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Ethical Considerations of Childhood Vaccination

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on February 21, 2017March 6, 2017

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Is Howard Lazy?

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on February 20, 2017

It’s the third week of February, and prior to today, there were only three new posts on howardisms (there are two new posts today, of […]

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Four Types of Physicians

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on February 20, 2017February 21, 2017

Some people are just overwhelmed by the idea of evidence-based medicine. They notice two themes when reading about EBM: 1) a lot of what we […]

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Bed Rest

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on February 20, 2017February 23, 2017

It’s amazing to me that this is something still worth writing about, but unfortunately obstetricians and high-risk OB specialists around the country continue to use […]

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Unintended Consequences

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on February 9, 2017July 30, 2018

We all know the story of the Titanic, at least everyone who has seen the movie – which I think is everyone. The boat carried 2,224 […]

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When Did Breastfeeding Become a Disease?

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on February 3, 2017

The practice of breastfeeding is as old as, well, mankind. Few functions could be considered more natural, and few biologic functions work as well. It […]

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From One Extreme to the Other…

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on February 3, 2017

I hear an awful lot about swinging pendulums. As medicine, politics, or almost anything goes from one extreme to the other, we are told that […]

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