Crazy Medical Cases

Crazy Medical Cases

I've run into some strange stuff during my medical career. It's enough to make me kinda crazy, you know?

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Saphrym was fat. For a long time, that was alright. But now he was fat and diabetic. Fat, diabetic, and scared. There were other fat diabetics in the family, so he knew what he was scared about. Needles, insulin, heart attacks, strokes, blindness, kidney failure, dialysis, amputations, and worst of all, impotence! So the fat man made a plan. He consulted several sources of wisdom, starting with the internet. He was good at internet sleuthing, having spent many sedentary hours honing his skills. Fortunately, the man with a plan also had a brain. He skipped the testimonials, the lose weight fast while watching TV ... Read Full Story
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Cher was an attractive, outgoing girl who loved guys. She had four ex-husbands, boyfriends, and flirts to prove it. But there was a guy at work that really creeped her out! She wouldnt have minded a stalker, but not this guy. He was always interrupting her at work, calling her by name though they had never been introduced, and leaving little things on her desk. Every day she would find something like a used pencil, a few potato chips or part of a candy bar. Weird. And gross. Even Cher couldnt love a guy like that! Hi, Cher, he would say in his strange ... Read Full Story
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Betty had the irritating habit of always changing the subject. It drove her husband crazy. Every time he tried talking about her shopping habits, or about the bills, she would go off raving about something else. He wanted to talk to her about the drawer full of unopened bills he had just found, but he just couldnt pin her down. Typical. Hed have to clean up her mess again! Betty was a woman with a lot on her mind. She had to take care of the kids, the house, the laundry, the school projects, and had to drive to soccer and gymnastics practices, and ... Read Full Story
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Part 2 Thats it! I cant take any more of this shit!. Betty had to do something about this. She couldnt have her mother walking around half naked in public, though her mother didnt seem to mind at all. Helen was happily demented. Helen had always been a sweet and gentle person. Always had a kind word to say. She kept in touch with numerous family and friends. Everyone liked or loved her. But things had changed. Helen was older now, so her failing memory was blamed on old age at first. But things got worse fast. She kept repeating her sentences, and losing ... Read Full Story
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Harry Goodman had been a good man. Once upon a time, he loved his wife and kids, worked hard for his employer, enjoyed the company of his many friends, and played with the dog. Now his soon to be ex-wife, sitting in church, wondered how it was that her life had all come crashing down. Looking back, she remembered that it had started with small things, maybe a year before. He would forget to shave, and he stopped fussing about how he looked, which was unusual for him. He said things that hurt peoples feelings, and seemed to not care. Gradually, he had started ... Read Full Story
DALLAS — Mesquite resident Walter Sanders, owner of Waltco Medical Equipment and Supplies, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis, to 60 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in July 2008 to one count of paying illegal kickbacks, announced acting U.S. Attorney...  
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Authentidate Holding Corp. , a worldwide provider of secure Health Information Exchange and workflow management services, today announced that SuperCare Medical, Inc., a Southern California regional provider of home healthcare products and services, has implemented Authentidate's Inscrybe...  
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Even when their products are implicated in harm to patients, manufacturers of health care information technology currently enjoy wide contractual and legal protection that renders them virtually "liability-free," writes Ross Koppel, Ph.D., of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, in...  
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Two major Detroit hospital systems -- the Detroit Medical Center and Henry Ford Health System -- made money on operations in 2008, despite huge losses incurred from unpaid medical bills and a deepening recession that's causing more people to lose their jobs and health insurance.  
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WASHINGTON — Here's the best-case scenario for the government's plans to spend $19 billion on computerized medical records: seamless communication among doctors and patients, and far fewer mistakes. And the worst-case: $19 billion goes down the drain. The medical industry is hoping for the first...  
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LONDON, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 23, 2009) - The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, today announced that the Government of Canada will help create the Ivey Centre for Health Innovation and Leadership. The internationally recognized Richard Ivey School of Business will bring...  
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Israeli army had violated medical ethics during the Operation Cast Lead in Gaza Strip, according to a report released Monday by the Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) group. The report quoted figures issued by the World Health Organization, which showed 16 Palestinian medical personnel were killed...  
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