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Dominance visualized
For those of you who don't believe me when I talk about the problems related to market dominance in health care, I refer you to a recent post by John McDonough, one of the stalwarts of public concern for the health care system. Focusing on Massachusetts, John links us to recent reports produced by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation. John properly expresses "kudos to Massachusetts Health Quality Partners which did the legwork on this terrific resource." He notes:If you want to begin to understand why Partners Healthcare is so dominant in the state's healthcare market, don't go to this page, Hospital Sys...
Source: Running a hospital - May 19, 2013 Category: Health Managers Source Type: blogs

Uterus Transplant Baby Lost
This is so incredibly sad for so many reasons. There is really nothing else to say. (I have already expressed my concerns about uterine transplants here.) From the UK's Daily Mail:A woman who was the first to have a successful womb transplant from a dead donor has had her pregnancy terminated after the embryo showed no heartbeat, doctors in Turkey have said.Derya Sert, 22, who was born without a womb, had been receiving in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment after the transplant in August 2011.Her pregnancy was announced in April.But in a statement released today by Akdeniz University Hospital in Turkey's Mediterranean cit...
Source: Mary Meets Dolly - May 17, 2013 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Tags: Reproductive Technologies Source Type: blogs

OECD Study Admits Income Taxes Penalize Growth, Acknowledges that Tax Competition Restrains Excessive Government
Daniel J. Mitchell I have to start this post with a big caveat. I’m not a fan of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The international bureaucracy is infamous for using American tax dollars to promote a statist economic agenda. Most recently, it launched a new scheme to raise the tax burden on multinational companies, which is really just a backdoor way of saying that the OECD (and the high-tax nations that it represents) wants higher taxes on workers, consumers, and shareholders. But the OECD’s anti-market agenda goes much deeper. The OECD has allied itself with the so...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 17, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Daniel J. Mitchell Source Type: blogs

Celebrating 60 years of the Israel Heart Association
The anniversary celebration was notable for Dr Eugene Braunwald's keynote presentation as well as two joint sessions in partnership with ESC and ACC. Find out more. (Source: Blogs@theHeart.org)
Source: Blogs@theHeart.org - May 17, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: theheart.org Tags: Clotblog with Dr Samuel Goldhaber Source Type: blogs

Guest podcast: Suzanne Leveille from OpenNotes
I now present the latest health IT-related podcast from Sivad Business Solutions, an interview with Suzanne Leveille, research director of OpenNotes, a project to give patients online access to the entirety of their own medical records, including the visit notes from clinicians. Leveille describes a trial at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania and Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. She reported that not one of the 105 participating physicians asked for the access to be shut off after a year. In some cases, patients even discovered errors and prevented adverse events. Here is th...
Source: Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog - May 17, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Neil Versel Tags: consumerism EMR/EHR health IT Healthcare IT patient safety PHR physicians podcast Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center disease management Geisinger Health System Harborview Medical Center OpenNotes patient portals primary care Source Type: blogs

Debating Global Affairs in Doha
Doug Bandow Qatar is much in the news, as the small Persian Gulf sheikdom attempts to extend its influence. It promoted revolution in Libya and is doing the same in Syria. Of course, the ruling family is less enthused with Iranian revolutionaries and looks askance at Shia democracy protestors in Bahrain. (So does the U.S., of course, which is threatening to bomb the regime in Tehran and has said little about Bahrain’s Sunni monarchy as it busily represses the country’s Shia majority.) However, Qatar also engages in more mundane activities, such as hosting the annual Doha Forum, which brings together world leaders to d...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 16, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Doug Bandow Source Type: blogs

Goodbye, nephrotic syndrome!
Joanna posted this intriguing and wonderful tale of nephrotic syndrome reversed with wheat elimination: No more nephrotic syndrome since starting Wheat Belly–this is MASSIVE. I need to share my story Dr Davis. I’m 30, I had heavy proteinuria [protein loss in the urine] for years. I went strictly wheat-free in July, 2012, and today I discovered its down to 0.5 g [per day]. No meds, just my interest in nutrition, in particular my 10 months on Wheat Belly. I’ve lost 20 kg [44 pounds], I weigh 54 kg [118.8 pounds] now, zero fluid retention, and the receptionist at the doctor’s office didn’t recogn...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - May 16, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat-elimination success stories Source Type: blogs

Building Unity Farm - The Mushroom Farm Begins
Last weekend, my wife Kathy, Bill Gillis (CIO of the Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization), and I completed 72 Oyster mushroom totems and 60 Shitake logs - about 10,000 pounds of wood requiring 3000 individual inoculations.Here's how we did it.I cut 72 two foot segments of poplar, 8 to 16 inches in diameter, from the trees we felled behind the house in the early spring when sap was flowing but leaves had not yet emerged. This wood has the maximum amount of moisture possible. Over the weekend, we cut each log into 2 one foot pieces plus a thin third piece. I purchased 6 sub-species of oyster mus...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - May 16, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs

In Which I Respond To A Faithful Reader
Below find excerpts of an email sent by a faithful reader. I have included the whole text, but broken it down to respond to each point accordingly. I have really enjoyed your blog postings and the sensitivity you showed toward patients. But, your new venture is a real turn off, and makes it hard for me to want to read your posts anymore. I have been waiting for this. Expecting it. I knew that when I changed my practice model there would be anger and disappointment. For this reason, I have gone to the trouble of telling each patient face to face in the office when they come in for an app...
Source: In My Humble Opinion - May 16, 2013 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Jordan Grumet Source Type: blogs

New Coronavirus Sickens Healthcare Workers
A new coronavirus has caused serious illness in two healthcare workers in Saudi Arabia who were exposed to patients carry the virus. A man is is critical condition and a 43 year old woman is in stable but serious condition after suffering respiratory distress from the SARS-like illness. The post New Coronavirus Sickens Healthcare Workers appeared first on InsideSurgery Medical Information Blog. (Source: Inside Surgery)
Source: Inside Surgery - May 15, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire coronavirus healthcare workers SARS Saudi Arabia transmission Source Type: blogs

Iran: Political and Religious Persecution Proceeds Apace
Doug Bandow The Islamic Republic of Iran will soon hold a presidential election. The result is in doubt—the clerical elite itself is split—but the country’s overall direction unfortunately is not. Iran has a deteriorating human rights record. Although Tehran is not the bloodiest or most tyrannical government in the Middle East, repression is increasing and the space available to regime opponents is diminishing. Most attention has been focused on the unpleasant potential of an Iranian nuclear weapon. There is good reason to maintain an active campaign to forestall such a prospect. However, war almost certainly is a w...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 15, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Doug Bandow Source Type: blogs

Is Kathleen Sebelius Barack Obama's Oliver North?
Michael F. Cannon I blogged earlier about how HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is unethically, and possibly illegally, shaking down industries she regulates to get them to fund ObamaCare’s implementation. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), the ranking member of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, says this is “arguably an even bigger issue [than] Iran-Contra,” and ably defends his position against the Washington Post’s Sarah Kliff. Excerpts from Alexander’s comments: [I]n Iran-Contra, you had $30 million that was spent by Oliver North through private organizations...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 14, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Michael F. Cannon Source Type: blogs

CARMAT Hydraulic Artificial Heart Set to Begin Human Trials (w/video)
CARMAT (Velizy Villacoublay, France) today announced that its bioprosthetic total artificial heart is now scheduled to be trialed for the first time in human patients at four medical centers in Europe and Middle East. The CARMAT heart is intended to be used as an end-stage device, completely replacing the patient’s own and hopefully avoiding the many complications of transplantation.The artificial heart consists of two cavities, mimicking the organ’s ventricles, which are separated by a moving membrane that’s hydraulically powered via a special actioning fluid. This membrane reproduces the action of the...
Source: Medgadget - May 14, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Source Type: blogs

Practicing At The Top Of Your License
My son and daughter play violin. I accompany them to every class and stand over them in our living room as they practice. From the very beginning, the teachers required parental involvement. They often spent more time talking to me than my children. They instructed on posture and fingering. Eventually, I learned to read music. I even rented a violin of my own. As the years have passed, I still play an active role. I know when my son's elbow rides too high or my daughter's wrist curves upward like when carrying a pizza. My ear can tell when a note...
Source: In My Humble Opinion - May 14, 2013 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Jordan Grumet Source Type: blogs

Enterprise-Wide Medical Deivice Integration and CIS Workflow
Last month I spoke at the first CIS Qatar International Conference in Doha Qatar. My topic was the Importance of Enterprise Wide Medical Device Integration in CIS workflow. You can download a copy of my presentation here. This was the first such conference in Qatar with over 1,500 people attending. The ballroom only had capacity for 1,200 so they had remote screens and audio for the 300 overflow attendees. Several hospitals in Qatar are in the process of implementing Cerner’s EMR, so there is a lot of keen interest in all things EMR. The conference program was focused on implementation issues and what it takes to rea...
Source: Medical Connectivity Consulting - May 13, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Tim Gee Tags: connectivity Events Healthcare IT Source Type: blogs

Another Big Genome Disparity (With Bonus ENCODE Bashing)
I notice that the recent sequencing of the bladderwort plant is being played in the press in an interesting way: as the definitive refutation of the idea that "junk DNA" is functional. That's quite an about-face from the coverage of the ENCODE consortium's take on human DNA, the famous "80% Functional, Death of Junk DNA Idea" headlines. A casual observer, if there are casual observers of this sort of thing, might come away just a bit confused. Both types of headlines are overblown, but I think that one set is more overblown than the other. The minimalist bladderwort genome (8.2 x 107 base pairs) is only about half the siz...
Source: In the Pipeline - May 13, 2013 Category: Chemists Tags: Biological News Source Type: blogs

Caring 2.0: #HCSM And The Rise Of The Empathic Physician
We have our rock stars. Our members in the healthcare social media realm who have elevated the conversation to new heights. Physicians are tweeting, blogging, and popping up on news shows across the country. We are using our singular voices to educate on vaccines, heart disease, and the quantified self movement. We are acting locally, but teaching globally. The promise of social media has amplified our voices and carried our message to the unwashed masses. We once could affect the few thousand who passed through our office doors. We now can touch the lives of millions. This...
Source: In My Humble Opinion - May 13, 2013 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Jordan Grumet Source Type: blogs

IVF/ICSI Success story for a man with globozoospermia
As a referral IVF clinic , we treat many patients who have failed IVF and ICSI cycles in other clinics. Here's a success story from such a couple. Globozoospermia is a very rare condition , and most IVF clinics in the world will not be able to even properly diagnose this condition, leave alone manage such complex cases. While I am very proud of the fact that we helped our patient to achieve a pregnancy, I am even more proud of the fact that he has become an expert patient, who is very well-informed about his problem ! He now knows more about globozoospermia than most IVF specialists ! Here's his first person account. W...
Source: The Patient's Doctor - May 12, 2013 Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Source Type: blogs

Human-to-Human Transmission Likely in New SARS-like Coronavirus Case in France
There has been a likely case of human-to-human transmitted Sars-like coronavirus, nCoV, in France. Reuters reports that a 50-year-old man contracted the virus after sharing a hospital room with another patient who was confirmed to have the disease. Despite these two cases showing human-to-human transmission is possible, experts say that the virus does not transmit quickly from person to person. The two men had shared a hospital room for about three days. The case does suggest that isolating nCoV patients is wise. 124 other people that were in contact with the patient have been screened and none were found the the virus. ...
Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - May 12, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: disease sars coronvirus Source Type: blogs

Back from Israel
Just a brief update today. I returned from Israel 3 days ago. The trip was wonderful, especially getting to talk with so many people. The archaeology is magnificent. It is time for me to start focusing on medicine again. Later today I hope to share some thoughts about ward rounding. (Source: DB's Medical Rants)
Source: DB's Medical Rants - May 12, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: rcentor Tags: Medical Rants Source Type: blogs

3 Creative Ways to Bring Comfort & Connect to Your Spirituality
According to interfaith minister and author Rev. Maggie Oman Shannon, when we immerse ourselves in creative acts, we can quiet the noises around us from our “wild and wired world,” and truly calm ourselves. With these creative acts, we also can cultivate a spiritual practice. In her book Crafting Calm: Projects and Practices for Creativity and Contemplation, Oman Shannon quotes the 20th-century Catholic priest Henri Nouwen, who said, “Through the spiritual life we gradually move from the house of fear to the house of love.” Oman Shannon believes the same can be said about the creative life. Through creating, sh...
Source: World of Psychology - May 11, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Books Creativity General Mental Health and Wellness Mindfulness Motivation and Inspiration Self-Help Spirituality Calm Projects Catholic Priest Contemplation Creative Activities Creative Acts Creative Life Henri Nouwen House Source Type: blogs

Lighter Eggs Benedict With "Hollandaise" Sauce Recipe, Perfect for Mother's Day
Eggs benedict, with its fabulously tangy hollandaise sauce, is classic brunch fare -- especially when celebrating special occasions, like Mother's Day. (Duh.) But did you know that the heavy restaurant version, where the sauce is full of butter and egg yolks, can typically be loaded with anywhere between 30 and 60 grams of fat? And while it may taste delicious, no one really needs two sticks of butter for brunch, even if it's your holiday. But let your waistlines fear not: I found a lightened-up version from the Kitchn blog that tastes just as good as the original, but has health subs a whole-grain English muffin, turkey b...
Source: The ND Blog: Notes from the Nutritionista by Monica Reinagel, L.D.N., C.N.S. - May 10, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Tags: Recipes brunch diet eggs food holiday nutrition Source Type: blogs

Brooklyn’s Finest (Part I of II)
Feeling giddy, I called my new friend, Gümmë, from the train two weeks ago. She was rushing to a meeting while I was approaching New York Penn Station. “My friend owns a rock-climbing gym in Brooklyn, so some friends and I are going this weekend,” I said. “That sounds fun.” I didn’t share that we would also be celebrating the 10-year anniversary of my bone marrow transplant. I dislike self-promotion, though sometimes family and friends partake without me having to try hard. My parents sent me on the comfortable Amtrak instead of me paying for the bus, which is what Dirty-D, my first-year roommate at UVA,...
Source: I've Still Got Both My Nuts: A True Cancer Blog - May 10, 2013 Category: Cancer Tags: travels Source Type: blogs

YAMMGM: Yet another mostly male genomics meeting #2: Beyond the Genome 2013
Well, the "winner" of this months YAMMGM award is Beyond the Genome 2013 | Mission Bay | San Francisco Alas, YAMMGM stands for "Yet another mostly male genomics meeting" so it is not an award to covet. This meetings listed speakers are below with women highlighted in green. Nicholas Navin -The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Sunney Xie – Harvard Xu Xun – BGI James Hicks -CSHL Fuchou Tang – Peking Itai Yanai – Israel Thierry Voet - Sanger Jacob Kitzman – Plasma cell free DNA sequencing Stephen Quake – Stanford and Fluidigm Mario Caccamo – Genome Analysis Centre Rob Martienssen – C...
Source: The Tree of Life - May 10, 2013 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs

CrisisMD Launched Today
CrisisMD.com launched today! Our goal is to provide healthcare coaching, translational services, and advocacy to those in the midst of a crisis. Below find the post that spurred this business venture. It appeared recently on kevinmd.com. If Only The Patient Had An Advocate It had all been so easy when Jim was still around. Lisa’s ex-husband had many shortcomings, but being a critical care specialist sure came in handy. Any time her mom or dad had a health crisis, he was right there in the middle of it: advocating, interpreting, breaking down the complexities into easily digestible morsels of information. B...
Source: In My Humble Opinion - May 10, 2013 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Jordan Grumet Source Type: blogs

Threatwatch: Is the Saudi virus a new SARS?
The mysterious coronavirus that emerged in the Middle East last year may have started spreading from person to person. Health authorities in Saudi Arabia revealed this week that a cluster of cases in the east of the country were all linked to a single hospital. The similarity of the outbreak to the SARS epidemic of […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - May 9, 2013 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs

The Pentagon as a Jobs Program, Cont...
Tad DeHaven Last week I discussed the tendency for policymakers to treat the Pentagon like a giant jobs program. It was prompted by an article from the Associated Press on members of Congress shoving unwanted upgraded Abrams tanks down taxpayers’ throats because retooling tanks sustains jobs back in the district. As it turns out, former Reagan budget director David Stockman touches on the Abrams tank situation in his new book, The Great Deformation. In Chapter 5, “Triumph of the Warfare State,” Stockman gives an account of the behind-the-scenes dealings that resulted in the massive military buildup during the ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 9, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Tad DeHaven Source Type: blogs

Poof!
It happened once before. I logged onto the computer on a particularly challenging day to find that my blog was gone. Just like that. After countless posts, telling stories, complaining and rejoicing...poof. I was on WordPress at the time. I called the help line and frantically explained the situation. Weeks later I got the data back, unformatted and imported to a new web address. I was crushed. Not just about the loss of all that writing, but more because the conversation had stopped. The unidirectional talk that I had been having with m...
Source: In My Humble Opinion - May 9, 2013 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Jordan Grumet Source Type: blogs

14-Year-Old Discovers iPad Smart Cover Magnets Can Shut Off...
14-Year-Old Discovers iPad Smart Cover Magnets Can Shut Off Implanted Defibrillators by Jordan Golson, macrumors.com A fourteen-year-old has discovered that the tiny magnets inside the iPad can inadvertently shut off implanted defibrillators if the device is left on the chest, such as might happen if the user falls asleep with the iPad lying on… Posted on infosnack. (Source: Kidney Notes)
Source: Kidney Notes - May 9, 2013 Category: Urologists and Nephrologists Authors: Joshua Schwimmer Source Type: blogs

This Month at Cato Unbound: The Future of Right-Libertarian Fusionism
Jason Kuznicki This month our online ideas journal Cato Unbound boasts an all-new design, with new software to make reading and navigating a whole lot more intuitive. Our latest issue tackles the topic of fusionism – the old-new idea that libertarians belong on the right side of the political aisle. Fusionism has a long history. But will it play to millennials? That could be one of the most important questions in American politics. Young voters are a lot less conservative on social issues like gay marriage and drug policy. In this, they echo previous generational trends on questions like interracial marriage and por...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 8, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Jason Kuznicki Source Type: blogs

Nurses Week: Giving Thanks
Well, this is it, folks. This is the week that's set aside for nurses to be praised, thanked and stroked. Gratitude goes a long way in this world, so this is a week when clear and heartfelt gratitude for nurses can be found in many places, both expected and unexpected. At work, gifts for Nurses Week can be somewhat disappointing--like mugs, pens, flowers, candy, stethoscope clips, and other material acknowledgments.However, the best gifts of Nurses Week often come in non-material form--like sincere expressions of thanks, spontaneous hugs, and the ways in which others (nurses and non-nurses alike) communicate their apprecia...
Source: Digital Doorway - May 7, 2013 Category: Nurses Tags: nursing careers nurses National Nurses Week nursing roles nursing identity Source Type: blogs

Disruptor Profile: Jayne Mackta
I can’t remember how or when I met Jayne Mackta, but I’ve always been grateful I did and I hope you’ll agree when I introduce her to you today. Jayne is an entrepreneur, pursuing the kinds of niche needs that – at their core – are the underpinnings of the discoveries in biomedicine that we depend upon to heal us when we’re ill. She’s one of many, I’m sure, but is one of the best (I’m sure of that, too). She not only works in the ‘trenches,’ but often goes there first and digs them herself to support the many others who will come later. Her most recent effort, Curious Young Writers, is the latest of h...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - May 7, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Uncategorized biomedical research Genetic Alliance Source Type: blogs

Fatherhood And My Son's Kindle
It's kinda curious. For all the technology I live and breath, put me in an empty room with an IPAD and after a few minutes of browsing, I'm bored. I've tried to wile away the hours on the Internet, but I can't. I'm just not built that way. Even the games and downloads lose me fairly quickly. My son, on the other hand, is an altogether different creature. He somehow wrangled us into allowing him to use his own (birthday) money to buy a Kindle. And at the age of eight, he is already bumping heads with his fifteen minute daily allotment. He carries the little device in it...
Source: In My Humble Opinion - May 7, 2013 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Jordan Grumet Source Type: blogs

Our Astrategic Syria Debate
Justin Logan Only a terrifically secure country could have as poor and astrategic a debate about war as the one we’re having about taking sides in Syria’s civil war. Actually, we’re not having a debate about taking sides in Syria’s civil war. That’s the problem. We’re debating Syria as though it’s an engineering question—an electrical outage, or a bit of erosion in the backyard. Doing so removes the most vexing aspects of the issue, leading us to the delusion that military action can easily make things better. Too much of the discussion has focused on moral arguments and too little of it on the...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 6, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Justin Logan Source Type: blogs

Monday morning and I need a nap
Last night I went to bed pretty early to get ready for a Monday where I actually have to go to work. I did wake up around 330 and wasn't sure I would get back to sleep. Then I was informed by my husband that I slept through the alarm and the snooze alarm. I guess I was tired. I need a nap.But its not to be. I will go to work and then meet a friend for a walk (I hope). I'll go to bed early tonight to make up for it.I have been a big fan of four day weekends recently and find I barely make it through a 3 day work /18 hour work week. Today I have to go to work because of my doctor appointments on Wednesday and I have pl...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - May 6, 2013 Category: Cancer Tags: tired procrastination Source Type: blogs

Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-05-05
Feds: Hepatitis B no barrier to health practice http://t.co/4XTRbGp5eD #tcot 19:51:16, 2013-05-05 RT @marklevinshow: War about to break out with Israel and Iran. Anyone paying attention?… http://t.co/klrw4PxteG 17:31:05, 2013-05-05 X-51A Waverider Scramjet Hits Hypersonic Speed Of Mach 5.1 In Final Test Flight, Air Force Says http://t.co/V6f0EEVlHt #tcot 15:46:37, 2013-05-05 Flap's California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2013-05-04 – Flap's California Blog http://t.co/bMsp1lp96w #tcot 06:34:50, 2013-05-05 Flap's Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-05-04 – Flap's Blog – Fu...
Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog - May 6, 2013 Category: Dentists Tags: Twitter @Flap Tweets Source Type: blogs

It's not over yet, just some links for May day
A Dog’s Best Friend Instinct And Loyalty Activist Post The New Conquistadors A Technological Divide Threatens Our Survival america #1 In Fear, Stress, Anger, Divorce, Obesity, Anti-Depressants America land of opportunity for illegals America Stands Upon the Precipice of Brutal Martial Law AOL On Janet Porter Presents Heather Has Two Cigarettes satire on heather has 2 mommies banned in many online sites Arvo Part Salve Regina (Full) Arvo Pärt Sanctus Bertrand Russell Great Minds on Race Boston Bombing What You Aren't Being Told Boston Smoke And Mirrors Spooked America - Morris Candyman theme song It was always...
Source: Nightmare Hall - Welcome to my nightmare - May 4, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

The Power Of The Pen?
I almost fell off my chair. It was bad enough that he showed up to the ER. But what happened next really blew my mind. He fell and bruised a rib. The pain in his left chest had obvious enough origins. But triage had put in for an electrocardiogram and the interpretation apparently scared the resident. The attending took a look, and shook his head. Left bundle branch block. Better call the Mecca. A few minutes later a cardiologist and nurse manager were videoconferencing in and interviewing the patient. Next came an order for thrombolytics and transfer to the big medica...
Source: In My Humble Opinion - May 4, 2013 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Jordan Grumet Source Type: blogs

Coming Together to Benefit All
I recently traveled to Israel for the 60th Anniversary Conference of the Israel Heart Society (IHS) in Jerusalem. The two-day conference gathered about 1,300 cardiologists from around the globe, including world-renowned leaders like Douglas Zipes, MD, MACC, and Eugene Braunwald, MD, MACC. While there, I co-chaired the ACC/IHS Joint Session with Chaim Lotan, MD, FACC, president of IHS, and Basil Lewis, MD, FACC, governor of the ACC Israel Chapter. Updates were given on the management of aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism, clinical trials in PCI vs. CABG, mitral regurgitation, and the role of the autonomic nervous syst...
Source: ACC in Touch Blog - May 3, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Administrator Tags: Membership CV Meetings Source Type: blogs

A right Royal cock-up. Prince Andrew elected to the Royal Society
Today the Royal Society elected Andrew, Duke of York, as a “Royal Fellow”. Well, to be exact. 11% of them did. The numbers, which the Society has not made public, were as follows (as fraction of the electorate, 1300 Fellows) Yes 147 (11%) No &n...
Source: DC's goodscience - May 3, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Authors: David Colquhoun Tags: Duke of York Prince Andrew Royal fellows Royal Society Source Type: blogs

Find the Zen of Work
By Leo Babauta One of the most common problems I hear from readers is the difficulty in finding calm and peace in the middle of a work day. Work for many people is stressful, full of too many things to do, too many meetings and emails and incoming information and interruptions and irritations and distractions and decisions and confusion. Putting “Zen” into the workplace — some calm, some mindfulness, some letting go of that which stresses you out — is not a simple thing for most people. To help those who’d like to find a more peaceful way of working, I’ve teamed up with San Francisco...
Source: Zen Habits - May 2, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: zenhabits Tags: Happiness Productivity & Organization Simplicity Source Type: blogs

Thoughts on Israel – trip day # 2
Wednesday we visited the northern Mediterranean coast. The trip had 3 stops: 1. Rosh HaNikra – fascinating grottoes, site where the Haganna destroyed a British train track, picturesque 2. Akko – Famous city from the crusades – a classic old city – had wonderful Hummus – walked through the Templars tunnel – holiest city in the Ba’hai faith 3. Haifa – also saw the famous Ba’hai temple and gardens (although from a distance). Learned the history of the German templars who helped the Jews return to the Holy Land. Spectacular views overlooking the Bay. Great day topped off wi...
Source: DB's Medical Rants - May 2, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: rcentor Tags: Vacation Source Type: blogs

E. O. Wilson's "Letters to a Young Scientist"
I've been reading E. O. Wilson's new book, Letters to a Young Scientist. It's the latest addition to the list of "advice from older famous scientists" books, which also includes Peter Medawar's similarly titled Advice To A Young Scientist and what is probably the grandfather of the entire genre, Ramón y Cajal's Advice for a Young Investigator. A definite personal point of view comes across in this one, since its author is famously unafraid to express his strongly held opinions. There's some 100-proof Wilson in this book as well: . . .Science is the wellspring of modern civilization. It is not just "another way of knowing...
Source: In the Pipeline - May 2, 2013 Category: Chemists Tags: Book Recommendations Source Type: blogs

Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-05-01
Marco Rubio: Gang of Eight’s immigration bill can’t pass the House http://t.co/aExYN8lvGX #tcot 05:32:41, 2013-05-01 RT @robertcostaNRO: Cruz's bet is that tho media says GOP wants to "reform" or change, his gut tells him that party wants spirit of 2010 in… 05:00:23, 2013-05-01 What is BS is Gov. Chris Christie http://t.co/12xu9mphpA #tcot 04:59:18, 2013-05-01 RT @justin_hart: DeMint from @Heritage: "if [the immigration bill] was as simple as they said it was, it wouldn’t be over 800 pages." http:… 04:56:02, 2013-05-01 If THIS story is true, kiss the Obama Aministration good-bye! http://t...
Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog - May 2, 2013 Category: Dentists Tags: Twitter @Flap Tweets Source Type: blogs

Don't let ground turkey make you sick
More than half of the raw ground turkey and patty products we recently analyzed contained fecal bacteria, and 90 percent had at least one of the five bacteria that we looked for, including some notorious for causing foodborne illness, like salmonella and staphylococcus aureus. And almost all of the disease-causing bugs were resistant to one or more of the antibiotics commonly used to fight them. So if you get sick you might have to try several antibiotics to find one that helps. A better strategy: Take steps to avoid getting sick from ground turkey in the first place. Here's how. 1. Cook ground turkey thoroughly. The bac...
Source: Consumer Reports Health Blog - May 1, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: pododo Tags: Food safety Health Source Type: blogs

Thoughts on Israel – trip day #1
This medical blog is temporarily hijacked to become a vacation blog. I probably will still do some medical blogging while on vacation, but primarily I want to keep a record of an exciting vacation. We landed in Tel Aviv Monday afternoon around 4 pm local time. After meeting our guide, we drove to Rosh Pinna in the north. We overslept the next morning. Observations: 1. We love Israeli breakfast buffets. We ate fresh fruits, goat cheeses, homemade breads, fresh squeezed orange juice and could have had much more. Of course, we had to finish our breakfast with Halvah. 2. Tuesday’s trip was in the Golan Heights. Driving ...
Source: DB's Medical Rants - April 30, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: rcentor Tags: Vacation Source Type: blogs

EHR Benefit – Eliminate Staff
It’s time for the next installment in my series of posts looking at the long list of EHR benefits. Eliminate Staff The idea of eliminating staff is a really hard one to talk about. Often the staff in a medical office becomes a family and so it’s really hard to think about losing a staff member in order to pay for the EMR. In fact, it’s incredibly common for staff in a clinic to fear an EMR implementation because they’re afraid that their job is in jeopardy. From my experience, it’s incredibly rare for any existing staff to lose their job during an EMR implementation. There are two main reasons...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 30, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: John Lynn Tags: EHR EHR Benefits Electronic Health Record Electronic Medical Record EMR HealthCare IT EHR Staffing Costs Eliminate Staff EMR and EHR Benefits Series EMR Benefits Transcription Source Type: blogs

The Pentagon as a Jobs Program
Tad DeHaven One of the realizations that helped me to dispense of the neoconish foreign policy views of my youth is that for federal policymakers, the Pentagon is like a giant jobs program. Regardless of need, a military installation or armament factory can generally count on the unwavering support of the member of Congress who represents the district or state where the facility is located. On Monday, the Associated Press’s Richard Lardner provided a textbook example: over the past two years Congress has spent almost a half billion taxpayer dollars—and wants to spend another $436 million—upgrading Abrams tanks...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 30, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Tad DeHaven Source Type: blogs

An Act Of Submission
As I reached for the doorknob with my right hand, I had but one and only one impulse. Run! Turn around and run as fast as you can! It's fair to say that being a physician requires a certain constitution. When one deals in the currency of death, it becomes second nature to hold our heads high when others fall. How else can we view the tortured realities of existence. The average life is chocked full of suffering. People die tragically, unexpectedly. Pain rips through the tender belly of humanity leaving us raw, and yet we stand our ground. But sometimes it's different. So...
Source: In My Humble Opinion - April 30, 2013 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Jordan Grumet Source Type: blogs

Hunger
It's really nice having lots of food in the house again. Very nice! I just had a toasted turkey and swiss sandwich and an ice cold Coca-Cola that was delicious. Maggie is sleeping on the couch beside me - my constant companion. She had a sandwich as well. I'm watching reruns of The First 48 - a show I really enjoy. I just discovered it recently. They feature the homicide detectives of Birmingham, Alabama on a regular basis. I would have never though there would be so many homicides in Birmingham.I almost broke my very own rule and blogged using a computer lab computer this morning. I probably will blog from there in the mo...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - April 30, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs