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• Reducing major surgery by 80%: why are surgeons not interested?

  By lauredhel on 2008-02-11 • ( 9 )

  I’ve posted before about the C section escalation crisis and about some of the associated risks. The Medical Journal of Australia describes “The first year of a midwifery-led model of care in Far North Queensland”. The paper outlines the experience… Read More ›

• You know you’re middle-aged when

  By tigtog on 2008-02-10 • ( 7 )

  …you catch up with old friends who’ve come down to the big smoke not because they are going to a stadium concert at Olympic Park, but because their offspring is going to a stadium concert at Olympic Park. Photograph by… Read More ›

• Health in Pictures: the Daily Mail

  By lauredhel on 2008-02-09 • ( 14 )

  Via jadine in the Shapely Prose comments, who posted this screenshot, the Daily Mail’s take on “health”. I think there’s something in this for all of us. “A picture of poor health”, Sean Lennon, who they dub “rotund” and “The… Read More ›

• Weekend Wibble: space gems, stem cells, a spot, some spin, and a switch

  By lauredhel on 2008-02-09 • ( 2 )

  Tigtog’s posted your reading; I’ve got your Weekend Pick n Mix right here. ~~~ Courtesy of Jeff Fecke at Shakesville, this compelling bit of Jesus kitsch. ~~~

• File in the lowered journalistic standards folder

  By tigtog on 2008-02-08 • ( 10 )

  One Harry Mount, of the UK Telegraph, simply doesn’t know how to do basic research. This is his claim: The death of feminism at British universities. Quietly, without much fanfare, women’s studies has disappeared from British universities. In the 70s,… Read More ›

• Liberal Party’s shameful prevaricating

  By tigtog on 2008-02-08

  I wanted to post on the current round of semantic gymnastics regarding the Parliament’s apology to the Stolen Generations, but Andrew Bartlett’s done it, and better than I could: Liberals’ Separated Hearts. The comprehensive report of the “National Inquiry into… Read More ›

• Self-titled expert on false abuse allegations charged with domestic battery

  By tigtog on 2008-02-08 • ( 1 )

  Update 26 July 2008: prosecutors are not proceeding to trial in this case because the victim refused to cooperate with them. Not surprisingly, this is being cast as an exoneration/vindication by the accused. Insert Princess Bride quote here. * *… Read More ›

• Caption this

  By tigtog on 2008-02-07 • ( 4 )

  (Stealing some schtick from Liss) I’ll start with: These are the only pink bits you‘ll see, mate! Image credit: photo by ninjapoodles I love this shot.

• Torture couture from Galliano

  By lauredhel on 2008-02-07 • ( 17 )

  Speechless. Via the SMH, the new men’s collection from John Galliano, inspired by Abu Ghraib, and complete with bleeding neck and chest wounds, black hoods, and nooses. Photos below the cut.

• Margaret Mead and long bows: is the sexual revolution all her fault or not?

  By tigtog on 2008-02-07 • ( 5 )

  There’s an excellent post by Mercurius at Larvatus Prodeo regarding the drawing of long bows from scanty (nay, unrelated) data. It’s based on a notably incoherent op-ed column which asserts many things, but particularly makes the now common charge that… Read More ›

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