From the AP: NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A 16-year-old cancer patient was headed to court Tuesday with his lawyers to try to block a judge’s order requiring him to report to a hospital the same day for treatment as doctors deem necessary. A juvenile court judge on Monday denied a request by lawyers for Starchild […]
Category: Medicine
Not surprisingly, since the court decided that Abraham Cherrix, a Virginia teen who was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease at age 15, underwent chemotherapy, relapsed, and then refused to undergo any further chemotherapy, opting instead for an “alternative medicine” treatment known as the Hoxsey treatment, to be administered at the Biomedical Center in Tijuana, the blogosphere […]
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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.)
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Head on over and give fellow physician and outspoken warrior against pseudoscience Dr. R. W. a hearty congratulations! Today is his first blogiversary. May there be many more!
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I tell you, I take a night off from blogging, not even glancing at the blog or my e-mail, instead falling into a deep slumber at 10 PM after The Dog Whisperer on TV, thanks to a somewhat stressful week and a large meal plus a beer, and what happens? Abraham’ Cherrix’s uncle comments on […]
