Surgery

Pokémon Go Update: Local Man Walks Into an OR to Catch Rare Pokémon: Abra

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CHARLOTTE, NC - Local man, Danny Nguyen, wandered into St. Elizabeth Hospital's operating room chasing down a rare Pokémon: Abra. "I had no idea...
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MEDCOMIC Cartoons: Hilarious Medical Learning (Volume 1)

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MEDCOMIC creator Jorge Muniz has created a funny and effective way to help study for that next test!  We posted a few of his...

Ask a Drug Seeker

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Dear Drug Seeker, I’m really concerned about the Zika virus and the Summer Olympics going on as scheduled. Do you think this is a good...
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Warning: Ortho Has a Bone to Pick with You

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RALEIGH, NC - Gomerblog just wants to give you a heads up: Ortho has a bone to pick with you.  It's unclear what bone...

Particularly Rough Night on Inpatient Psych Ward Inspired Angry Turds Game Franchise

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BENTONVILLE, AR - In a classic example of art imitating life, a disgruntled inpatient psychiatric nurse created the now famous Angry Turds franchise of...

ICD-10 Codes Are Out: What Do You Think?

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ICD-10 codes are out.  It contains over 14,400 codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, special circumstances, and external causes of injury...
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Frustrated Urologist Designs Obscenity-Screaming Stent

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BOSTON, MA - It started in 2007 when Dr. Ronald Jeremy, a staff urologist, was on his way out the door to the departmental...

ENT Docs Vote Unanimously to Drop the Nose, Will Only Treat Ear & Throat

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ALEXANDRIA, VA—In a move that has left many speechless, the board of directors of the American Academy of Otolaryngology (AAO) voted unanimously today to...
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Medical Student Inadvertently Contaminates Entire OR by Mere Brief Existence

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ATLANTA, GA - “Don’t touch that!” snapped the surgical tech, referring to anything and everything in the OR at once.  Although he was standing...
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Do You Know Your ABCs by Subspecialty?

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CHICAGO, IL – The American College of Surgeons (ACS) released new subspecialty-focused primary survey guidelines for Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) this week after...