SAD, Smelly NYC, Sexsational 2007, and Raccoons

Yesterday I met a pediatrician who had 4 dogs, 2 skunks, 3 birds, 12 cats, a pig, a horse, 2 emu, and over 100 raccoons as pets. Can I get a "wow" from anyone?!

I just returned from the tropics, and might I say, it would be GREAT to live there an be a physician. Any input anyone?

Today I learned about male and female sexual dysfunction. In discussion, it came up that when a patient tells you that they masturbate to magazines, it can be considered "odd/abnormal" or "normal", depending on how often and the types of magazines being used. Would it be weird if a patient was masturbating daily to SkyMall Magazine? Has anyone seen that magazine on the planes? They have some AMAZING stuff in there!

Medical Students should try to live as cheaply as possible and use their extra loans to invest.

Medical School is both fun and not fun simultaneously. How often can you say that about your life?

And some news.........
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1. For those who practice or learn in the northeast......you and your patients don't get enough sun, which is why you get Seasonal Affective Disorder. See how you can turn the tables on mother nature.
"A simulator that mimics the atmosphere of dawn may reduce depression linked to lack of winter sun, say scientists."

2. Experts warn against organ trade
Listen, if you want a better way to fix the organ shortage problem, maybe we should require that if a patient is willing to accept an organ transplant, they should also be required to offer their organs if they were to die!

3. Mystery smell settles over Manhattan
"In New Jersey, seven people went to hospitals complaining of symptoms they said were related to the odor, but none were admitted, said Nathan Rudy, spokesman for the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services."

4. More than 20,000 Rhode Island students who missed classes last week because of a health scare returned to school Monday to a basic lesson they've heard before: Keep your hands clean.
"Schools in Warwick, West Warwick and Coventry, Rhode Island, had been closed Thursday and Friday while health officials investigated several cases of encephalitis and meningitis."

5. Seven resolutions for sensational sex in '07
"Here is a menu of seven resolutions for 2007 that will go at least a little way toward making us the high rpm love machines we know we would be if only our partners were magically turned into Eva Longoria or that guy from "Grey’s Anatomy."