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May 19, 2013

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A short trip to recovery?

March 21, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment
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By Pat Kelly. A new study has ‘put some muscle’ behind the theory that LSD can be effectively used to treat alcoholism.

Filed Under: Blogs, Viscera blog Tagged With: alcoholism, LSD, treatment

Invaluable medical textbook returned to library 100 years late

March 21, 2012 By Pat Kelly 2 Comments
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By Pat Kelly. A priceless 500-year-old medical textbook was brought back to Marsh’s Library by a barrister more than a century after it was removed.

Filed Under: Blogs, Viscera blog Tagged With: Marsh’s Library, medical textbook, rare

Pants on fire

March 8, 2012 By Pat Kelly Leave a Comment
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By Pat Kelly. Trying to decide when a patient is lying has been a perennial problem for doctors but a study suggests that if one is observant, it takes only 20 seconds to spot a fibber.

Filed Under: Blogs, Viscera blog Tagged With: body language, body observations, honesty, lying

Waste not, want not

March 8, 2012 By Pat Kelly Leave a Comment
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By Pat Kelly. A Dutch company is making a name for itself by recycling medical implants left over after cremation and selling them as scrap.

Filed Under: Blogs, Viscera blog Tagged With: cremation, medical implants, Recycling, scrap metal