Medical Gumbo
Medical Thoughts Seasoned With a Bit of Everything
MY RECENT POSTS
- Why All Doctors Should Wear
Bow Ties
May 28, 2012 12:11PM - How I Gave Up and Accepted the
Pocket Protector
April 24, 2012 11:31AM - The Book Catechism: Field
Notes from a Catastrophe by
Elizabeth Kolbert
January 02, 2012 10:59PM - My Board Certification Is
Complete! (So Now I Get To
Complain.)
December 12, 2011 12:08PM - The Book Catechism: A Game of
Thrones
October 03, 2011 12:32PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Nice post, but you
really should give proper
credit to your
quotation.
Turn, Turn…”
June 11, 2010 12:02PM - “Let my add one thing. I
have been posting on the web
for
three years, and the
one…”
January 18, 2010 10:02AM - “I thought about Haiti
when I posted this. But I had
already
written most of it
by…”
January 18, 2010 09:57AM - “No, you're right. Thanks
for commenting.”
January 14, 2010 12:38AM - “I agree with you. There
is something called the Stark
law
which is supposed to
p…”
December 31, 2009 08:38PM
Michael Hebert's Links
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June 11, 2010 12:02PM
“Nice post, but you really should give proper credit to your quotation. Turn, Turn, Turn is a Byrds song, but the lyrics are from Ecclesiastes, the book…”
About: Opening Day - Reprise
“Nice post, but you really should give proper credit to your quotation. Turn, Turn, Turn is a Byrds song, but the lyrics are from Ecclesiastes, the book…”
About: Opening Day - Reprise
January 18, 2010 10:02AM
“Let my add one thing. I have been posting on the web for three years, and the one thing I have learned is that some people have never heard of the word…”
About: Doctors Without Water
“Let my add one thing. I have been posting on the web for three years, and the one thing I have learned is that some people have never heard of the word…”
About: Doctors Without Water
January 18, 2010 09:57AM
“I thought about Haiti when I posted this. But I had already written most of it by Wednesday when the Haiti story really hit the media. I'm not the kind…”
About: Doctors Without Water
“I thought about Haiti when I posted this. But I had already written most of it by Wednesday when the Haiti story really hit the media. I'm not the kind…”
About: Doctors Without Water
January 14, 2010 12:38AM
“No, you're right. Thanks for commenting.”
About: Why Brit Hume Is Like Janet Jackson's Breast
“No, you're right. Thanks for commenting.”
About: Why Brit Hume Is Like Janet Jackson's Breast
December 31, 2009 08:38PM
“I agree with you. There is something called the Stark law which is supposed to prevent physician ownership of labs and similar facilities. Big groups…”
About: Health Care Reform -- A Doctor's Tirade
“I agree with you. There is something called the Stark law which is supposed to prevent physician ownership of labs and similar facilities. Big groups…”
About: Health Care Reform -- A Doctor's Tirade
September 09, 2009 08:50AM
“Thanks for the comments. This AM I made a few edits, fixing typos. Also, the original title was "Help! My Kids Watched the Obama Back to School Sp…”
About: Help! My Kids Watched the Obama Back to School Speech!
“Thanks for the comments. This AM I made a few edits, fixing typos. Also, the original title was "Help! My Kids Watched the Obama Back to School Sp…”
About: Help! My Kids Watched the Obama Back to School Speech!
August 21, 2009 11:47PM
“I appreciate all the feedback. Hopefully I can post on this topic in more detail in the future, but I find the "right to health insurance" so…”
About: Is the Whole Foods Boycott Fair?
“I appreciate all the feedback. Hopefully I can post on this topic in more detail in the future, but I find the "right to health insurance" so…”
About: Is the Whole Foods Boycott Fair?
August 11, 2009 06:30PM
“I guess I am the minority in thinking this ugliness is not entirely a bad thing. I have no idea where people got the idea that health care reform would…”
About: Conservative Idol: Health Care & the Fox News Incentive
“I guess I am the minority in thinking this ugliness is not entirely a bad thing. I have no idea where people got the idea that health care reform would…”
About: Conservative Idol: Health Care & the Fox News Incentive
August 02, 2009 12:32PM
“This scare tactic really bothers me. In my medical practice I have enough problems with patients and families who can't come to terms with the fact tha…”
About: Health Care: Living Wills or Govt-Mandated Death Squads?
“This scare tactic really bothers me. In my medical practice I have enough problems with patients and families who can't come to terms with the fact tha…”
About: Health Care: Living Wills or Govt-Mandated Death Squads?
June 12, 2009 10:11PM
“Dear all: I appreciate the comments. Let me say this: I stand by my "affirmative action" statement because, unlike most of the posters, I don'…”
About: Does Sotomayor Really Make the Supreme Court Diverse?
“Dear all: I appreciate the comments. Let me say this: I stand by my "affirmative action" statement because, unlike most of the posters, I don'…”
About: Does Sotomayor Really Make the Supreme Court Diverse?
May 20, 2009 11:28AM
“First I don't think I was overreacting on the pedophilia issue. No, most posters said nothing about it, but at least two brought it up. There was not a…”
About: The President Goes to Notre Dame
“First I don't think I was overreacting on the pedophilia issue. No, most posters said nothing about it, but at least two brought it up. There was not a…”
About: The President Goes to Notre Dame
May 19, 2009 11:23AM
“I held off on reviewing my comments because I was afraid to look. Guess I was right, mostly. Totally out of bounds are the pedophile comments. Are you i…”
About: The President Goes to Notre Dame
“I held off on reviewing my comments because I was afraid to look. Guess I was right, mostly. Totally out of bounds are the pedophile comments. Are you i…”
About: The President Goes to Notre Dame
May 18, 2009 12:09PM
“Thanks for the on-the-spot reporting. It was helpful. I am pro-life, or anti-abortion, if you will, and answer some of your comments about women decidi…”
About: How a Bunch of Ragtag Militant Protesters Turned the Gates of Notre Dame into the Gates of Hell
“Thanks for the on-the-spot reporting. It was helpful. I am pro-life, or anti-abortion, if you will, and answer some of your comments about women decidi…”
About: How a Bunch of Ragtag Militant Protesters Turned the Gates of Notre Dame into the Gates of Hell
February 25, 2009 02:50PM
“Jindal was very disappointing. I have followed Jindal for years, met him once at a fundraiser, and he remains the only political candidate I have ever…”
About: I am a masochist
“Jindal was very disappointing. I have followed Jindal for years, met him once at a fundraiser, and he remains the only political candidate I have ever…”
About: I am a masochist
February 16, 2009 11:08PM
“The pictures look exactly like my own house. I've written about MR GO before in my own blog, but I'm not sure if I cross-posted all of that to Open Salo…”
About: Government Projects Gone Bad: MRGO & Hurricane Katrina
“The pictures look exactly like my own house. I've written about MR GO before in my own blog, but I'm not sure if I cross-posted all of that to Open Salo…”
About: Government Projects Gone Bad: MRGO & Hurricane Katrina
February 16, 2009 03:37PM
“Lisa: I think the bloodletting was the cause, but it's impossible to tell. Who knows if he would have died or not had he not been bled? Procopius: I agr…”
About: What Killed George Washington?
“Lisa: I think the bloodletting was the cause, but it's impossible to tell. Who knows if he would have died or not had he not been bled? Procopius: I agr…”
About: What Killed George Washington?
February 12, 2009 12:35PM
“Stella, I have read Joyce, just not Ulysses, which I guess could be interpreted as never having read the real Joyce. Don Rich: I have a book about HIT (…”
About: Marcel Proust, My Personal Trainer
“Stella, I have read Joyce, just not Ulysses, which I guess could be interpreted as never having read the real Joyce. Don Rich: I have a book about HIT (…”
About: Marcel Proust, My Personal Trainer
January 06, 2009 02:07PM
“One significant bit of nonsense bandied about when people discuss box office figures is that the initial figures determine a movie's profitability. Not…”
About: In Defense Of Nicole Kidman...
“One significant bit of nonsense bandied about when people discuss box office figures is that the initial figures determine a movie's profitability. Not…”
About: In Defense Of Nicole Kidman...
January 06, 2009 10:47AM
“I kinda see your point. It's that not giving it to her because of her name carries the same bias as giving it to her because of her name. Unfortunately,& #8230;”
About: Caroline No
“I kinda see your point. It's that not giving it to her because of her name carries the same bias as giving it to her because of her name. Unfortunately,& #8230;”
About: Caroline No
November 20, 2008 11:49AM
“I'll probably be the only one to defend the anti-abortion stance here, but I'll do it anyway. I don't like the word "pro-choice" because it is…”
About: The Pro-Abortion vs. Pro-Choice Debate and The Double Effect
“I'll probably be the only one to defend the anti-abortion stance here, but I'll do it anyway. I don't like the word "pro-choice" because it is…”
About: The Pro-Abortion vs. Pro-Choice Debate and The Double Effect
November 18, 2008 05:53PM
“Just to clear a few things up: M Allison Anger: Technically, there is no reason a generic should work any worse than a brand name drug. They are suppose…”
About: America's Number One Health Care Reformer. No Kidding.
“Just to clear a few things up: M Allison Anger: Technically, there is no reason a generic should work any worse than a brand name drug. They are suppose…”
About: America's Number One Health Care Reformer. No Kidding.
November 18, 2008 12:00PM
“Silkstone: Yes, I understand the loss leader concept, and it remains a worry for me in looking at Wal-mart's prescription policy. On the other hand, I…”
About: America's Number One Health Care Reformer. No Kidding.
“Silkstone: Yes, I understand the loss leader concept, and it remains a worry for me in looking at Wal-mart's prescription policy. On the other hand, I…”
About: America's Number One Health Care Reformer. No Kidding.

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