You’re watching the national/network news, unfortunately a dying activity in itself (we’ve got Facebook and Inside Edition, after all). The anchor sitting in Los Angeles or New York introduces a story and they go to video featuring an on-the-scene interview with someone from, oh, I don’t know, Georgia, let’s say. As the person begins to very clearly articulate their story, …
Uncle Sam wants bloodless surgery
As a growing number of doctors now recognize, blood is the most dangerous drug in their arsenal. Why? It’s much more than a drug: transfusing it amounts to an organ transplant (albeit a liquid organ), yet it’s administered with none of the precautions associated with other organ transplants. Its use could sometimes be described as casual. As one doctor told …