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The FTC recently stepped in and – after lengthy (and more than fair) warnings – charged five companies with ‘making false and misleading claims for cancer cures’ and they are set to go in front of judges in court. Several other companies settled for fairly trivial financial amounts and before even that over a hundred […] Wahoo! Check out this week’s Grand Rounds at Nurse Ratchet’s new site. Great graphics, fun info, priceless insights – what more could you want? While you’re there, poke around and read one of Doc Gurley’s favorite Nurse Ratchet posts – the pulp fiction edition. Somehow I can’t place myself in any of these graphic covers […] Here’s a nice data-review in the Harvard Health News about the role of optimism and health. This article is a good summary of several large studies on whether having a better outlook on life can help your health. It is a long article (four online dense pages), so here, for all you Doc Gurley readers, […] First-time college-goers are experiencing huge life changes this time of year. With a heads up from the New York Times health news, I found that PsychCentral has developed a nice, detailed list of articles for the college-bound about ways to make the transition work – very practical advice on topics, including the (yikes) difficult roommate. […] Looking to expand your productivity and your mind? Head over to AppleQuack for this week’s Grand Rounds – and then check out some of the site’s handy reviews and tips on how to Mac-out your approach to working in healthcare. A great way to combine tips and snips (of posts). Enjoy! Reader Response: The recent Doc Gurley post, Asking: Or Is It Pimping? provoked interesting and very insightful comments from our readers – and also revealed a profound difference of opinion. One school-of-thought reader put it most succinctly by stating: “Sounds like whinning (sic) to me, Gurley…Man up, dude.” Doc Gurley Perspective: I, for one, love […] |
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