"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
"Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one." - Chris Rangel
Celebrity Medical Watch: Warren Zevon, whose symbol on all of his records since 1986 has been a smoking skull, has terminal lung cancer. I’m not a great fan of his, but I am fond of his Life'll Kill Ya disc. I like to listen to it while I’m doing paper work. “My Sh***’s F****ed Up” is one of my favorites. It’s a line I’ve often been tempted, but never dared, to use on a patient. The last song on the CD, “Don’t Let Us Get Sick”, is a poignant prayer for a gentle old age, and also highly recommended.
Celebrity Medical Watch II: Christopher Reeve's miracle via electrical nerve stimulation. You have to hand it to him for sticking so doggedly to a research trial that has had so little overt success. He’s the only one who has shown any progress, if I read the story correctly. posted by Sydney on
9/14/2002 07:43:00 AM
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