February 2008

Famous

by Rob on February 28, 2008 · 6 comments

in Uncategorized

If you don’t already know it, one of our fellow medical bloggers is now hitting the big time.  Dr. Bruce Campbell (publisher of the blog Reflections) had a piece recently in JAMA.  Not only that, but the NY Times Health blog wrote about his narrative. Wow.  Talk about a good day. It is a piece [...]

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Conduction

by Rob on February 25, 2008 · 14 comments

in Personal Musings

I got to hear my daughter at all-state choir this weekend.  Yes, I am proud of her – she has really excelled in an area where I did not know she had talent.  We always knew she was a good artist and a wonderful writer, but music has kind of snuck up on us and [...]

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An Angry Nerd

by Rob on February 22, 2008 · 4 comments

in American Medicine, Rants

As most of my readers know, I am a computer nerd at heart. Specifically, I am very nerdy when it comes to computers in healthcare. Well, someone got this nerd really mad. That is a dangerous thing to do. We will rule the world.

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The Dark Side

by Rob on February 18, 2008 · 58 comments

in Personal Musings

  With Yoda strapped to his back, Luke climbs up one of the many thick vines that grow in the swamp. Panting heavily, he continues his course – climbing, flipping through the air, jumping over roots, and racing in and out of the heavy ground fog. YODA:  Run! Yes. A Jedi’s strength flows from the [...]

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I get the NY Times e-mail for movie reviews.  I got it today, in fact.  I don’t really watch many movies in the theater (I have long lost the stomach to be able to pay that much for what I will be able to rent later), but I like to keep up on the popular [...]

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Ask Dr. Rob: Webkinz are Here

by Rob on February 10, 2008 · 25 comments

in Ask Dr. Rob, Humor

So here we are again after a long hiatus (not the hernia kind, just a break of time…although I have been belching a lot lately). There are some serious questions that have piled up (in a cyber-sort of way), so let’s get at them. Pikmin, from South Carolina asks the following: What’s the deal with [...]

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Upside Down Shoes and Autism

by Rob on February 8, 2008

in Pediatrics

See my latest thoughts on MedPage.

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Just Say No (to Periodontitis)

by Rob on February 6, 2008 · 16 comments

in Being a Doctor

Scary Stuff in MedPage headlines today: DUNEDIN, New Zealand, Feb. 5 — Marijuana use is a powerful risk factor for periodontal disease in young adults, researchers found. About 26% of 32-year-olds who smoked pot weekly showed signs of serious periodontal disease, compared with 12.1% of infrequent users and 4% of non-users, reported W. Murray Thomson, [...]

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Snake Oil?

by Rob on February 5, 2008 · 16 comments

in Medical

What does Chiropractic care, Antibiotics, and Vytorin have in common? Go to MedPage and find out.

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My Dark Secret

by Rob on February 4, 2008 · 25 comments

in Humor

I have a difficult confession to make. I have kept this hidden for quite a long time, but I think it is time for me to come clean with it, since it has been heavily on my mind for so long.  I have hidden it from my family, from my patients, even from my mother.  [...]

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