Archive for the 'Medicine' Category

If I did not reprint the entire piece, you wouldn’t believe me.

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

August 23rd, 2008
Mark Nickolas
Huffington Post
The Anatomy of a Deception: How The McCains Changed Their Baby Adoption Story Just Before 2008 Campaign Began
Posted August 21, 2008 | 12:32 PM (EST)
As was pointed out yesterday by the Christian Science Monitor, the McCain campaign was called out for lying about the purported urging of Cindy McCain by Mother […]

Georgia Men Claim Hairy, Frozen Corpse Is Bigfoot–AP headline

Friday, August 15th, 2008

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(Kimberly White/Reuters)

First, don’t these guys know their country was just at war?
Second, don’t they realize that wearing hats which state:

(Kimberly White/Reuters)
“Best Trackers In The World
Bigfoottracker.com”
may leave more than a few people skeptical.
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Bigfoot stored in a 1955 Amana Sasquatch Ice King Deep Freeze

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By MALIA WOLLAN, Associated Press Writer
August 15, 2008
PALO ALTO, Calif. - Bigfoot […]

If the charges are true, these two folks have raised grave-robbing from ignomy to a worthy profession.

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

Two Charged in Medical-Care Billing Scam
The Wall Street Journal
By AMY KAUFMAN
August 7, 2008; Page A14
LOS ANGELES — A top hospital official and the operator of a homeless facility face federal criminal fraud charges for their alleged involvement in an elaborate plan to recruit homeless individuals for unnecessary health-care treatment and then bill the government for […]

Army To Shoot Live Pigs For Medical Drill–AP headline, 7/18/2008

Friday, July 18th, 2008

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Before he was to become the first Million Dollar Mover in Manhattan,
Bill the Butcher had once said,
“The closest thing to the flesh of a man is the flesh of the pig.”

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By JAYMES SONG, Associated Press Writer Fri Jul 18, 4:27 AM ET
HONOLULU - The Army says it’s critical to saving the lives of […]

Employee Suggestions Help Stanford Hospital Save Millions–Yahoo headline, June 18, 2008

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Where do they put all of those patients?
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Image: Original Photo c. Lee Bennett, Jr./ATPM.com

Dick ‘n W work to keep drug prices low in their inimitable way…

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

and their method will save oil by substituting
a trip to the sink for a drive to the doctor.
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AP water probe prompts Senate hearings
By MARTHA MENDOZA, AP National Writer
March 10, 2008
Two veteran U.S. senators said Monday they plan to hold hearings in response to an Associated Press investigation into the presence of trace amounts of […]

Calling this a Third World story insults the so-called Third World.

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

More Nevada Surgery Clinics to Be Cited
March 8, 2008
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY – 12 hours ago
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A statewide inspection of outpatient surgery centers like the one believed to have spread hepatitis C to its patients has uncovered dangerous practices at four other clinics, a health official said Friday.
The state swore to quickly inspect […]

Under Dick ‘n W, all protection falls to corporate tyranny.

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

This grotesque letter is but the latest
in an 8-year riptide of greed and reason number 83,246 for the turning out of the party of big business.
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Doctors balk at request for data
Physicians object to a letter from Blue Cross seeking information that could lead to policy cancellations.
By Lisa Girion, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
February […]

Why are the Amoxicillin side-effects printed in Mandarin?

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 3:00 PM EST
Wal-Mart opening health clinics
Baltimore Business Journal - by Sue Schultz Staff
Expanding its brand into the health care market, retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. unveiled plans Thursday to open 400 new health clinics nationwide by 2010.
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Saturday, January 19th, 2008

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