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OCTOBER 5 ISSUE: Here
It’s never fun to have a typo in a headline, let alone the lead story on page one. For the record, the headline was supposed to be “Breast Cancer.” Well, it’s printed. Not a lot we can do about it now. We’ll just have to go with “Beat Cancer” which, upon further reflection, is not the worst typo we’ve ver …
Feel your boobies
That’s what an illustration on the back cover of this week’s Medical Examiner encourages. Trouble is, doctors say many women don’t know how to properly and effectively perform a breast self-exam. In this video, a doctor takes a patient through the steps of both how to do BSE correctly, as well as when it should be done. It’s different for …
Breast self-exams
This is the first of a number of instructional posts that will appear on ye olde M.E. blog this month. As she says, despite all the attention given to Breast Cancer Awareness Month, many women still don’t know how to properly do a breast self exam. Breast Self-Exam Tips
Bloodless Medicine
Some people think bloodless medicine is a subject only Jehovah’s Witnesses – known for their refusal of blood transfusions on religious grounds – are interested in. As it turns out, a feature length film has what one reviewer called a “mind-numbing” 110 minutes of medical evidence and interviews with doctors and other medical professionals who are against the practice of …
MEET BAD BILLY TONIGHT!
Meet the one, the only, celebrated Medical Examiner columnist and all-round raconteur extraordinaire Bad Billy Laveau TONIGHT at Somewhere in Augusta on Washington Road. The Bad One himself is the emcee for The Comedy Zone beginning at 8:00 pm. You need a healthy dose of laughter. It’s the best medicine, after all.
LET’S CELEBRATE SCALPS!
Have you lost your hair because of cancer treatment or some other medical condition? The Medical Examiner is looking for you, whether you’re man, woman or child. During October, we’d like to celebrate the unadorned scalp. The idea is to have a gallery – or at the bare minimum, several individual profiles – of the bald and the beautiful in …
This is our 150th issue!
And people say the Medical Examiner doesn’t look a day over 100. Run your fingers lightly across your screen right now. Feels almost like glass, doesn’t it? That’s exactly what this week’s Examiner feels like. We’re using a new printery: better paper, improved printing, less ink on your fingers. Of course, the paper and ink are merely the vehicle. The …
Bully Central
The cover story in this week’s Medical Examiner (above) isn’t about neighborhood or school bullies. It’s about adults who should know better who go through life bullying clerks, waitresses and other people they view as inferior life forms. Even so, we did include a sidebar (page one, left side) about the very real and significant problem of youth bullying. It’s …
APPEARING TONIGHT!
Bad Billy Laveau offers a therapeutic dose of the best medicine tonight at Somewhere in Augusta, 8 p.m. He’s the M.D. (Mirth Doctor) and emcee for The Comedy Zone. Check it out!