"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
The Mummy's Curse: This must be the BMJ's week for humor. Not only does it have an article on the quality of the curves of Playboy centerfolds, it also has an article debunking the mummy's curse:
Among the 25 people exposed to the "curse", the average age at death was 70 years compared with 75 in those not exposed.