Posts Tagged ‘ medicine ’

Lolshrink iz not in ur drug lunches

8 September, 2010
By Raphael Fraser
Lolshrink iz not in ur drug lunches

Oh hai – LolShrink is not in ur drug lunchez. I haz been unhappy foar a while wiv farmashootikal companees and der pressents an noms. Dey is not even gud noms mostly. Dere is nevah cheezburger. Moar srsly, Lolshrink do not want byarsed infurmation, and even tho I wearz impervius-to-bullshit suit, I’s not stoopid enuff...
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Woohoo! Toxicology!

9 August, 2010
By Raphael Fraser

I’ve been to a meeting this morning with the newly-appointed toxicology consultant at our hospital. He’s setting up what will be only the third toxicology service in the State. Our area is a pretty good place for one, seeing as apparently we make more calls to the national poisons information centre than anywhere else...
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Suicide prevention and youth mental health – misdirection

7 July, 2010
By Raphael Fraser
Suicide prevention and youth mental health – misdirection

I’m of a mind to be a little controversial today. We’re all keen to stop people killing themselves – especially young people. We’re told therefore that we need to enhance mental health services for the youth, and hence the “Headspace” initiative in Australia, which gets bags of money and flash premises and great press… And...
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Electrovestibulography: Claims well in advance of the science

30 June, 2010
By Raphael Fraser

This morning a friend sent me a link to a story on ABC from the 2nd of June 2010 about the EVestG, a new device developed at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, for “electrovestibulography”. This device has been developed by Brian Lithgow, an adjunct professor of Electrical & Computer Systems Engineering, and Jayashri Kulkarni,...
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Homeopathy equal to antidepressants?

25 June, 2010
By Raphael Fraser
Homeopathy equal to antidepressants?

I just saw this, tweeted by Annabel Bentley in London. David Tredinnick, a conservative politician in the UK made an “Early Day Motion” (appropriate, really): That this House welcomes the double-blind study conducted at the outpatient clinic at Jundiai Medical School in São Paulo, Brazil, which consisted of patients with moderate to severe depression; notes...
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