Dr Fragen in the operating room

Andy Fragen

  • Silicone Breast Implants Are Back?

    From the AP wire. [FDA advisers back lifting breast implant ban, in turnaround](http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-04-13-breast-implants_x.htm?csp=34) >[Mentor Corp](http://www.mentorcorp.com). persuaded advisers to the Food and Drug Administration that its newer silicone implants are reasonably safe and more durable than older versions. The 7-2 vote came just one day after a rival manufacturer, Inamed Corp., failed to satisfy lingering concerns…

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  • We're not just blowing smoke…

    [Aggravated DocSurg](http://docsurg.blogspot.com/2005/04/were-not-just-blowing-smoke.html) >The medical malpractice problem in this country is _**real**_. >It’s long past time for a new system. While there are docs who provide inadequate or outright bad care, sometimes things just don’t go right in medicine…..just like in all other aspects of life. We are free, even encouraged, to purchase travel insurance in…

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  • Hybrid CSS Dropdowns

    [A List Apart: for people who make websites](http://www.alistapart.com/articles/hybrid/) >Yup. It’s yet another CSS dropdown article — but one that resolves many problems associated with common dropdown methods and degrades beautifully. Hybrid CSS dropdowns allow access to all pages, keep the user aware of where she is within the site, and are clean and light to…

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  • "Bargaining" with HMOs

    [Aggravated DocSurg](http://docsurg.blogspot.com/2005/03/bargaining-with-hmos.html) >It has long been a tenet of modern medicine that physicians will simply have to accept ever declining reimbursement. For me, the bottom has been reached. While my group has occasionally cancelled or turned down bad contracts, in general the insurers came back with a more acceptable offer.We are now faced with a…

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  • dFC 0.8

    I’m taking a break from this code for a while. The following changes have been made. * No longer checks the content of the post * Only checks post title to encode “ `”` “ * Still a significant improvement from previous versions

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