S.B. Howell

Tag: medicine

  • The House of God by Samuel Shem

    The House of God by Samuel Shem

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    Rating: 4/5, good The House of God by Samuel Shem was one of my dad’s favorite books. He was a kidney transplant surgeon and I think he related to the humorous and cynical perspective on medicine that Samuel Shem expresses in this book. It starts off very sexy in the introduction… it tones it down…

  • Colonoscopy Tips

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    I recently got a colonoscopy because I have a family history of colon cancer and I’m having some recurrent upper left abdominal pain, chronic constipation, and minor rectal bleeding. It went pretty well (Excellent prep and no polyps! Just internal hemorrhoids. >.>;;). I’d like to talk about my experience and share some tips, both for…

  • The Dragon and the Needle by Hugh Franks

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    When I read the email from the marketing assistant about The Dragon and the Needle, the plot sounded intriguing – a mysterious disease called ENDS (Extraordinary Natural Death Syndrome) is killing high-profile people around the world, seemingly by old age, and a British doctor and an American acupuncturist team up to find the causes and…