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medical examinerMedical ExaminerHealth and medicine explained.4NA=1154&NC=1223&DI=4098&PS=58326&PI=7315medicalexaminerfalsefalsespacernotembeddedmedical examinerRaw DealArthur AllenfalseIs protecting consumers from uncooked oysters a rotten plan?noRaw DealIs protecting consumers from uncooked oysters a rotten plan?noSince the Food and Drug Administration announced last month that it plans to ban the sale of unprocessed Gulf of Mexico oysters from April through October, people in New Orleans have been gobbling the things down as if there's no tomorrow. That's the Big Easy for you. Risky as it is just to live there, you think dey go worry about itty-bitty bacteria?truenotochyperlinkno2009111110002PMWednesdayNovNovember1311/11/2009 6:00:02 PM6339354120200000002009111110002PMWednesdayNovNovember1311/11/2009 6:00:02 PM633935412020000000medical examinerIt's So Hard To Say I'm SorryRahul ParikhfalseThe financial and personal ramifications that come when a doctor apologizes to a patient.noIt's So Hard To Say I'm SorryThe financial and personal ramifications of a doctor apologizing to a patient.noWhen you're a doctor, you sometimes have to come to terms with making a mistake: giving a patient the wrong diagnosis or the wrong treatment, causing an injury, or perhaps something worse.truenotochyperlinkno200911671522AMFridayNovNovember711/6/2009 12:15:22 PM633930885220000000200911671522AMFridayNovNovember711/6/2009 12:15:22 PM633930885220000000medical examinerBlowing the ShotMarc SiegelfalseWhat we can learn from the shortage of H1N1 vaccine.noBlowing the ShotWhat we can learn from the shortage of H1N1 vaccine.noThe current shortage of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine was both predictable and largely avoidable. But it's not too late to remedy the situation. The last three pandemics—in 1968, 1957, and 1918—each lasted for more than three years, and this one is not going away any time soon. Now we must refocus public health priorities going forward, so we can apply the lessons of the swine flu to future outbreaks.truenotochyperlinkno200911223555PMMondayNovNovember1411/2/2009 7:35:55 PM633927693550000000200911223555PMMondayNovNovember1411/2/2009 7:35:55 PM633927693550000000medical examinerA Pox on YouStephanie TatelfalseMy son has cancer. He can't go into day care because of unvaccinated children.noA Pox on YouMy son has cancer. He can't go into day care because of unvaccinated children.noCurrent public opinion about childhood vaccinations sometimes seems to be influenced less by science and more by Jenny McCarthy. But here's something that rarely gets discussed: the threat posed by the nonvaccinated to children who are immunosuppressed. Last year, while searching for child care for our 2-and-a-half-year-old son, my husband and I thought we had we found the perfect arrangement: an experienced home day care provider whose house was an inviting den of toddler industriousness. Under her magical hand, children drifted calmly and happily from the bubble station to the fairy garden to the bunnies and the trucks, an orchestrated preschool utopia. But when I asked: "Are any of the children here unvaccinated?" the hope of my son's perfect day care experience burnt to a little crisp. As it turned out, one child had a philosophical or religious exemption—a convenient, cover-all exemption that many doctors grant, no questions asked, when a parent requests one. (I still do not understand how the state can allow one to attribute his or her fear of vaccines and their unproven dangers to religion or philosophy. But that's a question for another day.)truenotochyperlinkno20091020120609PMTuesdayOctOctober1210/20/2009 4:06:09 PM63391637169000000020091020120609PMTuesdayOctOctober1210/20/2009 4:06:09 PM633916371690000000medical examinerSniffing Out Swine FluAmanda SchafferfalseResearchers hope to create a better way to diagnose swine flu and other ailments.noSniffing Out Swine FluCreating a better way to diagnose swine flu and other ailments.noCrude methods of detecting swine flu have so far provoked hand-wringing and no small amount of ridicule. Planeloads of travelers to China have had laser beams aimed at their foreheads, landing some under quarantine (and spurring a YouTube minifest of airport videos). This summer, Slate reported on a camp that tried to prescreen kids for flu by checking campers for fevers—and failed to detect a sick child whose physician parent brought his temperature down with Tylenol, fueling an outbreak. Meanwhile, people infected with the virus can pass it on before they develop symptoms; others never develop fever at all.truenotochyperlinkno2009107121713PMWednesdayOctOctober1210/7/2009 4:17:13 PM6339051463300000002009107121713PMWednesdayOctOctober1210/7/2009 4:17:13 PM633905146330000000200311442617PMTuesdayJanJanuary161/14/2003 9:26:17 PM631781583770000000200311442617PMTuesdayJanJanuary161/14/2003 9:26:17 PM631781583770000000falsetruefalsefalsefalsetruetrue20011018111443PMThursdayOctOctober2310/19/2001 3:14:43 AM631390436830000000200182721543PMMondayAugAugust148/27/2001 6:15:43 PM631345185430000000