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Medicine Science Surgery

Wearing two hats, part 2

While I am on vacation, I’m reprinting a number of “Classic Insolence” posts to keep the blog active while I’m gone. (It also has the salutory effect of allowing me to move some of my favorite posts from the old blog over to the new blog, and I’m guessing that quite a few of my […]

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Medicine Science Surgery

Wearing two hats, part 1

While I am on vacation, I’m reprinting a number of “Classic Insolence” posts to keep the blog active while I’m gone. (It also has the salutory effect of allowing me to move some of my favorite posts from the old blog over to the new blog, and I’m guessing that quite a few of my […]

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Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

One year later: The CDC flubs it

Note: One year ago today, an autistic boy, Abubakar Tariq Nadama, died of a cardiac arrest while undergoing chelation therapy to try to “cure” his autism. Today, as I am on vacation, I have scheduled several of my old posts on the topic to appear.The investigation into his death is ongoing regarding whether to file […]

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Autism

One year later: The autopsy results on Abubakar Tariq Nadama

Note: One year ago today, an autistic boy, Abubakar Tariq Nadama, died of a cardiac arrest while undergoing chelation therapy to try to “cure” his autism. Today, as I am on vacation, I have scheduled several of my old posts on the topic to appear.The investigation into his death is ongoing regarding whether to file […]

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Blog housekeeping

Dispatch from the road (a Panera’s, actually): Formatting oddities

From deep in Northwest Ohio, where at my in-laws’ house there is no Internet access save for dialup (and then it’s a toll call), I’ve managed to find a Panera’s. I’ve also managed to notice that, for some reason, if you’re using Safari, you may not be seeing my spiffy “repost” logo that’s supposed to […]