Posts Tagged ‘emergency medicine’

Idiots

Latest Research: Men Are Idiots

December 14, 2014 — As if we needed it, a new study in the BMJ appears to prove that men, indeed, are idiots. The authors explain: This paper reviews the data on winners of the Darwin Award over a 20 year period (1995-2014). Winners of the Darwin Award must eliminate themselves from the gene pool in such an idiotic […]

Obesity in the Emergency Department

May 27, 2013 — The emergency department is where two broken pieces of healthcare meet: obesity and poor access to care. Two recent studies illustrate the results of a phenomenon that weight bias researchers have documented for some time. People with obesity face an attitude from some healthcare professionals that verges on contempt. As a result, they avoid seeking […]