Dispensary Corner 29 May 14
May 29, 2014
DR Wikipedia scores 1 out of 10.
In spite of the apparently well
referenced medical articles
found in Wikipedia, US scientists
who have made a more detailed
evaluation of the entries have
said that they contain errors in
nine out of ten pieces.
According to BBC News, the
scientists compared entries
about conditions such as heart
disease, lung cancer, depression
and diabetes with peer-reviewed
medical research.
The US authors of the research,
published in the Journal of the
American Osteopathic Association,
said that the open-access nature
has “raised concern” among
doctors about its reliability,
especially being the sixth most
popular site on the internet.
DO you take poetry?
If someone tries to pay their
bill at your pharmacy with
words written on paper, don’t be
surprised - one Australian person
with the handle ‘sweatyman’
might just pull it off.
They’ve put a scrap of paper
with the word “The” written on
it up for sale on eBay, with a
detailed description of the item:
“Handwritten with blue
ballpoint pen, on a torn piece of
Reflex A4 paper, this versatile
word can be used in literally
thousands of sentences.
“Looks great sitting on a
MacBook Pro, and emits a
mysterious beauty when leaning
against sea shells.”
The listing is up to a whopping
$10,300 and still has five days to
go.
SPEAKING of paying with paper.
‘sweatyman’ won’t be the only
person to try to make bank from
an unusual source.
David Thorne of www.27b/6.com
has an hilarious email trail on his
website where he tries to pay his
overdue account with a drawing
of a spider, which he valued at
$233.95.
To read the emails, CLICK
HERE.
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