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Reader Takes
Posted 3 hours, 34 minutes ago on Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog
Reader Takes is a regular feature where selected op-ed style pieces from the audience at Kevin, M.D. will be published on the blog.Posts are betwe...

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National Judges’ Medical School
Posted 3 hours, 36 minutes ago on Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog
Judges taking medical courses. Should be mandatory for plaintiff and defense lawyers specializing in medical malpractice as well. ...

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Dr. Rob makes the NY Times
Posted 3 hours, 41 minutes ago on Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog
The NYT's health blog, Well, that is. His post on how obese patients don't need lectures has garnered over 760 comments. Congrats. (via Me...

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MeDic
Posted 3 hours, 55 minutes ago on Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog
A handy, free medical spell check dictionary for Microsoft Word and OpenOffice.org ...

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The tattoo placing surgeon
Posted 3 hours, 56 minutes ago on Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog
Blogs are taking aim at this surgeon, and the physician-haters can't wait to pile on: "As someone who spends a substantial portion of his professi...

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Vitamin A and D - Synergy and Balance
Posted 11 hours, 13 minutes ago on Health Supreme
There has been an unusual spate of studies in recent times about Vitamin D and the protective effects it said to have on various illnesses. I...

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Obama health plan, silliness
Posted 14 hours, 54 minutes ago on The Health Care Blog
By Matthew Holt Enter David Cutler. Result is more silly meaningless numbers It is truly worrying when the single most sensible quote in th...

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Cost containment is the missing link in Obama’s health plan
Posted 14 hours, 57 minutes ago on The Health Care Blog
By Robert Laszewski Barack Obama’s health care plan follows the Democratic template—an emphasis on dramatically and quickly increasing the...

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Doubtful McCain’s health plan would accomplish any real cost savings
Posted 15 hours, 7 minutes ago on The Health Care Blog
By Robert Laszewski John McCain is now the presumptive Republican nominee for president. As a result, what he thinks about health care policy...

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Information therapy goes beyond evidenced-based info
Posted 15 hours, 25 minutes ago on The Health Care Blog
By Joshua Seidman Joshua Seidman is the president of of the Center for Information Therapy that aims to provide the timely prescription and availability...

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