Paternalistic attitude in unilateral implementation of public health policies, especially with respect to banning of (harmful) substances, has been one of the issues that I have been debating not only with my colleagues, but also with my own self, for a while now. Aside from the obvious stake in the matter as a student of … Continue reading New York Soda Rule: Raising the Debate on Paternalism in Public Health
Tag: House MD
House M.D. 1.02: Denialism
Once you have read the plot, you will understand what I am going to deal with in this post. The key to understanding how House reached a diagnosis of SSPE in the adopted kid was in a funny encounter he had in the clinic. A yummy mummy had brought in her kid who she was … Continue reading House M.D. 1.02: Denialism
House M.D. Plot: 1.02 Paternity
The next episode happens to be one of my favorites because this is one of the few cases where House’s flights of diagnostic fancy is actually comprehensible to my mere intelligence. Also, there is this one thing I have to ask: in diagnosing SSPE, can we take a trans-pupillary retinal biopsy by poking in through … Continue reading House M.D. Plot: 1.02 Paternity
House M.D. 1.01: Pilot/Everybody Lies: Plot
Since I started writing this series anayzing House MD episodes blow by blow, I have received a few (considering the really few readers this blog has anyways, the definition of “a few” remains open to interpretation) requests to add some more details about the plots themselves so that people do not have to wrack their … Continue reading House M.D. 1.01: Pilot/Everybody Lies: Plot
House MD 1.01: Dignity in Death
This is the first post in the new series on the blog where I analyze House MD episodes based on the content and scientific interpretation of the same. It is going to be a difficult ride trying to analyze a crazy medical drama in true scientific light, but then again, who said that the things … Continue reading House MD 1.01: Dignity in Death
Scepticemia 