In ancient Greece, the asclepion was a healing temple dedicated to Asclepius, the God of Medicine. Asclepius learned the art of surgery from the centaur Chiron and had the ability to raise the dead. The Rod of Asclepius is a roughhewn branch entwined with a single serpent.
Saturday, April 09, 2011
Significant
I've actually been bothered by this before. As physicians, when we send too many lab tests, one of them is bound to have a false positive that sends us barreling down the wrong road.
Image is from xkcd, drawn by Randall Munroe, shown under Creative Commons Attribution License.
Image is from xkcd, drawn by Randall Munroe, shown under Creative Commons Attribution License.
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