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Should Doctors ‘Prescribe’ a Drink a Day? No.

High deductible health insurance can be bad for your health

Medical school letters of recommendation have formally been replaced by tweets

The men behind famous eponymous diseases

3-gram reduction in daily salt intake would decrease coronary heart disease, stroke, and death

FDA: High-dose simvastatin increases risk of muscle injury - caution with lower doses plus Amiodarone, Verapamil, Diltiazem

Occupation may be a key factor in lung cancer

Hockey-puck-on-a-rod test checks for concussion after head trauma

500 repetitions of 4 cardiac murmurs improved auscultatory proficiency of medical students

Standardized patient: Over the course of three days, I had 23 head-to-toe physicals from 23 medical students

AskaPatient.com - Medication Ratings and Health Care Opinions

The false idea that only the “top journals” publish the important stuff

Better Sleep, Better Learning? Obstructive sleep apnea can reduce a child’s IQ by 10 points

Taking charge of your toddler's vaccination record is the best way to ensure they don't miss any shots

The College of American Pathologists unveils a new patient website MyBiopsy.org

Vitamin D deficiency occurs frequently in COPD and correlates with severity

Tools for Your Food Revolution - Wolfram|Alpha Lets You Compare Chicken to Corn Dog, Apple to Orange

Facebook Friend Request - A young doctor gets a message from a dying patient

How to use Google Docs Drawings for medical mind maps

Johns Hopkins Medicine podcast now has a blog

29 Debates About the "Right Way" to Blog

"Europeans Work to Live and Americans Live to Work" But Who is Happier?

Why Twitter may not be good enough for scientific information and discussion

Are doctors ready for virtual visits? Telemedicine may not be accurate enough

Scaring physicians away from using social media