The Difference Between a Medicine Service and a Garbage Dump
Today we explore a new set of entities that often get mistaken for one another: a garbage dump and a medicine service. Let's begin!!!
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CDC Quarantines Jenny McCarthy
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ABIM Rewrites Board Exam: All Questions Now Covid-19-Related
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Formerly Gluten-Sensitive Patient Now Claims Evidence Insensitivity
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Local Veterans Affairs Hospital to Merge with DMV
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Burned Out Primary Care Doctor’s Job Satisfaction Soars through the Roof Through “Mindfulness”
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Texas Ebola Doctor: ‘Nurse, I’ll Be Right Behind You’
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Doctor’s Necktie Colonized with MRSA, Tarantulas, Ticks, Mosquitoes
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Spa Offers ‘Ultimate Relaxation’ With 55-Minute Carotid Sinus Massage
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Medicine Team ‘Forgets’ to Round on Patient on Psychiatry Ward
JACKSONVILLE, FL – Dr. Karen Turner, chief medical resident at Fallbrook Hospital, led her team on morning rounds yesterday throughout the hospital. Intern, Dr. Jeremy...