Harvard medical residents are stupid
There, that got your attention. Obviously they are not all stupid. Just the ones who ride their bicycles in the Longwood area without wearing helmets. And especially the ones who wear dark clothes at night while riding without a helmet. But extra especially the one who was wearing dark clothes at night while riding without [...]
Tricks of the trade: Intranasal fentanyl for pediatric patients
Pediatric patients often receive inadequate pain control in the setting of orthopedic injuries. Because the child experiences fear, anxiety, and pain with needles, practitioners often shy away from ordering IV or IM pain medications. Oral agents, while easier to administer, usually provide inadequate pain control. Trick of the Trade: Intranasal (IN) fentanyl Thanks to my [...]
Call for papers: Combat Sports: Growth and Impacts
A special issue of International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing ombat sports such as boxing, wrestling, and martial arts have been around for thousands of years. Recently, the nature of combat sports has changed with the emergence of a new sport, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). MMA has grown from a niche event into a [...]
Can I be refunded for a crown that doesn’t fit properly?
I live in NJ. In March 2006 I had a dentist crown one of my teeth. I thought everything was fine, until I went to a new dentist last week. He took the usual several x-rays of my mouth and found a problem with that crown. Apparently,it isn’t covering my molar properly and he said [...]
Rent seeking, property rights and investment
Matt Yglesias finds this ad on television: And adds “It seems to me that in a real meltdown, the commodities you want are guns and ammunition.” Quite so. A paper I used to have my classes read when I taught economic development and international NGO’s was Kevin Murphy, Andrei Shleifer and Robert Vishny, “Why is [...]
