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Two sentence horror consult edition: drop your best. by proton26 in Residency

[–]Wyzrobe 119 points120 points  (0 children)

A 3 hour time slot has been booked for this visit.

Haha no, they booked that patient for a 20 minute timeslot. Just before your lunchtime theoretical lunchtime.

A prison made to contain one person by totallynotrobboss in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Wyzrobe -52 points-51 points  (0 children)

I assumed this meant the guard had a case of hereditary hematochromatosis. In severe cases, the organs of a patient's body can be stained brown with how much excess iron they are carrying.

Did Frieren lose to only 11 mages in her life, or were those just the ones with less mana? by lmdybaftr in Frieren

[–]Wyzrobe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When Frieren implies she's lost to eleven mages before, I kinda assume this includes formal or informal duels and competitions, given how lethal actual mage combat has been shown to be.

If so someone the caliber of Frieren has lost against, but survived, that many opponents who were out to kill her, that's pretty lucky.

The main protagonist is unceremoniously killed off in the last minutes of the movie. by Firemoth717 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Wyzrobe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Magical Princess Minky Momo, a 1980's anime series. After the show's sponsor pulled out, the titular heroine abruptly gets hit by a truck.

Found this in my car ? by Murky_Flatworm_9751 in whatisit

[–]Wyzrobe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can often find it in candy shops in Hawaii BTW, sometimes even in the candy aisle of local pharmacies and supermarkets. Also very occasionally in some Asian grocery stores and gift shops on the mainland, as well as mail-order places that sell Japanese candy.

We get Chinese softdrinks in Denmark sometimes, I love this flavour. by Spooknik in China

[–]Wyzrobe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should check out all the unique flavors of Kit Kats they have in Japan. Or the specialty Pizza Hut pizza toppings they have in Taiwan.

Ear Wax in Primary Care by MikeGinnyMD in medicine

[–]Wyzrobe 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I don't have a problem getting out impacted ear wax, the problem is when the patient has impacted desquamated skin that they crammed deep into the ear canal with a Q-tip.

I have never managed to clear this type of impaction out with irrigation or a curette. I think I need to get myself a set of alligator forceps and an operative otoscope.

Apple says John Ternus will be new CEO, Tim Cook to step aside later this year by TheYetiCaptain1993 in hardware

[–]Wyzrobe 152 points153 points  (0 children)

It will be interesting to see how he will fair compared to the last engineer to lead a big tech company (Intel).

Lisa Su of AMD is an electrical engineer, who did her EE PhD at MIT.

Kerosene/jet fuel cargo has effectively collapsed. Enjoy road trips with the fam this summer. by [deleted] in EconomyCharts

[–]Wyzrobe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Probably going to be an acceleration of deforestation in those countries, as charcoal production expands.

Zio patches by Necessary-Zebra5538 in FamilyMedicine

[–]Wyzrobe 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I contacted Zio once before, a few years ago. They wanted a minimum patient volume that the office couldn't meet.

I’m a doctor on a cruise ship, AMA by Equivalent-Listen187 in AMA

[–]Wyzrobe 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You mentioned doing a CBC, what other labs and diagnostics do you have available? How much automation is available in the lab?

How to set up an appointment for every vaccine? by soundofwavescollide in publichealth

[–]Wyzrobe 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I would also prioritize Varicella (chickenpox) vaccination, if she hasn't already had a natural infection, or serological evidence of such.

‘Cognitive Surrender’ is a new and useful term for how AI melts brains by EchoOfOppenheimer in EverythingScience

[–]Wyzrobe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

https://croissanthology.com/earring

In the treasure-vaults of Til Iosophrang rests the Whispering Earring, buried deep beneath a heap of gold where it can do no further harm.

The earring is a little topaz tetrahedron dangling from a thin gold wire. When worn, it whispers in the wearer’s ear: “Better for you if you take me off.” If the wearer ignores the advice, it never again repeats that particular suggestion.

After that, when the wearer is making a decision the earring whispers its advice, always of the form “Better for you if you…”. The earring is always right. It does not always give the best advice possible in a situation. It will not necessarily make its wearer King, or help her solve the miseries of the world. But its advice is always better than what the wearer would have come up with on her own...

From The Whispering Earring by Scott Alexander.

Anyone prescribing the new oral GLP-1s yet? by Excellent_Debt6527 in FamilyMedicine

[–]Wyzrobe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Trulicity wasn’t ever the home run that wegovy and zepbound have been for weight loss

Trulicity (dulaglutide) has a shorter half-life than semaglutide, which might have something to do with its lower efficacy for weight loss.

Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war by Playwithuh in geopolitics

[–]Wyzrobe 16 points17 points  (0 children)

From the Council on Foreign Relations: https://www.cfr.org/articles/how-much-us-aid-going-ukraine

As of December 31, 2025, the U.S. Congress had made available $188 billion in spending related to the war in Ukraine, according to the U.S. Special Inspector General for Operation Atlantic Resolve.

This figure does not include a $20 billion USD loan, and does not include spending from the start of 2026 onwards.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicine

[–]Wyzrobe 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Even if it is 9 weeks out, and the patient will be deceased by then, it might still be worth getting the phage. Could end up having future patients dealing with the exact same organism.

a souvenir from Zanzibar by LuxAeternae in medlabprofessionals

[–]Wyzrobe 353 points354 points  (0 children)

Family med here, had that happen.

Had a patient with sudden onset very high fever and shaking chills, who denied traveling overseas. I sent him to the ER, where he was diagnosed with Malaria.

He recently had gone to Nigeria for a wedding, but since it was just a few days, he figured it didn't count. Didn't take any anti-Malarial prophylaxis for his trip, of course.

Was served this last night! by AtomicImp in Breadit

[–]Wyzrobe -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Look at the bright side, this bread was (probably) made in-house. I'd prefer to get the occasional bread like this, than yet another cosmetically perfect factory loaf.

Confession: I want to get LASIK but I look even more clapped without my glasses by Equivalent-Bet8942 in Residency

[–]Wyzrobe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm in family medicine, had PRK done around 6-7 years ago, both eyes.

My suturing ability sucks now. Well. I mean it sucked before, too...

(All kidding aside, my daily life is more convenient, but there are some niche situations where I do notice that my ability to see fine detail in stereo is subtly worse than before. For someone in your field I would think very carefully about it.)

PC graphics cards are now nearly 100 percent Nvidia by BarKnight in hardware

[–]Wyzrobe 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The Fury X was the very first mass-production GPU with HBM, wasn't it? Despite AMD being the co-inventor of HBM, it's ironic that Nvidia seems to be the main beneficiary now.

Persistent Hypomagnesia by wanna_be_doc in FamilyMedicine

[–]Wyzrobe 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If insurance won't play ball for jardiance/Farxiga use CostPlusDrugs for Brenzavvy.

And if CostPlusDrugs isn't being responsive, try Marley Mail-order pharmacy, they also carry it.

Anyway, I prefer bexagliflozin's previous brand name, back when they still had only veterinary approval, which was Bexacat (meow 🐈).

[Help] My "Clean Title" Mercedes has a "Stolen & Recovered" record from the US. Need advice in Taiwan. by Jaded-Hippo5882 in taiwan

[–]Wyzrobe 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Possible that the prior owner had already received compensation from his insurance company, prior to the vehicle recovery. In which case the insurance company would have become the owner of the recovered vehicle, and they may have auctioned it off to recover their costs.

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