one of the longest running blogs, and chock […]

Kudos To Sports Illustrated

Hey – you’re probably thinking that something’s deeply wrong here. Isn’t Doc Gurley constantly saying that we all should ignore/avoid/innoculate ourselves against Toxic-Bikini-Season-Syndrome [def: the annual spring-season onslaught of pseudo-human visuals in ads promoting unhealthy and potentially deadly notions and potions]? But here Doc Gurley is, giving a shout-out to Sports Illustrated – the ultimate […]

Five Things To Do For Your Health: May

Looking for your five things to do this month? Head over the SFGate for Doc Gurley’s five simple ways to promote your health this month. There’s no greater gift than the body you were born with – nurturing it all year is an important but often-neglected task. Check them out, then follow this Doc Gurley […]

Observatory Grand Rounds

This week’s Grand Rounds is being hosted by an altogether NEW type of site – the Health Blogs Observatory. At the

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HBO (no pay-per-view or cable installation required!) you can find a sweeping round-up of quintessential posts from health blogs around the world. This week’s theme – send us a […]

Charging Rent To The Homeless

Here’s a new twist on just how far we as a society go to wring the very last penny out of some of our most destitute:

CNN covered the issue of New York”s decision to charge rent to the homeless staying in shelters – but only if they’re working. It’s a perfect storm of bur-idiocy […]

How To Ask A Doctor Out

Spring is in the air – and so are the musings of Click and Clack. Check out their latest article titled How To Ask Your Mechanic Out On A Date. There are sooo many mechanic-doctor job parallels, everything from the “checking under your hood,” to “preventive maintenance” – parallels which, of course, lead to the […]