Causal or circumstantial.
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: A fun tale about how false conclusions derive from associations which are not always causal. Cold Winter Ahead Its late […]
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Who wrote Shakespeare’s plays?
Dr. Weeks’ Comments: This is a great story – the actual authorship of Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets – whose lessons about the challenge of
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“Seldom right, never in doubt”
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: A.O. Smith, my 9th grade english teacher who opened for me the magnificent doors to Shakespeare* (by forcing us to memorize
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Inspiration from William Osler
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: My thanks to my wise and generous friend Dr. Richard Johnson for lending me volume 1 of The Life of William Osler.
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Fungal Meningitis vs Brain Cancer
Dr. Weeks’ Comments: Is the fungal infection causative or is it collaborative in the context of cancer? Here is a great story! http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121023161111.htm Long
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Patent for statin drug included Co Q 10
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: Statins are prescribed as cholesterol-lowering agents whose main mechanism of action is anti-inflammatory. They are a multibillion industry. There are many critics
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The world’s best Big Pharma joke
The old man, who was hard of hearing, walked into the pharmacy with his prescription to be filled. He greeted his pharmacist cordially, exchanged some
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Big Pharma, Big Greed, Big Shame but a Happy Ending.
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: Big Pharma charges big fees because (as they tell it) because their research costs are so high. Sounds reasonable. But let’s
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Hippocrates did 20 years in prison
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, he who is referred to in hushed tones of veneration and awe, he who is credited
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Environment around tumor effects spread
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: “Epigenetics” involves factors in addition to or beyond simply genetics. Here is a Johns Hopkins study which shows that the environment around
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