Interesting Articles
Weekend plans
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 by momngabe
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Starting tomorrow, I will be working a marathon stretch of three 12-hour nights in a row hopefully with a bit of sleep in between.Walking miles around the hospital, putting out "fires", dealing with staffing issues, placing ICU patients in the appropriate loca... Read More
This Week in Microbiology (TWiM) Episode #2: The Plague, Microbial Virulence and the Gut Microbiome
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 by Cliffprf Mintz
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On episode 2 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Cliff, and Michael review a fatal laboratory acquired Yersinia pestis infection, and how gut bacteria which are part of the normal flora of all animals control body weight and metabolic activity. For those ... Read More
Book Review: Learn to Have Fun with Your Senses
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 by guest39514
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Title Learn to Have Fun with Your Senses The Sensory Avoiders Survival Guide Author John Taylor, PhD, with illustrations by Lynda Farrington Wilson Length 110 pages Genre Nonfiction PublisherDate Sensory World, 2011 Source Review copy I was instantly drawn to this book ... Read More
Can the “Murse” cause Neck Pain?
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 by Nav Gill
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Thats the Man Purse, by the way. I was flipping channels yesterday when I happened to catch the news clip on how the murse man purse might contribute to back pain. Read More
Triple Negative Breast Cancer Treatment With A Leptin Receptor Blocker
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 by Aaron Tabor
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Triple negative breast cancers are an aggressive form of breast cancer that makes up 10-20 of all breast cancers. This form of breast cancer generally occurs more frequently in younger women and is linked with worse outcomes. Unfortunately, few, if any, targeted breast ... Read More
Sacrificing Patient Care in Order to Make a Living Part 2
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 by Linda Burke-Galloway
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Did you ever love something or someone so much that you had to walk away because it hurt too much to stay Thats how I feel about medicine. From the moment I saw my first delivery, I was hooked and there was no turning back. Perhaps Im highly offended at our present stat... Read More
Stress-saver curry
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 by LittleMissHealthy
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Just imagine how much easier it would be to prepare and eat healthy meals if you had nothing to do all day but take long, sunny walks, lie in the garden and read, file your nails, and do a small spot of advanced, tantric candle-making or circus-hamster-training, or what... Read More
The Dark Side of Personalized Medicine And Sports Genetic Testing
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 by Cliffprf Mintz
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Like it or not, the possibility of money and profit drives science just like it does any other field. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that a few genetic testing companies have created DNA-based kits that purport to be able to predict the athletic capabilities o... Read More
Who knew about lupus? I sure didn't!
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 by despitelupus
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Guess what fun fact I just learned Q-tips aren't supposed to be flushed down the toilet. That's right - I had no idea those cottony little sticks could wreak so much havoc in the inner sanctums of the toilet bowl. Thankfully, it wasn't a plumbing issue that turned me on... Read More
The Current Operational Plans For The PCEHR Fail The Sanity Test Badly and That NEHTA and DoHA Reside in Some Alternate Universe!
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 by davidmore
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As part of a Vendor Briefing NEHTA have provided some slides related to how they see the PCEHR working. You can access the various files from this link httpaushealthit.blogspot.com201103it-has-taken-me-day-or-so-to-spot-these.html In the view of the Operating Model we s... Read More
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