Clem, an old West Virginian, pulled his car over by the side of the road and showed Jed where he’d first had sex.

“It was right down there by that tree. I remember the day plainly. It was a warm summer day. She and I were so much in love. We walked down to the tree and made love for hours,” Clem recalled.

“That sounds wonderful,” said Jed.

“Yes. It was okay until I looked up and noticed her mother was standing right there watching us.”

“Oh my God! What did her mother say when she saw you making love to her daughter?”

“Baaaaa…”

But I digress……

This abstract describes an interesting way to diagnose the long-QT syndrome.

http://omniphysicians.com/2010/02/07/provoking-the-long-qt-syndrome-lqts/

This news article is reporting on a NEJM study linking higher co-pays to deferred medical care to longer hospitalizations. 

http://omniphysicians.com/2010/02/07/deferring-needed-care/

They’re predicting that there will be a shortage of 109,600 physicians by 2020, and 260,000 full-time-equivalent nurse positions by 2025.  That’s OK.  There’ll be fewer patients — killed off one way or another.

http://omniphysicians.com/2010/02/07/2025-major-doc-nurse-shortage/

This is something to chew over while you are nibbling on Super Bowl goodies:  wound-treating maggots are killed by Ps. aeruginosa.

http://omniphysicians.com/2010/02/07/maggots-bacteria/

Paul R