They generally don’t need to biopsy before removal, especially if leaving the uterus in place. They probably should biopsy fibroids before using morcellation as part of a hysterectomy.

I agree. There is a vast middle ground between current standard practice and banning morcellation for uterine surgery. It isn’t possible to definitely diagnose uterine sarcomas from MRI & CT, there are some indicators visible on standard imaging. Negative imaging plus a negative biopsy should be a pretty good…

I’m in my 30's, and have always had problems with motion sickness in cars. Oddly, I don’t get sick on boats or trains. Buses and airplanes are hit or miss - I will start feeling woozy if it’s hot or I’m overly tired. Over the years, I developed a number of strategies to combat motion sickness.

I have a block and a magnetic holder. I move every few years for work, and different apartments are better suited to different knife storage arrangements. My current place has enough counter space to store the block. I use a desk top letter organizer to store my cutting boards, so I have a little knife-work station.…

They were able to positively ID the bomber using facial recognition. They should be able to do the same for victims.

The way this school’s hair rules were written, natural hair is also against the rules for most Black women. Hair wasn’t supposed to be more than two inches “tall” from the scalp. So Black girls could either keep their natural hair cut very short (and therefore very basic/plain), or they could relax/straighten their to…

Have you listened to the school segregation series from This American Life? One of the stories is about a Black girl with straight A’s. She showed up for the school district celebration of straight A students, but the “forgot” to include her on the list. I listened to her story while running errands, and ended up…

If the local school board oversees the Montessori school in the same way they oversee traditional public schools, the Montessori sounds more like a magnet school than a charter. Magnet schools operate as part of traditional public school districts, but they usually have a special/specific program to attract…

Ugh. The whole charter school model is just terrible. Schools put on the whole production of open/fair admissions to prove they are accessible to everyone, but they they pick and choose on the back end, either by kicking kids out for the slightest infraction or by setting parental participation standards that are…

Yes, that is what I meant. I’m a white girl with frizzy/curly hair. I don’t think for a minute this school would hassle me for the thickness of my hair, nor would they give a white girl a hard time for braiding her hair.

Good. From my reading, the only way a girl with kinky/curly hair could stay within the rules would be to relaxers and/or daily straightening. The rules barred braids/locs/twists, and also prohibited hair “thicker” than 2 inches, which I interpreted as no fro/puff styles. They were basically strong arming girls into…

Pippa always looks like Amy Sedaris playing the role of Kate Middleton in an episode of Drunk History.

I still have my TI-82 somewhere in the depths of my closet, but haven’t used it since I finished the semester of calculus I took in college when I still thought I was pre-med. I’m almost finished with my PhD (2 weeks!), and my trusty TI-30Xa scientific calculator has been the real hero. I’ve had it since 9th grade…

No way Lisa would even thing about considering caring about racism.

I can’t speak for Mississippi, but there are several accents/dialects in the Southern US that are similar to some English/Irish/Scottish accents, especially along the coast from Virginia to Georgia. I’ve mostly trained my accent away, but I still have hints of an Outer Banks accent.

Forget Ohio six months ago, it happened in North Carolina more than 10 years ago: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/11660817/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/driver-charged-after-suv-plows-through-crowd/

Didn’t you hear? Fanny packs are cool again! Forever 21 sells them, and Kendall Jenner wears them.

Bonus, my feet don’t always reach the floor, so the weight of my legs pulls at my hips. Or if my feet do reach the floor, the front of the seat hits the back of my legs below my knees, so I have to slide forward in the seat to make my legs bend/fit.

More - it aired in 2008, but was filmed in 2005.

Airlines have to report involuntary denied boarding cases to the FAA. They don’t have to report voluntary denied boarding. The reporting is significant enough that airlines would rather give $$ to avoid it. I’ve definitely received more than twice the value of a ticket in compensation for volunteering to take the next…