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Yeah! A BOGUS Award winner here at Doc Gurley – this time for a Gold-Medal-Worthy triple jump of BOGUS assumptions. How big are these leaps? Let’s just say these could, in comparison, make the powerful Olympian from Cameroon look like she’s merely doing the bunny hop. Follow along, as we track a minor, small-study-result to […] The balance of power (or powerlessness) just shifted. A shocking new survey from the Commonwealth Fund shows that we have reached the day when the MAJORITY of Americans (insured or not) report having serious trouble because of healthcare costs. Keep in mind that these grim statistics were recorded in 2007, before the current economic meltdown. […] Check out this week’s Grand Rounds over at the inspired, intelligent, and informed Kerri’s Six Until Me. I recently bought a friend a set of temporary Librarian Tatoos – with slogans, in the best Harley Hawg style, like Book Lust and Dewey’s My Main Man. Dewey, however, is clearly not Kerri’s main man – he’s […] Gum and Guts: Here’s a nice review of studies showing that smacking sugarless gum after bowel surgery aids in the return of gut-function. For those of you who’ve survived gut-surgery, you already know that one of the more surreal aspects of the experience is the post-op early morning routine. There you are, groggy and slightly […] Welcome to our first edition of News From The Fourth World. So what do we here at Doc Gurley mean by “the Fourth World”? It’s a world you see and deal with every day – maybe when you go downtown, maybe when you’re on vacation, or maybe right on the sidewalk in front of your […] Doc Gurley waved a loving farewell to the wee Zipster this week. She’s been working through her sadness using art therapy. Her kids found her covered in red paint, wiping her cheeks at the kitchen table. She’ll pull out of it soon (or run out of pastels first). Help Doc Gurley move out of […] |
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