Yes, it’s true, Culture Dish has found a new (and improved) home. After a long blogging hiatus while I finished writing my book, I’m now in the process of packing up shop and moving here to ScienceBlogs. I say “in the process” because I’m still trying to move my old Blogger archives here (hello, nightmare), […]

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Yes, it’s true, Culture Dish has found a new (and improved) home. After a long blogging hiatus while I finished writing my book, I’m now in the process of packing up shop and moving here to ScienceBlogs. I say “in the process” because I’m still trying to move my old Blogger archives here (hello, nightmare), […]

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Patient’s DNA May Be Signal to Tailor Drugs:
The colon cancer drugs Erbitux and Vectibix, for instance, do not work for the 40 percent of patients whose tumors have a particular genetic mutation. The Food and Drug Administration held a meeting this month to discuss whether patients should be tested to narrow use of the drugs, […]

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Last week, I gave everybody’s favorite creationist neurosurgeon, Dr. Michael Egnor, the gift everyone loves to read but not to receive: the gift of not-so-Respectful Insolence. Christmas or no Christmas, he did ask for it, and far be it from me, given my benevolent nature, not to respond to his plaintiff plea with a resounding […]

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The tagline is from Elaine D’Farley at Self magazine talking about the FDA’s then-pending approval of Allergan’s Latisse™ for cosmetic growth of longer, thicker eyelashes treatment of hypotrichosis of the eyelashes. While not expected until early 2009, Jacob Goldstein at the WSJ Health Blog clued me in to the approval last Friday (Allergan press release […]

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As far as the world is concerned, if any day can be said to be bird flu’s birthday, it’s today. The disease of birds doctors call influenza A subtype H5N1 may have had a long gestation period, but we’re not sure how long. A form of the virus deadly to poultry was isolated from a […]

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…more not-so-Respectful Insolence, courtesy not of Orac this time but of other skeptical physician-bloggers!
Enjoy:

Smackdown, please (yes, Egnor, I’m talking to you) (by blog bud PalMD)
Defending science-based medicine (by skeptical neurologist Dr. Steve Novella, who’s been known to spar a bit with Dr. Egnor himself over evolution and neuroscience)
Egnorance is Bliss (by Dr. Kimball Atwood IV)

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According to family legend, my grandmother gave birth to my father three months early. The doctors told her that he was born prematurely, and would soon die. It was suggested that she take him home and call a priest.
So she took the infant home and lit the wood stove, and made a crib for him, […]

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