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...anything offensive about the following scenes from Syndromes and a Century, the dreamy new $1.1 million movie by Thai director and Cannes 2004 Prix du Jury winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul: a Buddhist monk strums a battered guitar; two monks play with a remote-controlled flying saucer in a park; a doctor kisses his girlfriend in a locker room; a group of doctors share a bottle of whiskey in a hospital basement...
...Holmes' side, of course, was Dr. Watson - trusted friend, occasional accomplice and engaging narrator. Looming even larger, however, was another doctor, one whose medical practice was so slow it allowed him plenty of time to pursue his literary ambition. His name: Arthur Conan Doyle. As the creator of these fictional icons, Conan Doyle has himself become something of a cult figure, the object of countless critical studies, biographies and fan clubs...
...Bell's outpatient clerk and would watch, amazed, at how the location of a callus could reveal a man's profession, or how a quick look at a skin rash told Bell that the patient had once lived in Bermuda. In 1886, Conan Doyle - by now an eye doctor - outlined his first novel, A Study in Scarlet, which he described as "a simple tale of mystery to make a little extra money." Its main character, initially called Sherringford Hope and later rechristened Sherlock Holmes, was based largely on Bell. But Holmes' debut went almost unnoticed, and the struggling doctor devoted...
...problem is that many doctors don't have the time to ask. Highly specialized physicians like cardiologists and oncologists are busy, and few of them have time for long, leisurely doctor-patient conversations. "It's ironic that as we're getting a broader picture of how important stress levels are to physical health, we're simultaneously cramming appointments into shorter and shorter periods of time," says Dr. Daniel Brotman, director of the Hospitalist Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital and author of a review paper on emotional stress and heart health, which was published in the September issue of The Lancet...
...campaign throughout the academic year, we hope that students will engage in their health and learn about the best ways to protect themselves, whether they are sexually active or not. There are many confidential resources on campus that have information about safe sex—Peer Contraceptive Counselors, your doctor at UHS, and the complementary Harvard planner (check page 127!) are just some of them...