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  1. RT @jstrangis: Doctors, Need a change of scenery? Medscape's Best Places to Practice now hot off the press: medscape.com/features/slide…
  2. Other lyrics from that John Prine song. "Give my feet to the footloose." "Give my knees to the needy." bit.ly/JB4vMl
  3. John Prine "Please Don't Bury Me" chorus, cont'd: "The deaf can take both of my ears if they don't mind the size." #OrganDonorSongs
  4. John Prine "Please Don't Bury Me" chorus: "Throw my brain in a hurricane, and the blind can have my eyes. . ." #OrganDonorSongs
  5. My lips are sealed. MT @WSJ: 20-30 million people work from home at least 1 day a week. But do they wear pants? on.wsj.com/KDE8TX
  6. Hospital birth practices improve 150% after implementing 29-item checklist. @atul_gawande was sr. investigator. bit.ly/JP1XGN
  7. @mjrobbins I once swept my solitaire cards off the table in frustration after losing. Does that count? @Dirk57
  8. Or solitaire, using actual playing cards. @Dirk57 @mjrobbins
  9. @LeighFazzina Thanks!
  10. @LeighFazzina Hey, what am I, chopped liver? :-)
  11. #Asthma prevalence in US increased 15% btwn 2001 and 2010. 7 million children, 18.7 million adults affected. bit.ly/JOcQZn
  12. Use of "last resort" antibiotics polymyxin and tigecycline is rising. bit.ly/JOceDd
  13. Every patient's dream: colon cancer screening without laxative bowel prep. bit.ly/JO8kdj
  14. Micronutrient supplements with iron/folic acid early in pregnancy can reduce child mortality 60% or more bit.ly/JO7Kwq
  15. .@OurH_careSucks @clairelabeaux Are you referring to the Elixir of Life, the Nectar of the Gods? I can take it or leave it.:-)
  16. .@clairelabeaux Similar link btwn decaf and mortality.
  17. .@Clarksearch I'm so very sorry. But it's coffee that's the elixir of life.
  18. .@sciwriter A good question and a common concern (or should be) in every multivariate analysis.
  19. .@David_Dobbs Woody Allen is my guru: "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying."
  20. .@David_Dobbs Sorry, but long-term risk of death remains at 100% no matter how much coffee you drink. It sucks, but there it is.