CDC to Fund Anti-Vaxxer Africa Trip
San Diego, CA – In a surprise move, CDC officials announced their decision to fund a portion of the Anti-Vaccination movement. CDC Spokesman L. Freamon explained: “Once we announced trials of the Canadian Ebola vaccine, we knew the Anti-Vaccination movement would condemn the research. Sure …
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Fantasy Medicine: Who’s Hot, Who’s Not
Fantasy Medicine Report for Week 8:
Before July 1, many of this year’s rookie class were considered average at best and were rarely selected in any rounds of fantasy leagues worldwide. However, what we have witnessed in the first three months of the season is that it’s the rookies who are put…
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Anesthesiologists Cannot Find Reason To Cancel Case Right Before Shift Change
Spokane, WA – In a stunning development, believed to be the first of its kind here at Southern Spokane University Hospital, a patient is currently being brought into the OR without a single word of protest by the anesthesiologist, Dr. Sheila B. Doing-Crosswords. Remarkably, this is happening l…
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Local Psychiatrist Using Big Words, Wondering Why Patients Aren’t Improving
Memphis, TN – “I usually start the session off by telling the patient about my triple boards in psychiatry, adult developmental psychiatry, and addiction medicine. Then I continue into how long medical school was and all my grueling training, not to mention the four other boards one …
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Why I Became a Hospital Administrator
After carefully surveying the shifting American healthcare landscape for the past decade I retired from my increasingly headache filled private practice and said to myself, “Self, you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.”
“Please stay about 3 feet away. I have a Kilton suit on”
No longer do I…
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Octogenarian Ejected in Grisly Power-Chair
BRADENTON, FL – The dining room at Shady Village Retirement Center was a hellish scene of twisted metal, blood, sinew, and mashed potatoes last week, as resident William Morrison, 87, lost control of his Hoverround ™ and went careening into an occupied table.
Police and EMS were dispatched to res…
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#Hoverround, #Nursing_Home, #Powerchair hoverround, nursing home, power-chair Critical Care, Full Articles, Internal Medicine, Primary Care
Pathology Resident Makes Up Disease at Tumor Borad, Groundbreaking Discovery
CHICAGO, IL- A second-year pathology resident, Dr. Daniel Platt, is being credited with discovering a new tumor following a presentation at his hospital’s tumor board. “To be honest, I lost track of what I was talking about,” says Dr. Platt. “I couldn’t remember the…
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New Emoji ICD-10 Codes
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Tired Medicine Resident Writes 1 Progress Note about 15 Patients
BALTIMORE, MD – A third-year medicine resident at Johns Hopkins University, Geno Smulison, completely exhausted from a busy inpatient teaching service this month and struggling to stay afloat with two interns off today, decided at 7:55 PM he had only one option to get all of his notes done…
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NY/NJ Ebola Algorithm for People with Recent Travel to Africa
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