Heparin Horrors

In a sad follow-up to the Doc Gurley article, Is Your Medicine Contaminated?, independent authorities have now increased the number of deaths due to contaminated heparin from 19 to over 100. The manufacturer, Baxter, hopes we’ll believe claims there were only 4 (not a big surprise to those of us who are familiar with drug […]

Bogus Sluts

I’ll bet some of you regular Doc Gurley readers already guessed that we’d be handing out a BOGUS Award to that widely-publicized example of deeply flawed research–the study stating that you can tell if someone’s into love or lust, purely from their facial features. Slut or not? – just look at the width of her […]

Dave Barry Delights

Another Doc Gurley question has been answered at the (in)famous Dave Barry for President Forum! Yes, actual words typed by an actual comedic genius. What’s with the Dave Barry obsession? Well, giggles, mayhem, and snorting-milk-out-the-nose are all fine symptoms of a successfully cultivated Joy Habit. Check it out! (while we go get a mop for […]

This Week’s Powerful Grand Rounds

Be still my beating heart. We have a great round-up of this week’s best health blog posts over at Dr. Wes. Dr. Wes is a cardiologist, specializing in rhythms of the heart. Each post this week, which range from the light-hearted to the heart-wrenching, is sorted into categories of heart electrical rhythms – a […]

It’s Official: Disco Defeats Death!

Can the BeeGees’ disco-beat mean the difference between life and death? Could a glitter ball of rhythm be your own, personal, proven, life-saving weapon? You’ve read some outrageous stuff here at Doc Gurley, but this time you’re not buying it, are you? Let me guess, you’re saying to yourself, give me a break – there’s […]

April Fool Grand Rounds

This week sees a new approach to Grand Rounds–a trio of hosts, all passing off the Grand Rounds baton to one after the other, each speaking tongue-in-cheek. To see where the Doc Gurley post is included, go here. To start at the beginning, go to Grunt Doc.

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