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Dick Cheney's physical: An analysis Straightfromthedoc

Vice-president Dick Cheney completed his physical: Cheney, 64, was at George Washington University Hospital for a colonoscopy, an upper endoscopy and a vascular screening. The procedures completed his yearly medical checkup. In the first part of the exam last week, an annual heart checkup produced good news for Cheney, who has had four heart attacks, though none since he became vice president in 2001. The latest tests found Cheney's colon, or large intestine, [...] Read More


The physical exam of George W. Bush: An analysis Straightfromthedoc

Clinical Cases and Images asked for it, and now you have it. Following up my analysis of Dick Cheney's physical, here's my take on President Bush's recent physical: President Bush was pronounced "fit for duty" after an annual checkup Saturday that showed that the 59-year-old commander in chief, an avid mountain bike rider, has lost 8 pounds since his last physical exam in December.How often should a 59-year old have a [...] Read More


Mom's Blood Analysis: Non-invasive Prenatal Genetic Testing Straightfromthedoc

Invasive procedures are required for prenatal diagnosis of genetic diseases and genetic monitoring of fetal development. If you've been pregnant before, for sure you have heard or at least read about amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling (CVS) which are both invasive procedures. Now, prenatal genetic diagnosis may be possible to conduct non-invasively, by just analysing the pregnant mother's blood: In the study, it was shown that a common pattern of fetal mRNAs, [...] Read More


Dick Cheney's memoirs Sox First

Can't wait to read it!! Associated Press reports that former puppet master and vice president Dick Cheney is writing his memoirs. According to that report, Cheney will be paid a cool $2 million for the book.Reading his spin on how he dragged the US into a destructive war will be fascinating.Would love to read his take on certain issues. Like, for example, the story of Huntergate where he shot Texas [...] Read More


Cheney's Got a Gun Digital Music - The Future

Cheney's Got a Gun animated music video - Great fun from The Bob rivers Show and Tooned In! [...] Read More