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Placebo Gazette #158
(Keeping Our Finger On The Prostate Of Medicine)
6/30/10 |
Man Down
More Botox
Win A Free Subscription
A Lawsuit In The Making
Placebo Journal Update
Ban To Be Lifted
Nostradougus and Polio
Another Ridiculous McDonald's Lawsuit Save The Fake Baby Seals!
1. Man Down
Good news. Son of the Double Down from KFC is coming out soon. For those
not in the know, the Double Down basically had meat between two pieces of fried
chicken. I am not sure what this new Doublicious
will be but expect it to be really disgustingly unhealthy. Rumor has it that KFC
will be giving away two cardiac stents with each purchase.
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2. More Botox
I am out of the loop. Here is a quick
little piece describing how Botox is really the new cosmetic procedure for
the younger population - even teens! Want numbers?
- In 2009, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery reported 12,110
Botox or Dysport procedures performed on patients 18 and under.
- The the American Society of Plastic Surgeons found 11,889 cosmetic
Botox/Dysport procedures were performed on patients age 13 to 19 (an increase of
2 percent from 2008).
I am just a plain old family doc who feels guilty for charging for cerumen
removal so forgive me for asking this question: Shouldn't plastic surgeons say
no to doing this procedure in this age group? I am being serious. Aren't there
some ethical concerns here? FOLLOW this link to comment
3. Win A Free Subscription
When I was in medical school about 20 years ago I used to have a pathology
teacher with a great sense of humor. He knew that the students would get bored
with watching slide after slide and so he would throw in a curveball now and
then. Students would take their "Robbins" book wherever they went on vacation or
maybe into any other weird place and then snap a shot. During the year he would
pop them in for a quick laugh or surprise. Of note, I never got my picture up
there. A few buddies of mine went to a topless club and we had our picture (with
the book) and a famous adult movie actress taken. It was a no go.
Anyway,
back to my point. I would like to give out five free subscriptions to the best
pictures uploaded on the Placebo
Journal Fans Facebook page. The subscription can be for you or a friend of
yours. Here are the rules:
- Take a picture of yourself with a
Placebo Journal somewhere weird or on your vacation or whatever you think would
be cool looking. Obviously, you need an actual Placebo Journal. Do not digitally
photoshop in, please.
- Upload it on the Placebo
Journal Fans Facebook page
That's it. I will be checking regularly for entries.
Oh, you may upload as many pics as you like but you can only win
free sub.
Let the pictures begin.
4. A Lawsuit In The Making
I get asked for medical notes all the time. Sometimes patients are going
through hard times and I understand that. They haven't paid their electricity
bill and need a note from me to bail them out. Many are legitimate (they need
their nebulizer or oxygen) but many are not. I want to be helpful but I don't
want to be abused. It is an awkward position to be put in but I do feel a sense
of responsibility to make sure that a patient's request is truthful. Believe it
or not, some of them can bend the truth just a little. We need to be careful,
however. News out
of New Hampshire is that a woman died because her electricity was cut off
and she therefore couldn't run her oxygen tank. Now we know that the cutting of
this utility is because the customer hasn't paid in two months. No matter.
Someone will pay for this one. Expect a lawsuit to be announced within a few
months. Will it be against the power company or the doctor? My money is on
.....both. 5. Placebo Journal Update
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6. Ban To Be Lifted
A two-year-old Massachusetts state
ban on gifts in the medical and pharmaceutical industries may be repealed
under a new economic bill. It turns out that there really was a ripple
effect from the ban that cut into profits of local businesses. Duh! The pizza
place, the printing place, the local restaurant and the local golf club were all
making money from these so-called gifts. But what happens now if those evil
doctors get to eat out free on a pharmaceutical company's dime? What happens
when a medical conference can have pharmaceutical companies hand out a candy bar
or mug with their insignia? I'll tell you what will happen. Anarchy. Human
sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria! Oh, the humanity.
FOLLOW this link to comment on this story 7. Nostradougus and Polio
Two years ago I made the following prediction in the Placebo
Gazette:
When increased perpetuation of Internet rumors about
vaccines meets more and more parents checking inappropriate sources, there will
be sudden tipping point leading to even much more unvaccinated kids. That is
when Nostradougus predicts polio will start showing its ugly head back here in
America. You heard it here first.
Now others
are starting to jump on my bandwagon. Hundreds of cases are popping up in
Central Asia's Tajikistan. This is the first to occur in a country that was
previously declared to be polio-free, in 2002, by the WHO. The whole article is
like a redo of my blog in 2008. They even use the term "tip of the iceberg"
where I used "tipping point". Okay, not the same but it's scary how good I am.
Nostradougus strikes again. FOLLOW this link to comment on this story
Doug Farrago MD King of Medicine
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