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["Toni Hawryluk" <tonihawr AT msn.com>]

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In August, cardiologist Dr. Lawrence Poliner won $366 million in damages from 
a federal court jury in Dallas because his practice was virtually shut down 
through word of mouth for seven months in 1998, a verdict that (after 
subtracting 25 percent in attorney fees) would reward him with earnings 
during the shutdown of $39 million per month. The shutdown came after a 
hospital peer review panel had found errors in 29 of 44 patient-cases of 
Poliner (but he was reinstated after prominent cardiologists supported him, 
though the panel did not retract its initial finding). [Dallas Morning News, 
8-28-04; American Medical News, 10-4-04]

 

Australian sleep-disorder expert Dr. Peter Buchanan caused a stir in October 
when he told reporters that the odd behavior of "sleep sex" (leaving home at 
night in a deep sleep and seeking random sex with strangers) would soon be 
regarded as an official sleep disorder and be included in the next version of 
the sleep disorder manual. Said Buchanan, anticipating skepticism: 
"Incredulity is the first staging post for anyone involved in this (study)." 
[Fairfax New Zealand Ltd. newspaper group, 10-14-04]