Tim Garon, lead singer for a Steely Dan cover band, has died because the University of Washington Medical Center denied him a liver transplant. Why did they deny Tim a liver transplant? Because he had used medical marijuana to control the pain. Which is legal in Washington. Here's the whole disturbing story from Reality Catcher (h/t Drug War Rant ): The national outrage continues at the treatment of Tim Garon, who was denied a liver transplant largely because, at the advice of his physician, he used medical marijuana, which is legal in the state of Washington. The uproar has sent the University of Washington Medical Center into full damage-control mode. They are now desperately backpedaling away from their earlier admission that Garon was, in fact, denied the transplant because of medical marijuana. UW officials now vaguely cite "other factors," but it's too late: Two separate physicians, including transplant chief Dr. Jorge Reyes, already admitted in an Associated P...

This is what I love: I want someone out there to identify the pathology of illness either going on or not going on in this series of MRI images. I will give you a clue. The patient had a tropical disease. If you can diagnose the disease process, you deserve a beer or glass of wine, because if you can figure out what is going on here you have earned it. I await answers in eager anticipation.....to see who gets it right. Presentation BACKGROUND A 34 year old patient arrives at the emergency room with intense pain in his head, the pain is localized in the front parietal area, and in the arch near the spinal cord. He has had fevers for thee weeks. He has lost 40 lbs. before arrival over the course of several months. Following the onset of the disease the patient was semi-conscious. Now he has "recovered." Your mission, identify the possibility that an active etiology is present, if not identify what is wrong with the MRI image, if so, what is it? If no noticeable disease is pr...