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DO NO HARM: THE DANGERS OF MEDICAL RADIATION

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The dangers of medical radiation are real, yet often neglected in the delivery of medical care. I have been a full-time practicing emergency department (ED) physician since 2008. During the said time, my practice has evolved in many ways, but

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PLAN AHEAD FOR HEALTHY LIVING

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Now that the first installment of Obamacare has been rolled out, we have all been subjected to the grand mess it is turning out to be. Even if we assume (in a fantasy) that everyone behind government-mandated health care is

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FEAR versus REALITY: THE FLU SHOT DANGERS

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As a practicing physician, have I ever elected to receive the annual flu shot? Never. Has an employer, hospital or office ever given me (or my physician peers) an informed medical talk on all the flu shot dangers? Never. Have

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THE ANOMALY: THE FLAWS OF DARWINISM

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What are the flaws of Darwinism and how can a rational mind approach this theory? C.S. Lewis once said, “Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that

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CAUSE AND EFFECT

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During one of my frequent moments of reflection recently, it dawned upon me that we live in an age where the common citizen suffers from a mental disorder of “global acceptance”—people overwhelmingly lay down and accept the common explanations for

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THE DILEMMA: THE PROS AND CONS OF ABORTION

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What are the pros and cons of abortion from the standpoint of faith and medical science? The blog has so far addressed topics that have shaken it up a little bit. Now I thought it appropriate to take it up

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THE DANGERS OF SUGAR

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What are the dangers of sugar, and if fruits contain mostly sugar, doesn’t that make them bad as well? I flirted with calling this post “The Greatest Fat Loss Secret of All-Time, Part II” but in reality, this article has

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WHAT WAS PLAN A? THE PLAN B CONTROVERSY

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In 2011, the secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, overruled the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which had decided, based on scientific evidence, that Plan B, or the morning after pill, would be safe and appropriate “for all

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GROCERIES AT RADIO SHACK? INDIAN WOMAN DENIED ABORTION AND DIES

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There has been a despicable series of developments in the news lately, after the unfortunate death of Mrs. Savita Halappanavar—an Indian woman denied abortion, and whom subsequently died on October 28th 2012 at an Irish hospital. The physician in charge

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A RANDOM STROLL THROUGH THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

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This article was originally posted on the American College of Emergency Physicians blog, The Central Line (centralline.org) on March 29th, 2013.   Observations from the Emergency Department.   The Emergency Department (ED) is a fascinating, wonderful thing. It is an

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