Browsing the archives for the wisdom tag

30Oct11 Medical Skepticism, vol. 5

Don’t push for an MRI unless you want to become a ‘surgical candidate.’

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16Oct11 Help Wanted: DIY Medicine

Do you do-it-yourself? Prefer to avoid doctors? I want to hear from you.

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19Dec10 Remembering Gene

A tribute to a life well-lived. Gene Goldwasser died last week. [Obits here and here.] He was 88, and he was my friend. I wrote previously about a series of conversations I conducted with Gene and Rabbi A.J. Wolf a few years ago. I met Gene one Spring day after calling to invite him to [...]

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31Aug10 Doctor Yenta

GlassHospital has been featured in a publication produced down the road at FancyHospital. I’m delighted to share with you the recently published issue No. 8 of Atrium, available free for download by clicking on the link here. Many readers know of my ‘wisdom’ project in which I brought together a retired biochemist and a retired [...]

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