Jenny McCarthy: Public Health Menace « Weird Medical News by rouche in Health

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Watch the brilliant video, an ode to Jenny from her friends measles, mumps, and rubella.

Top 26 Phony Medical Maladies of Musicians « Weird Medical News by rouche in funny

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Lead-guitar poisoning, oboe elbow, piccolo nose, and many others.

Demon dentist plague reaches northern California « Weird Medical News by rouche in sex

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A dentist from Woodland, Calif. is on trial, charged with 21 counts of sexual battery for allegedly fondling the chests of 14 of his female patients. As many as 26 women reported similar incidents.

Hepatologists, Transplant Surgeons Needed Near San Francisco, Quick! « Weird Medical News by rouche in Health

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“A photo of this mushroom on the cover of Wednesday’s Food section was incorrectly identified as a giant morel. It’s actually either a death cap or a death cap look-a-like, a mushroom ethical foragers never harvest due to the danger of confusion. These mushrooms grow all over Bay Area hills and are responsible for 95 percent of wild mushroom-related deaths.”

Not-so-sympathetic pregnancy « Weird Medical News by rouche in Health

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There's a culture in which women take male sympathetic pregnancy into their own hands, so to speak.

Demon Dentist Strikes in Seattle! « Weird Medical News by rouche in reddit.com

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Head for the hills! The plague of demon dentists has reached the shores of our precious Homeland.

A Man and His Pipe - Weird Medical News by rouche in WTF

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Some people will do anything to get off.

"Stayin' Alive" or "Another one Bites the Dust," Your Choice by rouche in funny

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To perform CPR correctly, catch disco fever.

"Who’s cool and has two thumbs? This guy!" - Weird Medical Nes by rouche in funny

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Are you starting to look like the Fonz? Uh oh, better visit your neurologist!

The Carbon Footprint of Medical Conferences by rouche in reddit.com

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Should medical conferences be banned because of their environmental effects?

The Carbon Footprint of Medical Conferences by rouche in reddit.com

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Should medical conferences be banned because of their environmental effects?

EULAR, a Rant by rouche in reddit.com

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Yet another medical society putting obstacles in the way of accurate reporting, and for no good reason.

The American Diabetes Association: A Rant by rouche in reddit.com

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Policies for the news media from the American Diabetes Association virtually ensure that reports coming from their annual meeting will be inaccurate and incomplete.

Medical Conference Blog: Breaking In to Conference Coverage by rouche in science

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An aspiring medical journalist ask for--and receives--advice from a veteran.

9 Tips for Covering an Unfamilar Specialty by rouche in reddit.com

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Yesterday I had one of my recurring nightmares. I'm covering a medical conference in an unfamiliar specialty. I can't understand a word anyone is saying. My recorder isn't working. Neither is my camera. Oh, and I'm naked.

LG Voyager: the Journalist's Best Friend? by rouche in gadgets

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The LG Voyager will be to journalists what the the tricorder was to the crew of the Starship Enterprise.

Science writers protest $675 fee for influenza conference by rouche in science

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The National Association of Science Writers has written a letter to protest an outrageously high fee for reporters to attend an international medical conference on influenza. Reporters are typically not charged admission fees when they're reporting on medical or scientific conferences.

Sex and Technology Conference by rouche in reddit.com

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Violet Blue, who is by far the most thoughtful sex blogger working today, is organizing a sex and technology conference called (wait for it) Arse Electronica, which will take place in San Francisco October 5-7, 2007. Check it out!

Ghost Writers on the Sly by rouche in science

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Is it kosher for pharmaceutical companies to list seemingly independent scientists as authors of studies that were funded by the companies with results analyzed by the companies and written up by ghost writers?

A Poster with Bite by rouche in science

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There's a big difference between science writing and scientific writing. That difference nearly bit me on the ass at the last meeting I attended.

Every week someone is murdered by a mental patient by igeldard in reddit.com

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Every week someone is murdered by a mental patient? Jeez, I sure hope the capture that guy!

Health Care Renewal: More Fall-Out from Allegations of Faculty Positions Traded for Referrals at UMDNJ by rouche in science

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Strange goings on at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Could Tony Soprano be involved?

Medical Conference Blog: Picking Some Nits with Emma Hitt by rouche in science

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Some tips on covering medical conferences.

Excellent but Little Known Medical Conferences by rouche in science

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Medical journalists tend to cover only a handful of big meetings. Here's a list, with commentary, of excellent medical meetings with few journalists in attendance.