A love song for cardiologists by Hard ‘N Phirm....

Two doctors in practice in a small country clinic had to hire a new nurse when the one they had moved out of state. They interviewed Nurse Karen and decided to hire her. She had only worked two days when one doctor called the other to his office and said that they would have to let Nurse Karen go. "...

A man went to his doctor seeking help for his terrible addiction to cigars. The doctor was quite familiar with his very compulsive patient, so recommended an unusual and quite drastic form of aversion therapy. "When you go to bed tonight, take one of your cigars, unwrap it, and stick it completely u...

I have what some call "East Kentucky Chalk Teeth". When your teeth are hereditarily built this way, you can brush six times a day, floss, avoid sweets, use fluoride, and see a dentist regularly, and they will still fall apart. So I have extensive dental work collected over quite a few deca...

This is the place where I try to put some personal anecdote about the topic of the day, but I’m a bit dry on that supply for medical stuff. See, I haven’t been to a doctor in several years, and certainly not since I lost my health insurance along with my last punch-the-clock job. Self-em...

You might look at plastic surgery as the ultimate in vanity, but it is not always so. I’ve often said I’d just as soon avoid surgery that wasn’t medically necessary. But sometimes it’s hard to define what “necessary” really means. The “Father of Plastic Surg...