bill_from_tampa

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by bill_from_tampa 12y ago
In 1973, when I was working at a summer job as an assembly language programmer for a university medical research computer center, I asked the section supervisor about the career path for programmers. I was told: there are no old programmers
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by bill_from_tampa 13y ago
I was in the Air Force in Riyadh during the Gulf War - living in "Eskan Village" - south west of town, and just north of a Patriot missle battery. Many US servicemen (including myself) went up on the roofs of their housing units t
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by bill_from_tampa 13y ago
The mantra when I was an intern learning procedures (drawing an arterial blood gas, placing a subclavian line, etc) was: watch one, do one, teach one. The "one" part is a little scary, looking back, but the concept is valid.
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by bill_from_tampa 13y ago
This is certainly interesting research, but killing bacteria on agar is a long way from treating humans. I'm still waiting for bacteriophage vials to be available in my local CVS.
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by bill_from_tampa 14y ago
This guy is a part of the problem. The 2nd amendment links the right to keep and bear arms with the need for a "well regulated militia". Congress and the courts have never actually enforced this linkage and indeed pretend that it doesn't ex
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by bill_from_tampa 14y ago
The concept of early detection or screening is very attractive, but for many cancers the results have been disappointing: Prostate cancer: (not effective) http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD004720/screening-for-prostat... Breast cancer: (evi
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by bill_from_tampa 14y ago
This is why docs should not participate in "social media" that require or recommend registration using real names. It is difficult to fully compartmentalize one's life to the degree required (ie, if you ever spoke to a doc on his cellphone