Showing posts with label Media. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Media. Show all posts
Sherpaa's take on health insurance: 24/7 phone/email access to doctors, no need for clinic visit 70% of the time
From CBS News:
Dr. Jay Parkinson is trying to change healthcare business with Sherpaa. The company gives 24/7 phone and email access to a group of doctors in New York City. "You can call or email and 70 percent of the time," Parkinson said. "We will solve that problem over email or on the phone."
For example, if you've suffered a nasty cut, you snap a picture, email it to Sherpaa, and a doctor will respond immediately with instructions. If you need stitches, Sherpaa will schedule a same-day appointment with one of the 100 specialist they work with. That could cut out the expense, and long wait on average more than four hours of a visit to the emergency room. Parkinson said instead of getting charged $4,000, it could be a $1,000 charge.
Sherpaa doesn't replace health insurance, but instead works to weed out inefficiencies, while offering a kind of everyman's concierge service. Companies like Tumblr pay about $1,000 a year per employee.
References:
Doctor's company reimagines health care delivery - CBS News http://goo.gl/DLXUd
88-year-old George H.W. Bush: "Maybe they’ll come out with a new drug that makes memory come roaring back"
The former president George H.W. Bush wrote a poem for his grandkids:
By the way, the 88-year-old former president said he was not done skydiving. His goal: to jump again when he is 90.
References:
'If you need me I'll be there': George HW Bush moved to tears during interview with granddaughter Jenna about his family and growing old | Daily Mail Online http://goo.gl/noCt0
"So I can add to the report on getting older.
Who knows, maybe they’ll come out with a new drug that makes legs bend easier,
Joints hurt less, drives go further, memory come roaring back,
And all fears about falling off fishing rocks go away.
Remember the old song: I’ll be there ready when you are.
Well I’ll be there ready when you are
There’s so much excitement ahead, so many grandkids to watch grow.
If you need me I’m here."
By the way, the 88-year-old former president said he was not done skydiving. His goal: to jump again when he is 90.
References:
'If you need me I'll be there': George HW Bush moved to tears during interview with granddaughter Jenna about his family and growing old | Daily Mail Online http://goo.gl/noCt0
George Michael, still breathless after pneumonia and tracheotomy, plans a show for his doctors (video)
Video: George Michael: This has been the worst month of my life. ShowBiz411.
A thin and visibly weak George Michael (48) told reporters outside his home in London that he wasn't supposed to speak for very long and was still recovering from a tracheotomy: "I got streptococca-something... It's a form of pneumonia and they spent three weeks keeping me alive basically," Michael said of the doctors in the Austrian hospital where the singer has been receiving treatment since he fell ill in November.
He added that he also wanted to hold a special show for the Austrian doctors who treated him. "I've spent the last 10 days since I woke up literally thanking people for saving my life."
References:
Gaunt George Michael says "fortunate to be here". Reuters, 2011.
What happens when you ask for medical advice on Twitter - CNN's Anderson Cooper knows from experience
What happens when you ask for medical advice on Twitter and you are CNN's host Anderson Cooper with 1.5 million followers:
Replies:
@thehighsign I generally just go with the opinion of a million and a half strangers.
@SashaTalebi Crazy times we're living in when @andersoncooper can crowdsource his bronchitis diagnosis via Twitter. Get well soon.
@JPLondon72 When a doctor says "You have bronchitis". Usually. Not always.
@emokidsloveme I feel like @andersoncooper has health insurance. Call me crazy, but I think he could afford to pay out of pocket too. #TwitterER
@Technikohler But why don't you just hit up good ole Gupta and ask him ?
@SadaoTurner hey @sanjayguptaCNN, do u know this guy @andersoncooper
@sherrybutlerpr Tight breathing, Burning in chest, fever. B careful, walking pneumonia
@LizaLizzieHalim i knew when i had troubled breathing&it makes sounds.Then i get the doctor checked&was diagnosed with it. Still have it now.
@lynngosselin I've had bronchitis many times so yes I know...but maybe a Dr. will pick up your post
@feathersong Two words - doctor, antibiotics. Make that three words - stat. Feel better soon, you've got a show to do!
@EldinaV And use a mist vaporizer in your dream and lots of OJ
@teresac8 fever, cough, wheezing and irritated breathing but to be sure see a doctor.
@cheeki3 well you want to the homeopathic route. Oregano oil (diluted in juice) will knock it right out.#justsaying
@sherrybutlerpr Also coughing up phlegm. Get on meds. U don't slow down, so will need that or will really go down. Take good care.
Mind map of differential diagnosis of cough. See more Allergy and Immunology mind maps here.
Replies:
@thehighsign I generally just go with the opinion of a million and a half strangers.
@SashaTalebi Crazy times we're living in when @andersoncooper can crowdsource his bronchitis diagnosis via Twitter. Get well soon.
@JPLondon72 When a doctor says "You have bronchitis". Usually. Not always.
@emokidsloveme I feel like @andersoncooper has health insurance. Call me crazy, but I think he could afford to pay out of pocket too. #TwitterER
@Technikohler But why don't you just hit up good ole Gupta and ask him ?
@SadaoTurner hey @sanjayguptaCNN, do u know this guy @andersoncooper
@sherrybutlerpr Tight breathing, Burning in chest, fever. B careful, walking pneumonia
@LizaLizzieHalim i knew when i had troubled breathing&it makes sounds.Then i get the doctor checked&was diagnosed with it. Still have it now.
@lynngosselin I've had bronchitis many times so yes I know...but maybe a Dr. will pick up your post
@feathersong Two words - doctor, antibiotics. Make that three words - stat. Feel better soon, you've got a show to do!
@EldinaV And use a mist vaporizer in your dream and lots of OJ
@teresac8 fever, cough, wheezing and irritated breathing but to be sure see a doctor.
@cheeki3 well you want to the homeopathic route. Oregano oil (diluted in juice) will knock it right out.#justsaying
@sherrybutlerpr Also coughing up phlegm. Get on meds. U don't slow down, so will need that or will really go down. Take good care.
Acute bronchitis: Many patients expect to be treated with antibiotics and cough meds but this differs from guidelines
Mind map of differential diagnosis of cough. See more Allergy and Immunology mind maps here.
Cough is the most common symptom bringing patients to the primary care physician's office. The most common diagnosis in these patients is acute bronchitis, according to a recent review in the official journal of AFP, American Family Physician.
Acute bronchitis should be differentiated from other common causes of cough such as pneumonia and asthma - because the therapies are clearly different.
Symptoms of acute bronchitis typically last 3 weeks. As we already know, the presence of colored (e.g., yellow or green) sputum does not reliably differentiate between bacterial and viral lower respiratory tract infections. This statement was contradicted by a recent study: Green or yellow phlegm likely to be bacterial - confirming beliefs by doctors and patients alike (http://goo.gl/zff8X and http://goo.gl/cwKGs).
Viruses cause more than 90% of acute bronchitis, and therefore, antibiotics are generally not indicated. They should be used only if pertussis is suspected to reduce transmission or if the patient is at increased risk of developing pneumonia (e.g., patients 65 years or older).
The typical therapies that have been traditionally used for managing acute bronchitis symptoms have been shown to be ineffective. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends against using cough and cold preparations in children younger than 6 years.
The supplement pelargonium may help reduce symptom severity in adults.
Many patients expect to be treated with antibiotics and cough medications but this differs from evidence-based recommendations.
References:
Diagnosis and treatment of acute bronchitis. Albert RH. Am Fam Physician. 2010 Dec 1;82(11):1345-50.
Steve Jobs on medical leave - transplantation specialist discusses two likely clinical scenarios
From the WSJ:
William Chapman, transplantation chief at Washington University in St. Louis, hasn't examined Mr. Jobs personally, but said there are two likely scenarios in the CEO's case.
The first is that there was a transplant-related problem, though it would be unusual for that to happen a year and a half after the transplant.
A more likely possibility would be that the neuroendocrine tumor metastasized again. "It's really difficult to cure the disease with a liver transplant," said Mr. Chapman, adding that it's common to have some degree of recurrence. "Most people hope they reset the clock, gained some time and gained a quality of life even if you don't cure the disease."
Steve Jobs' speech at the 2005 Stanford graduation ceremony: “This is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation.”
He tells 3 stories from his life:
- Connecting the dots
- Love and loss
- About death
William Chapman, transplantation chief at Washington University in St. Louis, hasn't examined Mr. Jobs personally, but said there are two likely scenarios in the CEO's case.
The first is that there was a transplant-related problem, though it would be unusual for that to happen a year and a half after the transplant.
A more likely possibility would be that the neuroendocrine tumor metastasized again. "It's really difficult to cure the disease with a liver transplant," said Mr. Chapman, adding that it's common to have some degree of recurrence. "Most people hope they reset the clock, gained some time and gained a quality of life even if you don't cure the disease."
Steve Jobs' speech at the 2005 Stanford graduation ceremony: “This is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation.”
He tells 3 stories from his life:
- Connecting the dots
- Love and loss
- About death
Mr. Jobs was diagnosed in 2004 with a rare type of pancreatic cancer called islet cell neuroendocrine tumor, which could be cured if surgery removed it promptly. He reportedly had surgery by the end of 2004 but began exhibiting weight loss in 2008. This type of cancer often metastasizes in another organ, usually the liver, during a patient's lifetime. A Tennessee hospital disclosed that Mr. Jobs had received a liver transplant there in 2009.
"Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose," Mr. Jobs said in the commence speech in June 2005, almost a year after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
References:
I join everybody around the world in wishing Mr. Jobs a speedy recovery.
References:
Apple CEO Jobs to Take Medical Leave. WSJ.
“And one more thing” about Steve Jobs’ battle with cancer - Science-Based Medicine, 2011.
“And one more thing” about Steve Jobs’ battle with cancer - Science-Based Medicine, 2011.
Brain freeze, senior moment or just exhaustion - CNN video
From CBS News:
A 2006 study questioned the acceptability of minor episodic memory loss in older adults as normal. Episodic memory loss includes things such as forgetting the name of a new acquaintance, a recent conversation, or an upcoming appointment.
People commonly undergo an age-related slowing of the ability to retrieve information. They might forget where they put their keys, but they usually remember eventually. But when Alzheimer's is involved, new information is never properly stored, meaning the affected person never learned it well enough to be able to retrieve it.
Related reading:
Senior Moments: Signs Of Alzheimer's? CBS News.
Memory problems not a normal sign of aging: study http://goo.gl/xb9M
FDA Approves "Alzheimer's CT scan" by Eli Lilly - radioactive agent florbetapir tags clumps of sticky amyloid in brain. WSJ, 2012.
Doctor's family killed by kidnappers, he sues the police for slow response
A sad and terrible story.
Barbara Walters, US TV Anchor, to Undergo Heart Surgery to Replace a "Faulty Valve" - Sounds Like Aortic Stenosis
Walters announced that she will undergo surgery to replace a "faulty" heart valve later this week.
"You know how I always say to you how healthy I am. ... I've never missed a day's work," she began. "Later this week, I'm going to have surgery to replace one faulty heart valve."
From her description, the valve defect sounds like aortic stenosis. For a variety of reasons, mitral stenosis is a less likely possibility in the differential diagnosis.
Best wishes for successful surgery and speedy recovery!
References:
Barbara Walters to Undergo Heart Surgery. ABC.
Barbara Walters' Heart Surgery. WebMD.
How to Prepare a Physician for a Media Interview (TV, radio, etc.)
A physician friend asked: "I am invited to a local TV channel to answer the viewers' questions on pneumonia this Wednesday, it will be live. They just told me that today. Do you ave any experience on this? How should I prepare? Do you have any idea?"Here are few links and videos to help you:
Asthma TV News Spot. Doctor Anonymous.
Interview techniques and tips for doctors: How to sound and look good on camera. The Doctor's Channel.
Preparing Physicians for Media Interviews Helps Them Communicate More Comfortably and Effectively. The Permanente Journal, Kaiser Permanente.
1. Be prepared.
2. Expect off-the-wall questions.
3. Speak in plain English.
4. Be concise.
5. Guide the interviewer.
7. Don't guess.
8. Nothing's off the record.
Media Tips From Your PR Doctor For Effective Electronic Media Interviews.
Video: "Ben Goldacre on MMR, autism and media mendacity"
From Wikipedia:
Ben Goldacre is a British medical doctor and journalist, and the author of the The Guardian newspaper's weekly Bad Science column.
Presidential sleeping habits (CNN video)
Presidential sleeping habits, 2:35 min.
CNN's Jason Carroll looks at the hours worked by past presidents and the lessons President Obama could learn.
Related reading:
Do U.S. presidents age faster in office? Possibly, but 70% actually lived longer than expected. LA Times, 2011.
The Presidents Club | Photos: Oval Office Secrets from Truman to Obama | TIME, 2012.
Cool
Saturday Night Live: Obama Plays It Cool
Whether you voted for Barack Obama or not, this SNL video is, well... cool (and funny).
Don't Drink and Drive: Austrian Politician Jörg Haider Car Crash
The controversial Austrian politician and Governor of Carinthia Jörg Haider was killed in a car crash in the early hours of October 11, 2008. Police reported that the Volkswagen Phaeton that Haider had been driving came off the road, rolled down an embankment and overturned, causing him severe head and chest injuries. He was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital.Haider, who was on his way from a gay night club and going to celebrate his mother's 90th birthday, was alone in the government car and was not we
aring a seat belt. At the time of the crash, Haider's car was travelling at 142 km/h (88 mph), and at least more than twice the legal speed limit of 70 km/h (43 mph) for that part of the road.Wolfgang Fellner, publisher of "Österreich", wrote: "I have fought bitterly" with Jörg Haider, he died as he lived: always full-throttle, always over the limit."
The Volkswagen Phaeton (pronounced "fay-ton") is a large luxury sedan manufactured by German car manufacturer Volkswagen in an attempt to surpass the prestige market leaders, Mercedes-Benz and BMW. Phaeton should be capable of being driven all day at 300
km/h (190 mph) with an exterior temperature of 50 °C (122 °F) whilst maintaining the interior temperature at 22 °C (72 °F). The car should possess torsional rigidity of 37,000 Nm/degree. The Phaeton's platform, the Volkswagen Group D1 platform, is shared with the Bentley Continental GT and Bentley Continental Flying Spur.Even a car like that however cannot protect a driver who is drunk and does not wear a seat belt. Click here for BBC photos of the crash site.
According to several witnesses, Haider drank an entire bottle of vodka in the company of a young man at a gay bar, leaving the nightspot at 1.05 AM, "staggering" around, visibly drunk. Despite being told not to drive, Haider said goodbye to the man and exchanged phone numbers, he got in his car and drove away. He died thirteen minutes later in a fatal crash.
Haider's blood alcohol level at the time of the crash was 0.18%, more than three times the legal limit of 0.05%.
Related Videos:
Road Safety in the UK TV PSA
PSA: "I'm New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, and I should be dead."
References:
Jörg Haider, Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Volkswagen Phaeton, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Austrian far-Right leader Haider goes to his grave, taking secret of last hours in gay club with him. Daily Mail.
Mystery cloaks the last hours of Joerg Haider's life. AGI.it.
Haider goes to his grave, pursued by controversy. Independent.
Jörg Haider - Trauerfeier - Abschied von einer Legende. YouTube.
Road Safety in the UK TV PSA
Drunk Driving, Distracted Driving, Moralism, and Public Health - NEJM
Image sources: Vodka, Wikipedia, public domain; Jörg Haider, Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0; 2005 VW Phaeton, public domain.
CNN Video: Dr. Gupta gets altitude sickness while on assignment in the mountains of Peru
Gupta: Everyone in our group got altitude sickness
"While on assignment in the mountains of Peru, Dr. Sanjay Gupta experienced the dangers of altitude sickness firsthand. After ten minutes of pure oxygen treatments, he felt much better and returned to work reporting on a dangerous public health threat in a nearby village."
Stay Alive, Don't Text and Drive
From ConsumerReports.org:"According to a survey by AAA and Seventeen magazine, 61 percent of 16- and 17-year-olds admit to risky driving habits and of those, 46 percent say they text while driving. Fifty-one percent of those teens say they drive while talking on their cell phones.
Studies have shown that a person using a cell phone while driving, hands-free or not, is four times more likely to crash and, as a result, land in the hospital, and that using a cell phone while driving is as risky as driving drunk."
Related:
Phone condom ($1.99) is a plastic bag that zips up and holds the phone so that you don't text and drive - NYT http://goo.gl/u0mRA
Image source: OpenClipArt.org, public domain.
Reuters features a post from this blog: Angioedema - a 24-hour photo diary by a patient posted on Flickr
Reuters.com features my blog post: Angioedema - a 24-hour photo diary by a patient posted on Flickr.
They used BlogBurst RSS-based Blog Syndication Network for Online Media to re-publish the post from Clinical Cases and Images - Blog.
I was not asked for permission to use the post but since it is based on Flickr (Creative Commons license) and Wikipedia (public domain), I am not inclined to make a big deal about it.
Several media outlets and journals mentioned the blog and ClinicalCases.org in the last 2 weeks alone: The Los Angeles Times, Reuters, Journal of General Internal Medicine and Journal of Medical Internet Research.
Previously, the project was featured and referenced in BMJ (3 times), Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, sBMJ, eMAJ, Clinical Infectious Diseases, BMC Education, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Journal of Medical Internet Research, Nursing Education Perspectives, Baylor College of Medicine Web Digest and Medscape (2 times). It also mentioned by the The Los Angeles Times. The project was presented at multiple national and international scientific meetings.
ClinicalCases.org Featured in the Los Angeles Times
Clinical Cases and Images (ClinicalCases.org), our free case-based curriculum of clinical medicine, was recently featured in a Los Angeles Times article about medical blogs:
Medical blogs for doctors and patients alike. LA Times.
"Clinical Cases and Images. A teaching blog with a comprehensive collection of cases in all areas of medical specialty."
Screenshot of the blog list
I have mentioned several times before that ClinicalCases.org is not a blog but a collaborative attempt to build an online case-based curriculum of medicine. CasesBlog is the blog I started in March 2005 (3 years ago) to collect ideas, interesting stories and post relevant news about the Clinical Cases and Images project.
However, the LA Times coverage of the medical blogosphere is relatively well-measured and I am not going to complain too much about an occasional misclassification, especially when featured among some of the "grandfathers" of the medical blogging world such as Kevin, M.D., GruntDoc, and the former president of the SGIM Robert Centor.
By the way, the medical blogosphere includes not only physicians and nurses but also medical librarians and journalists. Where else can you find pearls such as the one below? It reflects the thoughts of the prominent medical reporter for the Cleveland Plain Dealer Chris Seper while recording the weekly medical podcast for the newspaper:
"Just under my desk again to do voiceovers. A very large, but dead, insect was waiting for me. Always good to have an audience."
This video shows that it takes about 2 minutes to start a blog on Blogger.com, a service by Google.
References:
Another Milestone: Two Million Page Views for Clinical Cases and Images
Doctors talk shop on medical blogs. LA Times.
Medical blogs for doctors and patients alike. LA Times.
Related:
Online medical blogging: don't do it! CMAJ • July 29, 2008; 179 (3).
Medical blogs for doctors and patients alike. LA Times.
"Clinical Cases and Images. A teaching blog with a comprehensive collection of cases in all areas of medical specialty."
Screenshot of the blog list
I have mentioned several times before that ClinicalCases.org is not a blog but a collaborative attempt to build an online case-based curriculum of medicine. CasesBlog is the blog I started in March 2005 (3 years ago) to collect ideas, interesting stories and post relevant news about the Clinical Cases and Images project.
However, the LA Times coverage of the medical blogosphere is relatively well-measured and I am not going to complain too much about an occasional misclassification, especially when featured among some of the "grandfathers" of the medical blogging world such as Kevin, M.D., GruntDoc, and the former president of the SGIM Robert Centor.
By the way, the medical blogosphere includes not only physicians and nurses but also medical librarians and journalists. Where else can you find pearls such as the one below? It reflects the thoughts of the prominent medical reporter for the Cleveland Plain Dealer Chris Seper while recording the weekly medical podcast for the newspaper:
"Just under my desk again to do voiceovers. A very large, but dead, insect was waiting for me. Always good to have an audience."
This video shows that it takes about 2 minutes to start a blog on Blogger.com, a service by Google.
References:
Another Milestone: Two Million Page Views for Clinical Cases and Images
Doctors talk shop on medical blogs. LA Times.
Medical blogs for doctors and patients alike. LA Times.
Related:
Online medical blogging: don't do it! CMAJ • July 29, 2008; 179 (3).
Content of Weblogs Written by Health Professionals: More Bad than Good?
It seems like there are few (if any) positive news stories and studies about medical blogs nowadays. Most of the coverage focuses on breaching patient privacy and inappropriate product endorsements rather than on the way blogs can be used for medical education and interactive learning. As a regular reader of 30-40 medical blogs and author of 3, I am first to admit the medical blogosphere has its problems. John Sharp from the IT department of the Cleveland Clinic and I worked on institutional guidelines for medical blogs in 2005-2006 and I gave it quite a bit of thought during the years.The most current negative story is from the Journal of General Internal Medicine and, as you may have guessed it, none of the authors seems to have a blog:
Content of Weblogs Written by Health Professionals (full-text PDF hosted by Pharmalot).
Tara Lagu, MD, MPH, Elinore J. Kaufman, David A. Asch, MD, and Katrina Armstrong, MD, MSCE.
The authors identified 271 medical blogs. Over half (56.8%) of blog authors provided sufficient information in text or image to reveal their identities. Individual patients were described in 114 (42.1%) blogs. Patients were portrayed positively in 43 blogs (15.9%) and negatively in 48 blogs (17.7%). Of blogs that described interactions with individual patients, 45 (16.6%) included sufficient information for patients to identify their doctors or themselves. Healthcare products were promoted, either by images or descriptions, in 31 (11.4%) blogs.
The authors concluded that blogs risk revealing confidential information or, in their tone or content, risk reflecting poorly on the blog authors and their professions. The health professions should assume some responsibility for helping authors and readers negotiate these challenges.
They give plenty of examples and link to 16 blog addresses. Somehow the study authors missed some of the most popular medical blogs such as Kevin, M.D., Medgadget and GruntDoc. May be because they used commonly acceptable language or were not controversial enough but, really, how can you write about medical blogs and miss Kevin, M.D.? The guy is on the front page of Google results for both "medical blog" and "medical blogs" (we are a little bit down the list but still there). Update from 07/26/2008: Dr. RW pointed out that the authors quoted one of my posts as an example to follow in the article references: How to write a medical blog and not get fired? I guess I could be considered one of the "good guys."
These are a few quotes chosen by the study authors to highlight the content of medical blogs:
“The unwritten definition of proper patient: attached to a
breathing machine, a lot of wires and completely sedated
or even paralyzed.” Adrenalin Rush
“She was a stupid, lazy, selfish woman all of which
characteristics are personal problems, not medical
issues or barriers to care” Panda Bear MD
The quotes are obviously taken out of context but they still sound troubling. However, there are many stories of great patient care, self-sacrifice and compassion published on medical blogs but somehow they escaped the search strategy of the study authors.
Tips for Medical Bloggers
- Write as if your boss and your patients are reading your blog every day
- Comply with HIPAA
- List your name and contact information
- If your blog is work-related, it is better to let your employer know
- Inquire if there are any blogging guidelines. If there are, comply with them strictly
- Use a disclaimer, e.g. "All opinions expressed here are those of their authors and not of their employer. Information provided here is for medical education only. It is not intended as and does not substitute for medical advice."
- Get your blog accredited by the Heath on the Net Foundation
References:
Content of Weblogs Written by Health Professionals. Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Doctor Blogs Reveal Patient Info & Endorse Products. Pharmalot.
Why Physician Blogs Close Down?
Topics Discussed During the Medicine Consult Service Rotation at Cleveland Clinic in March/April 2008
Dr Flea Blogged His Malpractice Trial, Settles When Outed
Using a Blog to Build an Educational Portfolio
Medical Blog Closed Down by Request of Employer
NPR: Doctor Blogs Raise Concerns About Patient Privacy
Simply Fired - How NOT to Blog About Your Job. Especially If You Are a Doctor
Related:
Should physician blogs be held to a higher standard? Kevinmd.com.
Medical blogosphere subject of Journal of General Internal Medicine study. Notes from Dr. RW.
Another medical journal piles on. Notes from Dr. RW, 08/2008.
What is a blog? Robert M Centor, 08/2008.
As A Busy Physician, Why Do I Even Bother Blogging? http://goo.gl/fSF3 - Excellent summary.
Updated: 08/07/2008
Updated: 08/07/2008
Johns Hopkins Reality Series Available for Free Online Streaming from ABC
ABC has made available the full episodes of the short series "Hopkins" filmed at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore:Hopkins, Episodes 1-5
Some time ago, I had the chance of interviewing (and being offered a position) at Johns Hopkins and my impression of the institution was very positive. The faculty seemed very focused on education. I have not visited the Mayo Clinic yet but after working at the Cleveland Clinic for a while, one have to admit that there is something special about the top 3-5 hospitals in the U.S. Obviously, they are doing something exceptional to stay at the top for so many years in a row.
Google Trends and Top Hospitals According to U.S. News and World Report
References:
Google Trends and Top Hospitals According to U.S. News and World Report
Image source: Commons.wikimedia.org.
Link via David Rothman.
NPR: Helicobacter Pylori Stomach Bacteria Could Prevent Asthma
Listen to the NPR story here:"Writing in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, the scientists report that children between the ages of 3 and 13 are nearly 59 percent less likely to have asthma if they have the bacterium in their gut. The children were also 40 percent less likely to have hay fever and associated allergies such as eczema and rash."
Australians Barry J. Marshall and Robin Warren won the 2005 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease.
Related:
pH or Hp - Dicoverers of the Link Between Helicobacter pylori and PUD Awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine
Also posted on AllergyNotes blog.
H. pylori image courtesy of www.hpylori.com.au.
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