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Cancer Medicine Surgery

The monster returns

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 Politics Surgery

The wrong reason to get breast implants

I bet that this probably isn’t applicable to too many women: One Israeli woman has received an unexpected boost from her breast implants during the Lebanon war — the silicone embeds saved her life during a Hezbollah rocket attack, a doctor said. “This is an extraordinary case, but it’s a fact that the silicone implants […]

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Medicine Surgery

Grand Rounds, vol. 2, no. 46

Grand Rounds, vol. 2, no 46 has been posted at Mexico Medical Student. Enjoy!

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Medicine Science Surgery

Cinema science

Our Seed overlords beckon: What movie do you think does something admirable (though not necessarily accurate) regarding science? Bonus points for answering whether the chosen movie is any good generally….

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Humor Medicine Surgery

Who’s responsible for global warming?

It looks as though it’s time to ‘fess up. It’s us surgeons who are the source of all that CO2. Sid Schwab tells us why. (And, no, it’s not because of all the hot air we surgeons are capable of producing; we’re nothing compared to politicians in that respect.)