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No Joke: 'Extraction of Phallic Objects Requires Ingenuity'

How do you remove a sex toy stuck in a man's rectum?

September 4, 2015
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The Medium Is The Message: Second Study Confirms Mediums' Accuracy

A journal publishes another paper reporting that officially certified mediums are accurate.

March 4, 2015
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These Men Had Their Penises Broken, Cut, and Shot

Industrial accidents, self-inflicted genital mutilation, and gunshots: It's dangerous out there for the male member.

November 17, 2014
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That's Not Chronic Lyme, It's Cancer

Three case reports demonstrate the risks of "assuming that patients have chronic Lyme disease."

November 4, 2014
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Is That an Unusual Sexual Fantasy?

Sex in the office, fellatio, and menage a trois: Researchers probe sexual fantasies.

November 1, 2014
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Emanuel: Did I Say Die at 75?

Death at age 75 was a "slightly random number," but Ezekiel Emanuel will just say No to statins, antihypertensives, and antibiotics after age 75.

October 21, 2014
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Wait, What? Medium Was Accurate, Says Peer-Reviewed Study

Sometimes, blog posts write themselves. Others are written by dead doctors with the help of a medium.

August 13, 2014
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Are Your Patients Using Fake Names?

A case study in the American Journal of Medicine poses a vexing question many healthcare professionals have faced: What should you do when your patients use fraudulent names?

July 21, 2014
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The Day My Brother Became a Statistic

My brother would have turned 37 today. Instead, he became a statistic in 1995.

May 12, 2014
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What's Your Favorite Doctor Joke?

When some patients groan, it's in laughter, not pain.

March 4, 2014
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Which Bullets Are Safe in an MRI?

Don't go ballistic -- only steel bullets will cause problems in MRI, says a study of 39 kinds of the projectiles.

February 21, 2014
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Paging Dr. Colbert: How Not To Drive Traffic to Your Website

A doctor tries paying bloggers to endorse his supplement-hawking website.

January 2, 2014
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