And this just in! More fascinating “evidence” from the AAP: Impact of Condom-Efficacy Information in an Episode of Friends by Collins et al is a fascinating article. Basically it states, “TV is not all bad.” Exactly WHO funds this sort of ridiculous research? I wonder, who thought up the idea, did statistics and a survey […]

Recently while on call for the nursery/delivery room, I found my way into an unscheduled C Section, and listening to the tunes in there! It wasn’t quite as nice as the B&O system on Nip/Tuck on the FX network on TV, but it was still very nice! A third generation iPod cranking out tunes! Classical […]

Ok, the Fool is on call in the PICU tonight (Early AM right now…) and I have new found respect for the Tetrology of Fallot. This 3 1/2m baby desated to the 40s, then down as low as 19! Tried all the standard stuff. Oxygen, Morphine, IV Fluids, and nothin! Tried Ketamine. Zip! Finally, as […]

Or am I? The other night, while on Pediatrics ward call, we admitted a young boy with a pretty bad case of croup, stridorous (or stridulous for those of you who are strict about your grammar [ {Stridulous laryngitis} (Med.), a form of croup, or laryngitis, in children, associated with dyspn[oe]a, occurring usually at night, […]

Say it isn’t so! Look at the fascinating research that comes out of the AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics). In the latest issue of their magazine: “Large portions can lead to overeating” Really? I had no idea! Basically, they took a bunch of kids, and gave them double sized portions, and surprise,surprise they ate 15% […]

So the fool was in clinic recently, and discovered a very alarming story. An unfortunate woman presented with a many month history of an exophytic, ulcerated, pedunculated breast cancer that was bulging out of one side of her chest! However, most alarming was that instead of opting for neo-adjuvant therapy, XRT etc… she was bent […]