tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358946782011-11-27T15:20:02.846-08:00Random thoughts of a medic...Fowlerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118365160076455924noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35894678.post-53724269345045979912006-10-18T11:51:00.000-07:002006-10-19T10:39:00.392-07:00

Is Religion the root of all evil? Prof Richard Dawkins certainly thinks so. Reuters recently ran a report on how a few 'atheist' non fiction books were making the New York Times bestsellers list. No surprises for me there. If Da Vinci Code was any indication, a cocktail of religion and controversy certainly make a best selling recipe!So who is Prof Dawkins? Well, basically he's this atheist

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Private practice or "PP" as it is most fondly referred to among doctors is a highly controversial issue in Sri Lanka, both among patients and doctors. From a doctors point of view the basic purpose of engaging in PP is to earn some extra money. Don't be misled. That is the sole and only reason doctors go into private practice. Is it wrong or unethical? I don't think so. Contrary to popular belief

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I do not watch TV for many reasons. The most obvious reason for the most part has simply been a lack of time. However the last couple of weeks has given me plenty of time to be doing things I wouldn't normally do :) I guess watching TV could have been one of them, except finding something interesting enough to watch on our local TV stations proved to be a daunting task. The other reason I do not

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CNN recently reported an interesting study on how men seemed to delay treatment during a football game. Here are some excerpts..."When is a man's medical emergency not all that urgent? Apparently when sports are on the tube.A drop in the number of men going to the emergency room during sports broadcasts on TV is followed by a surge afterward, reports an ER doctor who reviewed case numbers over

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Google earth has to be one of the coolest pieces of software ever! While I'm sure almost everyone would appreciate the extremely detailed satelite pics, the likes of Osama, Prabhakaran and the likes must certainly be most pleased to say the least. Detailed images of "high security zones" such as the Bandaranaike internatioanl airport and nearby airforce base, Temple trees, etc etc would

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Only 14 specialists for 376,000 victimsSri Lanka is grappling with a shortage of mental health specialists with only 14 of them being available for the whole country, Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said yesterday.Addressing a seminar at the Health Education Bureau, Minister de Silva said the situation created a grave impact because some 376, 000 people were known to be suffering from

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