An Alternative Use for Your Lab Coats

In Brazil, a student was expelled for wearing her mini-skit too short. Here are the opening lines of an article on the subject:

A Brazilian university has expelled a woman who was heckled by hundreds of fellow students for wearing a short, pink dress to class – publicly accusing her Sunday of immorality.
The private Bandeirante University in Sao Bernardo do Campo, outside Sao Paulo, said 20-year-old Geisy Arruda disrespected "ethical principles, academic dignity and morality."

More important, after a conference with university officials, she was escorted off the campuys in a haute couture lab coat quite similar to the ones you all wear. Let's hope we don't need to use them for this dubious purpose.

The following clip in is Portuguese. I think it is rated PG, but I don't (necessarily) take blame for any objectionable language:

Sleep Apnea: Not Worth Losing Sleep Over (Or Your Life For That Matter)

In Main Case #5 one of the possible diagnoses for Neal Beal was sleep apnea. We atlked a little bit about it in class, and I encouraged Dr. Anderson to pursue some line of questioning around this subject. Why, you ask? Because I HAVE it!.

Some of you toyed with the idea of prescribing CPAP for Neal. This is a good idea on a chronic basis. I am not if it fits in to the current treatment plan.

In case you have never seen the apparatus, I asked my wife to shoot this photo of me sound asleep. I know it is not a pretty sight.

If you have any questions about this "space age" look I would be happy to answer them. At least I know I won't be falling asleep at my desk by 2 PM like I used to.

In the Spirit of Quality Improvement: The Correct Way To Gouge Eyes

Much has been said about an alleged incident involving a Florida Gator football player trying to gouge out the eyes of an opposing player. In the EBP course, we are embarking on a new discussion: Quality Improvement in Health care.

You may not know that these principles are not restricted to the Health Care Industry. Yes, that's right: in our everyday world we can applytechniques shown to improve health care outcomes to, let's just say, eye gouging.

One of the first steps in the QA process is to do a thorough review of the literature. We must try to find others who have faced the same problem and have made progress towards its solution. Follow this link to see some pointers on how this should be done:

Saudia Arabian Court Orders Eye to Be Gouged Out

http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2005/12/08/saudi-arabia-court-orders-eye-be-gouged-out

Please note that this punishment was ordered for a migrant worker for his part in a brawl. Do you see the parallel: Football? Brawl? Check it out.

Speaking of Supplements: Score One for the FDA

How timely!! No sooner did I post the Mel Gibson bit than I got a message from the FDA announcing that, as part of its ongoing cooperation with the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"), Bodybuilding.com, LLC announced today that it is conducting a voluntary nationwide and international recall of all lots and expiration dates of 65 dietary supplement products described in a list, that were sold through the Company's website, http://bodybuilding.com

It appears to me that the FDA is serious about cleaning up the Sports Supplement Industry. Check out the rest of the article at:

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm188929.htm

DSHEA: Should We Thank or Blame Mel Gibson?

Some of you have heard me proclaim over the years that in my opinion, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 was the most ill advised piece of federal legislation since the Stamp Act. Support was garnered for passage of this legislation by some very scary commercials portraying what the world would be like if DSHEA was not passed. Sit back an watch as one of your favorite actors "shills" for the Supplement Lobby.

Officer, Somebody Stole My Weed!!

Gainesville Sun Headlines: Gainesville man reports robbers took his marijuana

Here's the body of the article from The Sun on Tuesday, November 3, 2009:

A Gainesville man called several neighbors and friends before calling 911 to report that someone had stolen a few grams of his personal marijuana stash.

Von Powell, 22, told Alachua County deputies that the robbery happened at 2:45 a.m. while he was home alone in his apartment in the 7000 block of Southwest 44th Avenue. According to sheriff's spokesman Art Forgey, Powell claimed he was sitting on his coach, listening to music, drinking a beer and smoking a blunt [a marijuana cigarette] when two men kicked in the front door of the apartment.

"He told us that one of the men hit him on the head with a chrome firearm and that they took cash from his pocket and three to four grams of his personal smoking weed," Forgey said.
Powell said he ran out of the apartment and so did his attackers. He said he saw them get into a dark-colored vehicle and drive away.

"Then he waited 45 minutes to call 911," Forgey said. Powell spent the time calling his neighbors and a few friends to tell them what had happened to him.

No arrests had been made in the case by Tuesday.

Anybody Seen My Alligator?

I've heard of people losing their keys or misplacing their glasses. I've heard of people losing thier a** in Las Vegas. But this one takes the cake. Read the Associated Press artcile that appeared a few days ago:

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Officials believe they have located an alligator that escaped after a Florida Fish and Wildlife officer brought the animal to his daughter’s school for show and tell. FWC spokesman Stan Kirkland says officials think the 5-foot alligator is in a Panhandle pond. Authorities weren’t able to capture the critter Friday. Searchers scoured a wooded area surrounding the school Friday afternoon after the alligator jumped out of the man’s vehicle with it’s mouth taped shut. Kirkland says he heard the schoolchildren were “impressed” with the demonstration.