Diet Pills?
Rupert Thorne gets no love.
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Source: Polite Dissent - September 20, 2016 Category: Primary Care Authors: Scott Tags: newtag Source Type: blogs
Monday PSA: High Ratings
This PSA was well-made — even if it didn’t scan well (sorry) — full of good information, and starred a well recognized, popular celebrity. Undiagnosed high blood pressure is common, particularly in the African-American community, and can cause significant damage before the onset of any obvious symptoms — this is why it is called “the silent killer.”
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This is one of the problems with celebrity-driven PSAs: history is not always kind. Bill Cosby is, to say the least, no longer held in the same high regard as he once was — reminding us that well-mea...
Source: Polite Dissent - September 18, 2016 Category: Primary Care Authors: Scott Tags: newtag Source Type: blogs
Your Weekend Moment of Psychic Nosebleed Zen: Harbinger
Telepath Peter Stanchek uses some punitive mind reading when he starts to suspect — correctly — that something is amiss at the Harbinger Foundation.
All previous Psychic Nosebleed Zen posts.
Tags: comics medicine nosebleed harbinger psychic (Source: Polite Dissent)
Source: Polite Dissent - September 16, 2016 Category: Primary Care Authors: Scott Tags: newtag Source Type: blogs
The Hidden Dangers of Being of Comic-Book Doctor
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Source: Polite Dissent - September 15, 2016 Category: Primary Care Authors: Scott Source Type: blogs
Mockingbird #2 and #3: Medical Annotations
Continuing my medical annotations of the first story arc of Mockingbird.
Part one can be found here.
Mockingbird #2
Chelsea Cain, writer
Kate Niemczyk, artist
Number of times we’re reminded Bobbi is a scientist: 0
Not much medicine in the second issue, so I’m just going to look at what SHIELD Medical considers “high risk” exposures:
The Super Soldier Serum is the drug that gave Captain America his powers1. In her earliest appearances — before she became Mockingbird — Bobbi Morse was part of a team attempting to recreate the Super Soldier Serum for SHIELD.
Gamma Rays are a form of ionizi...
Source: Polite Dissent - September 14, 2016 Category: Primary Care Authors: Scott Tags: newtag Source Type: blogs
Mockingbird #1: Medical Annotations
I hope everyone has been reading Mockingbird, which recently finished its first storyline. It’s a fun comic featuring an enjoyable character, good writing, and great art. Since much of the first story takes place in a SHIELD medical clinic — and since Bobbi keeps reminding us she has a doctorate in biology — I thought the series was ripe for some elucidating medical annotations. Since I don’t want this post to drag on forever, I’m going to break the storyline down into three separate posts. This first one will just deal with the first issue.
Mockingbird #1
Chelsea Cain, writer
Kate Niemczyk, a...
Source: Polite Dissent - September 12, 2016 Category: Primary Care Authors: Scott Tags: newtag Source Type: blogs
Monday PSA: The Words We Live By!
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It’s an election year here in the United States, so I’ve scrounged up a nicely topical public service ad today. Enjoy!
This PSA was found in Justice League Quarterly #7, from the summer of 1992.
Here are some more politically-themed PSAs for you enjoyment:
Your Role in the Cold War — Plan Your Future Now!
Strength of a Nation
Binky’s Special Election Exhibit
You Get What You Vote For!
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Source: Polite Dissent - September 11, 2016 Category: Primary Care Authors: Scott Tags: newtag Source Type: blogs
Your Weekend Moment of Psychic Nosebleed Zen: Sue Storm
Sue Storm protects her son against aliens in the backwoods of New Jersey in Marvel Knights 4 #7.
All previous Psychic Nosebleed Zen posts.
Tags: comics medicine nosebleed fantastic four psychic (Source: Polite Dissent)
Source: Polite Dissent - September 9, 2016 Category: Primary Care Authors: Scott Tags: newtag Source Type: blogs
Dr. Gym’ll Does Not Like House Calls
And I can’t imagine what he’d think of patients who look their symptoms up on the internet…
I have several patients a day who admit they look their symptoms online, and they always preface it with an apology. Go ahead — look things up, you won’t hurt my feelings. But don’t be surprised when I don’t quite agree with your diagnosis of bubonic plague — there’s only been a single case in Illinois in the past 45 years, and that was at the other end of the state.
Tags: comics medicine dr gym’ll legion of super heroes (Source: Polite Dissent)
Source: Polite Dissent - September 7, 2016 Category: Primary Care Authors: Scott Tags: newtag Source Type: blogs
The Suicide Squad Movie, Medically
I finally went to see Suicide Squad this weekend, and I enjoyed it much more than I expected. It’s certainly my favorite of the recent DC super-hero movies, which is admittedly a low-bar. Still, I look forward to seeing it again.
Without further ado or explanation, let’s jump straight to looking at the medical aspects of the movie. We’ll call them the good, the bad, and the ugly.
The Good: The doctor running to help the seizure patient on the subway platform. He detects no pulse, so he starts chest compressions. Simple, and correct. (Now, one could argue that he should have assessed the airway and breathi...
Source: Polite Dissent - September 5, 2016 Category: Primary Care Authors: Scott Tags: newtag Source Type: blogs
Your Weekend Moment of Psychic Nosebleed Zen: 300 Chinese Telepaths
A warehouse full of Chinese telepaths, hopped up on amphetamines and psychedelics, have a rough go of things in Secret Avengers #10 (volume 3). It seems imagining and maintaining a mysterious alien city is not quite as easy as they were led to believe.
All previous Psychic Nosebleed Zen posts.
Tags: comics medicine nosebleed avengers psychic (Source: Polite Dissent)
Source: Polite Dissent - September 2, 2016 Category: Primary Care Authors: Scott Tags: newtag Source Type: blogs
Easter Comic-Book Peeps Revisited
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Source: Polite Dissent - April 20, 2014 Category: Primary Care Authors: Scott Source Type: blogs
Monday PSA: Get the Inside Story
A little three page PSA from Nurse Betsy Crane #18 (1962) about volunteering at the hospital. I wouldn’t take most of this PSA to heart though, because the volunteers in this hospital seem to do more than most doctors and nurses.
Click on any of the images for the full PSA
Tags: comics psa volunteer hospital (Source: Polite Dissent)
Source: Polite Dissent - February 25, 2014 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Scott Tags: newtag Source Type: blogs
Dem Bones, Dem Bones
You’d think an Avenger, particularly one who can buy an apartment building outright, could afford a decent doctor.
There is no such bone as a fibia. The bones of the lower leg are the tibia and fibula — there is no fibia.
scene from Hawkeye #1 (by Matt Fraction and David Aja)
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Source: Polite Dissent - February 20, 2014 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Scott Tags: newtag Source Type: blogs
Complete with Krackle
Ever ask yourself what Jack Kirby designed hospital equipment would look like? Wonder no more thanks to this panel from OMAC #6.
Tags: comics medicine hospital computer omac jack kirby (Source: Polite Dissent)
Source: Polite Dissent - February 19, 2014 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Scott Tags: newtag Source Type: blogs
