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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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OB Potpourri 3.0

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on January 23, 2017January 23, 2017

Stop Putting Q-Tips in Women’s Urethras This 2016 study by Meyer et al. compared placing a swab in the vagina instead of placing it in […]

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Dreams of a Better World…

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on January 19, 2017

Imagine living in a different world, a world where our children are not pumped full of dangerous toxins and chemicals at the doctor’s office; a […]

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Appeal to Experience, or Insight versus Awareness

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on January 18, 2017January 27, 2017

A common fallacy we all make is the appeal to accomplishment. This occurs when we claim that an opinion or idea is invalid because the […]

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Oh my …. Really?

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on January 17, 2017January 27, 2017

It’s ironic that a journal that’s supposed to combat high blood pressure is doing its best to raise mine with this click bait. A study […]

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An Air of Legitimacy, A Hindrance to Progress

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on January 16, 2017

In 1945, Vannevar Bush wrote his famous essay, As We May Think. Bush had risen to the level of Director of the US Office of Scientific Research […]

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Is Hydration Useful for the Management of Oligohydramnios? Or Should We Even Care?

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on January 14, 2017January 21, 2017

This is an excellent clinical question, and the type of question that a clinician encounters almost daily. How should we determine the answer to the […]

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Prevailing Bias

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on January 10, 2017January 21, 2017

Imagine waking up tomorrow morning and finding a world you don’t know. Everything isn’t as it should be. Things that should be good are now […]

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