February 2012
7 posts
WatchColonoscopy: A Musical Interpretation
this guy must thank his anesthesiologist!
“True nursing ignores infection, except to prevent it. Cleanliness, fresh air...”
– Florence Nightingale, Notes on Nursing, 1859
Open hospital windows to stem spread of infections, says microbiologist | The Guardian
“The patient does not care about your science; what he wants to know is, can you...”
– Martin H. Fischer (via medicalstate)
swagatahehe asked: How do you get the time to post such awesome songs and then find content for this blog while you do medicine....You seem like a great multi tasker :)
January 2012
1 post
December 2011
4 posts
“Those who work in [the] system know that they don’t win against it. They find...”
– Ryan Brooks, medical resident in Jamaica in First world healthcare expectations in a third world country
I have no precise knowledge of the state of the health system in Jamaica but this quote certainly applies to Mauritius too where healthcare is free and where those who can afford prefer the...
November 2011
2 posts
“More than anything, the battle over prostate cancer screening raises a...”
– Otis Webb Brawley, M.D.
Prostate cancer screening may do more harm than good
October 2011
3 posts
Abraham Verghese: A doctor's touch | Video on... →
Video: Massive Health's Aza Raskin - "We need a... →
13 days of ECMO →
I hope my last patient realises the luck he’s got that this technique already exists in my town.
September 2011
1 post
August 2011
7 posts
2 tags
Chronic fatigue syndrome researchers face death... →
According to the police, the militants are now considered to be as dangerous and uncompromising as animal rights extremists.
medicine is an ever-changing science: Uncertainty.... →
nursling:
“We look for medicine to be an orderly field of knowledge and procedure. But it is not. It is an imperfect science, and enterprise of constantly changing knowledge, uncertain information, fallible individuals, and at the same time lives on the line. There is science in what we do,…
On your mark, get set, interview! - Stanford... →
It’s speed dating on steroids. In 10 mini-interviews of eight minutes each, Stanford medical school candidates rush from room to room, station to station, congregating in suits and skirts in a connecting hallway for a two-minute break to prepare for the next interview
(…)
So far, no ones switched back. Proponents list among the benefits of this multiple assessment technique: its precisely...
Colon Cleansing: Not So Cleansing After All – TIME →
there is no evidence that [the cleanses] are doing anything, and physiologically it doesn’t make sense. The body has a system for detoxifying itself—it’s called pee and poop. And for healthy people, that’s all it takes. Read more
July 2011
5 posts
it's the age of medical disconnect - 33charts →
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Dave deBronkart: Meet e-Patient Dave
When Dave deBronkart learned he had a rare and terminal cancer, he turned to a group of fellow patients online — and found the medical treatment that saved his life. Now he calls on all patients to talk with one another, know their own health data, and make health care better one e-Patient at a time.
June 2011
8 posts
MY LIFE AS A MED STUDENT: what i learnt about... →
mylifeasamedstudent:
I was at the bus stop today (cool story, bro) and this guy started talking to me, as you do when you’re a sociable fellow with half an hour to spare. He told me about his life, and hitchhiking, and travelling with monkeys in Southern Africa, and swapping booze and party drugs for massages (he’s a…
“Health is not a commodity. Risk factors are not disease. Aging is not an...”
– —David Loxtercamp, author of A Measure of Days: The Journal of a Country Doctor, as read in his interview with NPR’s Liane Hansen. (via beingblog)
For Jay.
Thanks Kevin! Kevin and I were born two weeks apart back in St. Louis and have remained best friends ever since…
(via kbaum)
“I remember when I first started treating people with antiretrovirals in...”
– Dr. Gilles Van Cutsem, MSF, South Africa
MSF is calling on world leaders to massively scale up HIV treatment at next weeks UN Summit on AIDS. Learn more.
(via doctorswithoutborders)
May 2011
4 posts
GruntDoc » Doctors and dentists tell patients,... →
After the usual patient information form, there was a “mutual privacy agreement” that asked me to transfer ownership of any public commentary I might write in the future (…)
A polypill pill that halves the risk of heart... →
Scientists hail the single pill that halves the risk of heart disease
Once-a-day polypill will tackle chronic diseases
Good results from first international trials
It sure will help patients in accepting treatment…
Blogger announces own death after battle with... →
A Canadian man who blogged about his battle with cancer has died, but not without leaving a post-mortem message.
“Here it is. I’m dead,” read the last internet post of Derek K. Miller, who died last week after more than four years of blogging about his struggle with colorectal cancer.
“In advance, I asked that once my body finally shut down from the punishments of my...
A la découverte de Carenity - le French... →
Le premier réseau social français dédié aux patients et à leurs proches permet à chaque membre la possibilité de
rejoindre une communauté (liée à sa pathologie) pour partager ses expériences, témoignages, conseils pratiques avec d’autres personnes affectées par la même maladie
suivre l’évolution de sa santé grâce à des outils spécifiques développés en collaboration avec des associations de...
April 2011
10 posts
“Each and every time I am in a clinical setting I see a physician access outside...”
– Why medical education needs to evolve away from memorization
Jay Parkinson : What happens to doctors who think... →
jayparkinsonmd:
Upon finishing my second residency at Hopkins in Baltimore in September of 2007, I moved back to Williamsburg to start a new kind of practice:
Patients would visit my website
See my Google calendar
Choose a time and input their symptoms
My iphone would alert me
I would make a house call
Hospital music program helps soothe patients'... →
“It’s an important part of the Cancer Center, trying to overcome the inherent stress… anything we can do to minimize the heavy heart that people have when they walk in here.”
Superbug gene rife in Delhi water supply | The... →
Global implications as NDM-1 gene is found to be widespread in water used for cooking, washing and drinking.
WatchI’m currently meeting these same patients with osteosarcoma in my current oncology rotation. Some of them are going through the same protocol (MAID i guess) coupled with stunning surgery procedures. Unfortunately most of them are diagnosed late.
I feel for this dad. First thing he cared about when he learnt his diagnosis is his daughters. And then he came up with the idea of a...