MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'culture'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:50:18 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5181815&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1841 : ‘Not now.’ (This column first appeared in the Greenville News, but I re-wrote and expanded  it for my EMN readers in the September edition.  So here it is with a few special thoughts for the medical community.) Here’s the link to the EMN online edition as well: http://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2011/09000/Second_Opinion__Two_of_the_Worst_Words_of_All__Not.8.aspx If you were watching me, secretly, you would see that I sometimes do things that are decidedly non-adult. I can be seen dancing across the hardwood floor with my daughter, with no music audible (except inside her lovely head). She apparently aspires to be a choreographer, and though I am no dancer, I am the only male in the house who will dance with her. When she asks, what can I say? I know many l... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5181815 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:02:36 +0100 5181815 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5182051&cid=t_100178_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthBusinessBlog%2F%7E3%2FtOCjMBR2mI8%2F When I was growing up in the 1970s I complained to my mother that I didn’t like cigarette smoke. She told me to get used to it because the major decisions were made in smoke-filled rooms and I wouldn’t want to be left out. Cigarette packs already had the Surgeon General’s warning on them, but we never would have anticipated the extent to which smoking would come under pressure in the ensuing 30 or 40 years. In retrospect it seems obvious that smoking doesn’t belong in offices, classrooms, or airplanes. Once the dangers (and not just the nuisance factor) of secondhand smoke became clearer, it was also easy to understand why cigarettes could be banned from restaurants and even bars. Now things are going a bit further as at least 500 colleges nationwide forbid smoking ... Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5182051 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:28:31 +0100 5182051 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5174627&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1829 This is my column in yesterday’s Greenville News.  A direct link requires a subscription, so I reprinted it here. Thanks! Being ‘hung up’ about sex isn’t so horrible One of the chief objections to Christianity is that it meddles in people’s personal lives. This is a curious objection, in some ways. Christianity has fairly little to say about food or drink, except to advocate moderation. And very little to say about clothing, except that modesty is appropriate. It’s silent on computers and automobiles. And it generally advocates discipline couched in love where children are concerned. What its detractors mean often comes down to this: ‘Christianity has something to say about sex, and we don’t like it one bit.’ Typically, one hears that ... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5174627 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:10:39 +0100 5174627 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5169552&cid=t_100178_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-state-of-drug-seeking-in-america-nothing-should-hurt%2F2011.08.26 This might sting a little… When I was a child, I was often painted orange with Merthiolate.  My grandmother, like every good grandmother, kept a bottle handy at all times.  Merthiolate was an antiseptic, containing Mercury, that was marketed for cuts and scrapes. A fall on the gravel, a slide on the pavement, a run through the briar patch and you’d be sitting on the kitchen table while grandma colored you orange with the magical elixir, which incidentally burned like fire! On a recent emergency department shift, we were colluding about the general state of drug-seeking in America, which has been enabled by our ‘nothing should hurt’ ideology.   One of my dear friends, Nurse Nancy, had a realization; an epiphany, really. (more…) *This blog post was originally publ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5169552 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:00:34 +0100 5169552 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159020&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1821 This might sting a little… When I was a child, I was often painted orange with Merthiolate.  My grandmother, like every good grandmother, kept a bottle handy at all times.  Merthiolate was an antiseptic, containing Mercury, that was marketed for cuts and scrapes. A fall on the gravel, a slide on the pavement, a run through the briar patch and you’d be sitting on the kitchen table while grandma colored you orange with the magical elixir, which incidentally burned like fire! On a recent emergency department shift, we were colluding about the general state of drug-seeking in America, which has been enabled by our ‘nothing should hurt’ ideology.   One of my dear friends, Nurse Nancy, had a realization; an epiphany, really. ‘It all went downhill when we stopped... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159020 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:32:34 +0100 5159020 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159105&cid=t_100178_105_f&fid=34896&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorrw.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F08%2Ftattoos-are-they-safe.html (Source: Notes from Dr. RW) Notes from Dr. RW blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159105 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:55:00 +0100 5159105 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159012&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FsWIbxRAFvBw%2F Where do good ideas come from? Ideas need to mingle and swap, and create new forms. May all this social media stuff isn't a waste of time after all? (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159012 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 07:23:44 +0100 5159012 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5130999&cid=t_100178_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F08%2F13%2Fit-was-a-hot-and-steamy-day%2F [ed. note: from my mother, about the day I was born] Mama and me It was hot, like August is in Texas.  Some of the neighbors had these big water-trickle things that filled up a whole window, darkening the room and making a cool oasis. But we didn’t have air conditioning. In our house, the metal headboard felt hot when I leaned against it. I put my hair up in braids to get it off my neck. When I got dressed, I didn’t put anything on underneath. (The nurses were later surprised about that.) I had a backache, which developed into contractions, but I didn’t want to make the mistake of going to the hospital early and miss all my meals. With your sister, I was in the labor room almost 24 hours, and all I got was castor oil in orange juice. So while waiting for the pains to bec... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5130999 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:59:21 +0100 5130999 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5118658&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1789 In following the stories out of the UK, I am saddened by the violence and senseless destruction in the nation that so many of us look to as kindred.  Many of us have a deep, almost genetic, reverence for the land of so many of our ancestors.  I certainly wish we could once again unite and rise up, standing for freedom and the greatness of the West.  Alas, not yet. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/08/11/london-police-raiding-houses-over-uk-riots/?test=latestnews It is, of course, like all such violence in places where a perfect storm of ideology brews. Closing the trough First, young poor people, told for decades it was the duty of the government and taxpayers to care for them, become animal-like when their feed-trough is threatened.  And, animal-like, brutal in nature, ‘red in t... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5118658 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:54:36 +0100 5118658 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5118930&cid=t_100178_136_f&fid=39023&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fbenjaminrubenstein%2F%7E3%2F40rrBHo2ucI%2Fhow-to-get-famous-in-five-easy-steps.html Step 1Make millions of people follow me on Twitter, including Ashton Kutcher, without them knowing it. I’ll then force-retweet for every idiotic comment I make. Once Kutcher tweets that I should be on Two And A Half Men, then I’m legit. Step 2Convince 400 million people to “like” my Facebook Page by offering a free cupcake. I already have a deal in place with Little Debbie to send 400 million individually-packaged cupcakes around the world. Little Debbie is so terrified of Hostess’ increasing market share that it wasn’t even that hard to convince them. Step 3Hire an army of people to blog original content so that my readers keep coming back. With my real job and never-ending tweets, I won’t have time to do it myself. After realizing that nobody will work for the nonexi... I've Still Got Both My Nuts: A True Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5118930 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:04:00 +0100 5118930 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5118659&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1786 Our county recently had a large drug-bust.  Some 37 people were arrested, for a variety of charges, from distribution to manufacturing and all the rest. Since it was in the paper, and public knowledge, I felt it important to find out how many of them were regular ‘customers’ of the emergency department. Of the 37 arrested, there were some 167 ED visits over the past few years since we have had EMR. Now, what do we do with that number?  What does the customer service model say?  What do we feel about the need for insurance, or other social supports, provided by government? Complicated question, I suppose.  But looking through the chief complaints, it seems that an inordinate number were for painful conditions. As prescription drug abuse skyrockets, as deaths from those drugs... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5118659 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:26:22 +0100 5118659 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5107524&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FICAkkGS28sM%2F Blitter is a clinical search engine with content highlighted by clinicians who blog or tweet. If they think it's important enough to comment on, we consider it great content. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5107524 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 07:22:41 +0100 5107524 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5103349&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1780 Texas Governor Rick Perry suggests that we pray for our nation.  I read the article, then began reading the comments.  Here’s the link: http://tinyurl.com/3sasw88.  Fascinating, really. America wants leaders who live by a high standard of ethics, who seek the best for their citizens, and for the world at large.  America wants leaders who believe in honesty and truth. So Gov. Perry, who may be the Republican presidential candidate, says it’s important to pray.  Not to a God who calls for child sacrifice, or asks us to wage war for our faith.  Not to a God who is hateful.  Not to a God who accepts lies. Gov. Perry asks America to pray for help in hard times.  Not to smite his enemies.  (He said we should pray for our president as well.)  Not to let him win the election.... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5103349 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 22:12:14 +0100 5103349 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096922&cid=t_100178_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F08%2F04%2Fthe-accidental-cartoonists%2F From “The Accidental Cartoonists” by Robert Trussell, to be published Sunday, August 7, 2011 in The Kansas City Star magazine: office art by Robert Trussell The cartoons began as a subversive attempt to amuse and distract my colleagues at The Kanas City Star during long office meetings. Often the characters were circus clowns or men screaming because their hair was on fire. Nick Sawdust, a “hardworking reporter,” was a recurring character. His lofty journalism ambitions were always scuttled by a phalanx of editors with an obtuse chain of command. Maybe I was the inspiration. Regardless, many of them were photocopied and distributed in notebooks labeled “Office Art,” which ran through its print run of 20 almost immediately. That came as no surprise, consi... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096922 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 03:48:39 +0100 5096922 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096148&cid=t_100178_87_f&fid=36088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ourbodiesourblog.org%2Fblog%2F2011%2F08%2Fthe-effects-of-birth-control-right-wing-version As previously reported, women with health insurance will soon have access to a host of preventive health care services, including contraception, without having to pay out-of-pocket costs such as co-payments, co-insurance and deductibles. Not surprisingly, the news rankled some conservatives who refuse to acknowledge the long-term economic or health benefits. Take, for instance, Sandy Rios, a FOX News contributor and vice president of the Family-PAC Federal, a conservative political action committee, who likened women’s health needs to beauty services: ”We’re $14 trillion in debt and now we’re going to cover birth control, breast pumps, counseling for abuse? Are we going to do pedicures and manicures as well?” Once again, we turn to Stephen Colbert to explain the outrage... Our Bodies Our Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096148 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:09:01 +0100 5096148 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096222&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1764 No co-pay for contraception? So it turns out that one of the provisions of Obama-care is  that it prohibits prohibits insurance co-pays for contraception.  I find this curious. I always pay co-pays! Having a child with diabetes, I have paid plenty of co-pays for products and medication necessary to his health.  And for visits to the pediatrician, surgeon, obstetrician, etc. Many people have high co-pays for essential services, from cancer therapy to cholesterol medications and all the rest. What’s the difference? So why is contraception so sacred?  Why is it, in an era of falling revenues, in an age when western civilization is slowly depopulating, that we would encourage contraception?  When what we need, in fact, is (quite to the frustration of many) more people? You can&#821... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096222 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 02:09:55 +0100 5096222 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5086187&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1756 This is my column in today’s Greenville News opinion page.  (Actually viewing online requires a subscription.) ‘Telecommuting would help our representatives.’ Dealing with the public requires a commitment to accountability. I mean in person, face-to-face, eye-to-eye accountability for one’s work and actions. As a physician, if I’m unkind, unprofessional or incompetent, eventually I’ll meet someone at a store, WalMart for example, who was less than impressed with my performance. They may glare at me. They may walk away. I may see them and hide before we can talk. Or they may corner me and express their dissatisfaction. What could be worse than being ‘read the riot act’ in front of the ice cream case, or worse, in the presence of my of my wife... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086187 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:48:10 +0100 5086187 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5069423&cid=t_100178_87_f&fid=36088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ourbodiesourblog.org%2Fblog%2F2011%2F07%2Fhowdy-from-down-here-colbert-on-summers-eve-and-ads-for-clean-men Have you seen the Summer’s Eve videos featuring vaginal puppeteering (by way of a talking hand) asking for more V-love? The videos promote using scented cleansing and deodorant products to freshen your vagina. Let’s get one thing straight up front: Vaginas don’t need cover-up. In fact, douches and other scented products are more likely to cause irritation and infection. The vagina is very good at cleaning itself, so if Summer’s Eve really believed in its tagline, “Hail to the V,” it would leave our vaginas alone. But making money off women’s insecurities about their bodies never grows old for Summer’s Eve. Its newest ads targeting black and Latina women play on racial and ethnic stereotypes in addition to playing on women’s insecuriti... Our Bodies Our Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5069423 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:02:11 +0100 5069423 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062255&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1745 Good news on disability:  or should I say ‘disability.’ Anyone working in social services or medicine (well, anyone with half a cerebrum and some rational thinking capacity mixed in with their compassion) knows that the disability system in the US is completely out of control.  We routinely see patients who say, when queried about their disability, ‘well doc, honestly, I don’t know why I’m on disability!’  Which is fine if you’ve had a serious head injury or stroke, but if your complaint is ‘injured back while using chain-saw,’ maybe disability is a little generous. So, here’s some light in the darkness: http://lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/2011/07/pierce-on-administrative-law-judge-disability-decisionmaking.html Hallelujah! ... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5062255 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:03:37 +0100 5062255 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050777&cid=t_100178_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.drmalpani.com%2F2011%2F07%2Ftaylorism-technopoly-and-medicine.html Nicholas Carr's new book, The Shallows has a great quotation, which he uses to describe Google's intellectual ethic." In his 1993 book Technopoly, Neil Postman distilled the main tenets of Taylor's system of scientific management. Taylorism, he wrote, is founded on six assumptions: "that the primary, if not the only, goal of human labor and thought is efficiency; that technical calculation is in all respects superior to human judgment; that in fact human judgment cannot be trusted, because it is plagued by laxity, ambiguity, and unnecessary complexity; that subjectivity is an obstacle to clear thinking; that what cannot be measured either does not exist or is of no value; and that the affairs of citizens are best guided and conducted by experts”.What struck me forcibly is the fact that P... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050777 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:50:00 +0100 5050777 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5036240&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1726 Church Camp Helps Kids Learn How to Choose This is my column in today’s Greenville News. My wife and I just returned from helping to chaperone 20 middle and high-school students at a church camp populated by a total of 600 youth. We were at SummerSalt, the flagship camp of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, located near Winnsboro, SC at White Oak Conference Center. (Actually, I’ve always referred to it as ‘Hotternhades, South Carolina,’ but that’s just me.) Since it is a Southern Baptist Camp, let me immediately set fire to the standard ’straw-man’ stereotypes leveled at our denomination; and indeed, at evangelicals in general. We did not spend our time making lists of all the people we believed were going to hell. We did not meet secretly to d... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5036240 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:59:47 +0100 5036240 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028243&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1724 Does it seem ironic that ARG stands for Antibiotic Resistant Gonorrhea?  Maybe a little? In an era of movies like ‘Friends with Benefits,’ in a time when entertainers like Russell Brand and David Duchovny are treated for sexual addiction, in a time when we simply shrug off the words ‘promiscuous’ or ‘fornication; as antiquated bits of fundamentalism, we have yet another reason to pause and think. Gonorrhea that resists current antibiotic therapy. http://www.cdc.gov/std/gonorrhea/arg/default.htm It isn’t just burning, unfortunately.  It’s also infertility and in some cases infections of the blood-stream, heart valves or brain that can result from untreated (or now, untreatable) gonorrhea. But we’ll probably ignore this too.  Moderns are sim... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028243 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:00:07 +0100 5028243 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028853&cid=t_100178_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FBco7pTFfiqE%2F Office culture usually conjures pecking orders, email etiquette, and the unsaid rule that everyone eats lunch at their desk; not yoga. But Airbnb, a San Francisco startup that’s part of the area’s new tech boom, is re-instituting the kind of company perks that only seemed possible before the recession, and they include things like yoga classes, organic lunches, and a “Peace Room” where employees can chill out, or even nap. Joe Gebbia, the founder of the 120-person company, says those perks are what makes his company successful; not an employee benefit program that’s draining his coffers. Some are still skeptical that such perks are really possible in this economy, but he says that, as long as his company is growing and making money, he’s not worried. The... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028853 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:56:03 +0100 5028853 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028052&cid=t_100178_85_f&fid=34798&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcommitmenttoliving.com%2F2011%2F07%2F11%2Fmental-health-during-deployment-study%2F A group of US and UK colleagues have published an interesting qualitative study about the challenges and resiliency of military mental health professionals (MMHPs). They had a small non-representative sample of British MMHPs who had completed a period of deployment in Iraq between 2003-2005. For the study, they participated in detailed interviews about their experiences practicing in a deployment setting. The authors did a nice job pulling together themes from the interviews in order to develop a conceptual model for the goals, challenges, and resources, and to draw out some recommendations about training and planning. Recommended: McCauley, M., Liebling-Kalifani, H., & Hughes, J. H. (2011). Military Mental Health Professionals On Operational Deployment: An Exploratory Study. Community... Commitment to Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028052 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:17:18 +0100 5028052 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4997673&cid=t_100178_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iqscorner.com%2F2011%2F07%2Fresearch-byte-what-is-and-how-to.html Click on images to enlarge.- iPost using BlogPress from my Kevin McGrew's iPadintelligence IQ tests IQ testing IQ scores CHC intelligence theory CHC theory Cattell-Horn-Carroll human cognitive abilities psychology school psychology individual differences cognitive psychology neuropsychology neuroscience psychology special education educational psychology psychometrics psychological assessment psychological measurement IQs Corner general intelligence cultural intelligence Generated by: Tag Generator (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner)) Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4997673 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:16:00 +0100 4997673 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4992699&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1711 This is my column in July’s EM News.  Have a restful day! http://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2011/07000/Second_Opinion__A_Rest_for_the_Heart.10.aspx We travel to Hilton Head, SC, every spring for an ‘end of school-year’ vacation. It is a tradition that started several years ago; one which our family treasures. We plan months ahead, when we arrange lodging. Then, as the date draws closer we have to restrain ourselves from jumping up and down at odd, inappropriate times. The beach calls to us in an inexplicable way. We live in a beautiful county, surrounded by mountains and lakes. It is, in itself, a worthy destination, perfect for biking, hiking, fishing and/or kayaking. But when May rolls around, our eyes turn to the east, and we long for the sand and sea. It is on... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4992699 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:24:09 +0100 4992699 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4953347&cid=t_100178_147_f&fid=39266&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCreationInteractive%2F%7E3%2F0XnTvwegfbM%2F In recent years, global digital engagement strategies have become critical for pharmaceutical companies operating all around the world. Global strategies need to fit each company’s culture, vision and purpose as well as their specific brands’ characteristics. And whilst digital channels have changed much about the dynamics of communication, digital engagement must be aligned with how the company already interacts with their stakeholders and its overall brand values. Local insights for global success Global strategies mean global challenges. I will not cover all of them in this article but I will take a brief look at two keys: language and culture. To make sure that your global strategy will successfully connect with local markets, you need to understand both the culture of these market... Creation Interactive blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953347 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:42:34 +0100 4953347 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4952861&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1689 Happy Birthday Mountain State! I was born in West Virginia, and lived there until I completed medical school in 1990.  My wife comes from a family of coal-miners, proud and solid.  My ancestors were there as far back as the late 1700s, well before it was a state and when it was still a wilderness, full of opportunity and peril.  They were subsistence farmers.  Though I live elsewhere now, a piece of my heart always beats for home. So, today, I wish West Virginia a Happy Birthday!  I am proud of my home state.  And I’ll tell you why.  It’s people are durable.  They have faced battles and disease, natural disaster and economic devastation, socialism and corrupt politicians, abusive employers and reckless unions,  and yet, they go on.  They have provided natural resource... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4952861 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:47:02 +0100 4952861 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4952988&cid=t_100178_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F06%2F20%2Fbetter-by-mistake-an-interview-with-alina-tugend%2F Afraid to make a mistake? Don’t be. According to author Alina Tugend, the best way to become an expert in your field is by making mistakes, lots of them, but to cooperate with the brain on learning from them. In her new book, Better By Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong, explains the science of making mistakes and why learning from them is vital in a culture of perfectionism. Tugend has been a journalist for nearly 30 years and for the past six has written the ShortCuts column for the New York Times business section. She has written about education, environmentalism, and consumer culture for numerous publications, including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, and Parents and is a Huffington Post contributor. I have the honor of conducting an exclusive in... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4952988 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:06:34 +0100 4952988 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4953289&cid=t_100178_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F06%2F19%2Fin-memory-of-dad-on-fathers-day%2F My father loved this song by the great Johnny Horton. RIP Dad. Filed under: Music, Pop Culture Tagged: battle of new orleans, father's day, johnny horton, lego (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953289 Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:20:25 +0100 4953289 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4933986&cid=t_100178_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2FfhllkhgBa0M%2Fdeepak_chopra_descends_hasnt_detroit_suf.php Well, well, well, well, well. Look who's coming to blight my hometown, and look who's doing it hot on the heels of my having directed some not-so-Respectful Insolence at him. Yes, it's Deepak Chopra himself showing up on Saturday to bring his woo to one of the places that least needs it, downtown Detroit: Excitement and diversity is coming to the Metropolitan Detroit community this Summer! Chene Park Amphitheater is bringing an entirely new experience to the City on Saturday, June 18th, 2011: The "Music & Mastery Holistic Festival". The "Music & Mastery Holistic Festival" is a full-day event consisting of healing, enlightenment and pure energy! Festival goers can embrace the art of live music, holistic products & services, nutrition, crystals/jewelry, Yoga, massage therapy, Thai Chi, fr... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4933986 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:00:00 +0100 4933986 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4933988&cid=t_100178_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2FSLFIJoaRq4k%2Fthats_gonna_leave_a_mark.php You know, even though I haven't lived in Cleveland since 1996, sometimes I kind of miss Ohio. Here's the sort of reason why, via Balloon Juice: I thought it was a hoax at first, but it isn't. Just check out the the official website of the Governor of the State of Ohio if you don't believe me. I must admit a little chuckle of schadenfreude here. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Respectful Insolence) Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4933988 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:00:00 +0100 4933988 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5036353&cid=t_100178_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthBusinessBlog%2F%7E3%2FZlKcE0trJG4%2F I’ve been a board member and financial supporter of the Hearts & Noses Hospital Clown Troupe for ten years, but always struggle to convey in words exactly what the troupe does and how special it is. The clown aspect people think they get, but it’s hard to explain how empowering the professionally trained, dedicated volunteers are to the thousands of children and families they serve. I’ve accompanied the clowns in the hospital so I understand it. I’m thankful that a donor has funded this wonderful video that lays it out for those who can’t see them in person. To learn more, please visit the website or Facebook page and consider making a donation online. Share (Source: Health Business Blog) Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5036353 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:07:20 +0100 5036353 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934180&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1674 This is my article in Taki’s Magazine on the potential impact of high gas prices on rural life.  No, we can’t just ride the bus! http://takimag.com/article/high_gas_prices_low_regard_for_rural_culture (Source: edwinleap.com) edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934180 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:33:34 +0100 4934180 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5036356&cid=t_100178_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthBusinessBlog%2F%7E3%2Fm5l0cCrs0mo%2F Today’s Hospitalist (Ready to let patients hit the panic button?) describes the experience of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Orange, CA, which has implemented a “Condition H” (as in “Help”) system that allows patients and family members to activate the hospital’s rapid response team on their own as a last resort. Staff were concerned it would be overused for non-emergencies and by chronic complainers, but if anything there has been too little use. After three years, there have only been 70 Condition H calls at the 525 bed center. That equates to less than two per month for the whole hospital, or one call per bed every 22 years! It’s a little hard to understand from the article why utilization is so low. The system has been well publicized, with pos... Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5036356 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:45:26 +0100 5036356 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934243&cid=t_100178_105_f&fid=34896&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorrw.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F06%2Fis-culture-of-medicine-headed-in-right.html (Source: Notes from Dr. RW) Notes from Dr. RW blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934243 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:21:00 +0100 4934243 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4911773&cid=t_100178_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F06%2F08%2Fthanks-a-lot-media%2F Filed under: Journalism, Pop Culture, Social Media Tagged: anthony weiner, news, tag cloud, trussell & trussell, twitter (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4911773 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:49:10 +0100 4911773 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4902367&cid=t_100178_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2Fp__NVIF6qA4%2Fdetoxifying_fashionably.php How many times have I read or heard from believers in "alternative" medicine that some disease or other is caused by "toxins"? I honestly can't remember, but in alt-world, no matter what the disease or condition under discussion is, there's a good chance that sooner or later it will be linked to "toxins." It doesn't matter if it's cancer, autism, heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, or that general malaise that comes over people who, as British comedians Mitchell and Webb put it, have more money than sense; somehow, some way, someone will invoke "toxins." I was reminded of this obsession among believers in unscientific medicine a couple of weeks ago, when I came across an article by Guy Trebay in the New York Times entitled The Age of Purification. The article appeared, appropriately en... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4902367 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 08:00:00 +0100 4902367 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5036367&cid=t_100178_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthBusinessBlog%2F%7E3%2FbhBeeGq_kqU%2F Yesterday’s New York Times (As Physicians’ Jobs Change, So Do Their Politics) highlights the political shift underway within the physician community. While doctors used to be mainly male small businessmen, who were a natural fit with the Republican Party, they’re now much more likely to be female and employed by larger organizations. According to the Times, that’s making doctors more likely to be out of sync with the GOP, and the article cites examples from around the country. The American Medical Association came out in support of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which was a surprise to many. State medical societies find themselves increasingly allied with liberal activist groups, and even historically “red meat” issues like malpractice r... Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5036367 Tue, 31 May 2011 16:51:53 +0100 5036367 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4883587&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1633 This is my column in today’s Greenville News                 Dear graduates, congratulations on your accomplishments!  Whether you are leaving high-school, trade-school, college or graduate school, you have done something.  You have, unlike many others, persevered to the end of your course of study, whether two years, 12 years or 18 years.  That’s a good first step; but only a first step.  Your certificates, awards and accolades, your grades and honors are testament to your effort.  But you have to accomplish more.             So, first of all, I charge you, I ‘knight you,’ to go and do something great.  There are those who genuinely believe that there is no greatness left.  That all noble achievements have been attained.  This is an... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4883587 Sun, 29 May 2011 16:49:56 +0100 4883587 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4876435&cid=t_100178_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iqscorner.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fresearch-byte-culture-and-cognitioniq.html Double click on image to enlarge- iPost using BlogPress from my Kevin McGrew's iPad (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner)) Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4876435 Sat, 28 May 2011 16:32:00 +0100 4876435 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5036372&cid=t_100178_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthBusinessBlog%2F%7E3%2Fol0_vJu3sA0%2F Over the last decade, the United States has intentionally made itself less attractive to immigrants, forgetting that immigration has been a huge driver of the country’s economic success. In a recent article (America needs a 21st century immigration policy), leading entrepreneurs, executives and investors including Steve Case and Sheryl Sandberg said: To some, the link between immigration reform and economic growth may be surprising.  To America’s most innovative industries, it is a link we know is fundamental. The global economy means companies that drive U.S. job creation and economic growth are in a worldwide competition for talent.  While other countries are aggressively creating policies and incentives to attract a highly educated workforce, America has stagnated.  Once a... Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5036372 Tue, 24 May 2011 20:55:17 +0100 5036372 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4853015&cid=t_100178_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iqscorner.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fresearch-brief-accounting-for-degree-of.html Click on image to enlarge. Click here to access the article. [Conflict of interest - I am a coauthor on this article]- iPost using BlogPress from my Kevin McGrew's iPadintelligence IQ tests IQ testing IQ scores CHC intelligence theory CHC theory Cattell-Horn-Carroll human cognitive abilities psychology school psychology individual differences cognitive psychology neuropsychology neuroscience psychology special education educational psychology psychometrics psychological assessment psychological measurement IQs Corner general intelligence linguistic demand culture culture and IQ Generated by: Tag Generator (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner)) Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4853015 Sat, 21 May 2011 15:10:00 +0100 4853015 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4847966&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1614 This is my article in today’s edition of Taki’s Magazine. http://takimag.com/article/aggressive_care_for_the_elderly_too_much_too_late Edwin (Source: edwinleap.com) edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4847966 Fri, 20 May 2011 04:35:08 +0100 4847966 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4847967&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1610 Kindness as Medical Treatment (This originally appeared as one of my columns in Emergency Medicine News, in 2001.) Before me on the exam table was a young woman in her mid- to late 30s. She was a little anxious. Her chart indicated that she had back pain, neck pain, headache, chest pain, and insomnia. I took a deep breath, rolled my eyes, and began to take a history. I tried my best to tease out what things might be serious and what was not. No injuries, no weakness, no shortness of breath, no history of heart disease, no thunderclap headaches, no, no, no. Her exam was almost as unremarkable. Until we went a little further. As her history continued and she opened up, I learned that she was working third shift at a local factory, raising three small children and caring for a husband on dia... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4847967 Fri, 20 May 2011 03:09:05 +0100 4847967 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4841489&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1601 I was drifting off to sleep when the movie ‘Working Girl’ came on the television.  It features a young woman who makes good in the high-powered world of Wall Street.  The movie opens on the Manhattan skyline.  ‘Let the River Run,’  by Carly Simon, is playing in the background.  The imagery and lyrics, indeed the script, suggest that New York is meant to represent a kind of New Jerusalem of opportunity and hope; at least, that’s how this impressionable Southerner interpreted it. The problem is, the camera panned past the Twin Towers.  The movie was released in 1988, and the Twin Towers were in the fullness of their steel and concrete lives, architectural creatures that stood watch over the millions who rushed forward every day beneath them.  Today, of co... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4841489 Thu, 19 May 2011 03:21:36 +0100 4841489 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4828897&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1592 I'm not judging, I'm just saying... Warn others, and don’t worry about the hypocrisy label My column in yesterday’s Greenville News Graduating high school students will soon be headed for beaches and other sunny locales to celebrate their liberation; often with behavior that is best performed far from home. Some will then become college students, many of whom will spend several years exploring the moral universe in an attempt to ‘find themselves,’ right before the hard world finds them and offers them little reward for being fun at parties. As parents launch their children from home, many of them find it difficult to give suggestions for proper behavior. And the reason is often this: ‘well, who am I to say what they should or shouldn’t do? I did ... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4828897 Sun, 15 May 2011 21:12:03 +0100 4828897 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4803447&cid=t_100178_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmemory.loc.gov%2Fafc%2Fafcss39%2F264%2F2647b2.mp3 [originally published by Politics Daily in 2010; reposting for Mother's Day 2011] Sam Houston Memorial Musuem, where my grandmother worked for 25 years. My grandmother Grace Crawford Longino came into this world in 1901 and left it in 2002. In mid-century she seemed to be the most important woman in her town of Huntsville, Texas. By the time she died, she was almost forgotten except by family and the few friends still alive. When she was in her late 80s I’d end conversations with “I love you” because I never knew if it would be our last. In reply, she’d say thank you. One time I teased her about that. “You never say ‘I love you’ back to me. Maybe you don’t love me.” “Not love you? Why, the very idea!” she said. “I&#821... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4803447 Sun, 08 May 2011 05:00:32 +0100 4803447 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4795024&cid=t_100178_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F05%2F06%2Fremember-secretariat%2F About Secretariat, Time magazine wrote: “He has a neck like a buffalo, a back as broad as a sofa.” His Kentucky Derby record of 1:59 2/5 still stands. Today and tomorrow, remember Secretariat, and also his groom Eddie Sweat. In 1998 Sweat died penniless at the age of 59. But, for a while, he was the best friend of a champion. Secretariat and Eddie Sweat as plane takes off for retirement in Kentucky. Filed under: Pop Culture Tagged: eddie sweat, horse race, kentucky derby, secretariat (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4795024 Fri, 06 May 2011 22:27:22 +0100 4795024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4795025&cid=t_100178_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F05%2F06%2Fcnn-one-wedding-and-a-funeral%2F New Actual Malice cartoon by Trussell & Trussell: CNN One Wedding and a Funeral. Filed under: Actual Malice, Journalism, Pop Culture, TV Tagged: cnn, poynter, richard quest, romenesko, royal wedding, trussell & trussell (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4795025 Fri, 06 May 2011 16:46:57 +0100 4795025 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5036388&cid=t_100178_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthBusinessBlog%2F%7E3%2For1fFUqXe9I%2F Driven To Dialysis? A Very Sick Nonagenarian Develops Kidney Failure in Health Affairs is the insightful tale of how the modern US health care system –with its explicit lack of constraints on resource utilization– often steers patients down the more aggressive, expensive path even when that’s not the patient’s preference. To summarize, an active, but rather ill 95 year old farmer with advanced heart failure was referred to an academic medical center to start emergency dialysis. The author –a hospitalist– questioned the advisability of putting this patient on dialysis at all. It was unclear whether it would increase his life expectancy and there were concerns about quality of life tradeoffs (e.g., spending a couple days a week at the dialysis center), sid... Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5036388 Wed, 04 May 2011 01:53:21 +0100 5036388 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4803146&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FRL51oCgViVc%2F The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4803146 Mon, 02 May 2011 05:51:07 +0100 4803146 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4771316&cid=t_100178_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F04%2F30%2Fbells-are-ringing%2F Photographs I took about a month ago, set to “Randwick Bells,” a love song by Australian Paul Kelly. Filed under: Music, Pop Culture Tagged: love song, paul kelly, randwick bells, wedding (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4771316 Sun, 01 May 2011 03:29:45 +0100 4771316 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4758966&cid=t_100178_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F04%2F27%2Fdigital-detox-iquit%2F New Actual Malice cartoon by Trussell & Trussell: Digital Detox: iQuit. Filed under: Actual Malice, Pop Culture, Social Media Tagged: detox, digital, poynter, smart phone, trussell & trussell (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4758966 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 06:25:19 +0100 4758966 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4747270&cid=t_100178_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FVirologyBlog%2F%7E3%2F9ScghR9Ji_c%2F Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Vincent, Alan, and Rich discuss growth in culture of newly identified rhinovirus C, vaccinia transmission among wrestlers and martial artists, and results of phase III clinical trial of boceprevir, a new inhibitor of hepatitis C virus replication. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #130 (45 MB .mp3, 93 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed, by email, or listen on your mobile device with the Microbeworld app. Links for this episode: Growth of newly identified rhinovirus C (Nature Medicine) Global distribution of rhinovirus C (EID) Vaccinia transmission among wrestlers (EID) Vaccine transmission in a martial arts gym (EID) Boceprevir for untreated HCV in... virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4747270 Sun, 24 Apr 2011 14:40:35 +0100 4747270 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4742393&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FdnxC_5R5vmI%2F Struggling to maintain a blog of this size is becoming an increasingly difficult task, and recently Google found a good reason to put us out of circulation again - MALWARE. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4742393 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:26:07 +0100 4742393 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734117&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1532 Sinner is my denomination. Here in the homeland of all things Southern Baptist, the appearance of faith has a shiny veneer. There are things that have been accepted tenets of Southern Christian life for generations. Two services and Sunday school on Sunday, Wednesday Bible Study, Thursday choir practice. Women’s Mission teas, and various types of training during the week, from Kids for Christ to Bible Drill to adult discipleship classes. Long, imploring altar calls that tug at the heart of the most hardened sinner, and rattle the comfort of the holiest saint. (No matter how much they want to go to lunch). There’s a consistency to it, an entrenched Protestantism with the unique flavor of iced tea and fresh biscuits, the smell of Magnolia and honeysuckle. It is pervasive. It is especial... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734117 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:44:03 +0100 4734117 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4733945&cid=t_100178_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2FcBUEGz9k6Lk%2Fimmunulies_or_get_your_vax_on.php Hot on the heels of his excellent effort Immunize, ZDoggMD is back for a followup. Unfortunately, his partner in crime, Dr. Chase McCallister, billionnaire hemorrhoid surgeon, whose woo-fighting alter-ego is Doc Quixote, screwed up. Wandering into the University of Google, he came up with a rap that would do Mike Adams proud: More reason than ever to get your vax on! Read the comments on this post... (Source: Respectful Insolence) Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4733945 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:00:00 +0100 4733945 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734440&cid=t_100178_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FJZP1aFn3AdA%2F Gone are the days when mental health issues were taboo (something we’re all grateful for), but now that they’re out in the open, we wonder if all the examples of depression, anxiety, and other mental health disorders are all painting a realistic picture. To find out who’s getting it right, we spoke with Ryan Howes, Ph.D., a California-based psychologist. Howes explains that, while there are accurate depictions of various mental health issues in pop culture, some aren’t so easy to pin down: Depression is difficult to define because it’s not one thing but a collection of symptoms that can vary from person to person, male to female, young to old. We’ve all experienced some of the symptoms at points in our life (low energy, guilt or irritability, for example... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734440 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:33:25 +0100 4734440 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4730545&cid=t_100178_46_f&fid=38788&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmsf.ca%2Fblogs%2FChrisH%2F2011%2F04%2F19%2Fback%2F My mission is now over and I write this from London, UK, where I’ve been fortunate enough to get a free bed and room as my old friend’s flat-mate is on holiday.  She returns tomorrow and I’m relegated back to the floor.  It’s been great to catch up on sleep, although I can’t shift the habit of waking up for every sound, my mind still hasn’t switched off. After my first mission, I was reluctant to blog about the mental readjustments I went though following what people call reverse-culture-shock.  I was nervous that it would make me sound like I had mental health issues.  But since then, I’ve realised (partly thanks to the book by fellow blogger James Maskalyk: “Six Months in Sudan”) that most of us MSFers go though something similar.  Having longed for McDonald’s an... MSF Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4730545 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:00:28 +0100 4730545 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734496&cid=t_100178_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F04%2F18%2Fworst-cover-ever%2F As my (few) readers know, I blog Beatles covers. While researching “She Loves You” on YouTube last night, I came across this little gem of a cover from the year 1980, on the Lawrence Welk Show: Some facebook friends commented that the Welk video beats even the loathsome William Shatner cover of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” And I would have to add Sebastian Cabot’s version of the Bob Dylan tune “It Ain’t Me Babe” to the mix. Which is the worst? Cast your vote in comments. Filed under: Music, Pop Culture, Social Media, The Beatles Tagged: bad music, cover, it ain't me babe, lucy in the sky with diamonds, shatner, worst (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734496 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:21:10 +0100 4734496 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4720049&cid=t_100178_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F04%2F15%2Ffour-years-ago-at-virginia-tech%2F They were like us. They had plans and dreams. You step left, you get cancer. Step right, a madman shoots you down. That’s death. So remember their lives. Song “Saeglópur” by Icelandic band Sigur Rós. (If the video below is missing, click here.) Filed under: Music, Pop Culture Tagged: massacre, memorial, saeglopur, sigur ros, tribute, victims, virginia tech (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4720049 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 03:00:30 +0100 4720049 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4709152&cid=t_100178_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2Fz2PPRgfZM5w%2Fthe_aap_protests_the_anti-vaccine_ads_be.php Excellent! It's about time the bigger guns started getting involved. Remember the anti-vaccine ads being run on the big CBS JumboTron in Times Square? Well, the American Academy of Pediatrics has finally weighted in to complaint. Here's the letter: April 13, 2011 Mr. Wally Kelly Chairman and CEO CBS Outdoor 405 Lexington Ave., 14th floor New York, NY 10174 Dear Mr. Kelly, The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) objects to the paid advertisement/public service message from the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) being shown throughout the month of April on the CBS JumboTron in Times Square, New York. The AAP and many other child health organizations have worked hard to protect children and their families from unfounded and unscientific misinformation regarding vaccine safety. Va... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4709152 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:00:01 +0100 4709152 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4696570&cid=t_100178_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2FGC2B22IE1x0%2Fstop_cbs_from_airing_anti-vaccine_ads_on.php I tell ya. I take a weekend off from this blog, and what do I find on Sunday night when I sit back down to take a look and see if there's anything I want to blog about? Damn if those anti-vaccine loons aren't pulling a fast one while I'm not looking. It turns out that über-quack Joe Mercola is teaming up once again with Barbara Loe Fisher's the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) in a desperate attempt for the NVIC to try to demonstrate that it's still relevant in the anti-vaccine movement after having been supplanted by Generation rescue. This time around, they're doing SafeMinds one better and, hot on the heels of hosting "Vaccine Awareness Week" to spread misinformation far and wide, is now trying for greater notoriety. Via Skepchick Elyse Anders, I learn that Mercola and the N... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4696570 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 05:00:01 +0100 4696570 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4696629&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=35612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheknifeman.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F04%2Freally-bored.html But this was just too much fun to ignore; I've got a lot of time for this guy - Mighty Mike. Check his site, it's (now) in my blogroll... (Source: The KnifeMan) The KnifeMan blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4696629 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:20:00 +0100 4696629 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4684681&cid=t_100178_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F04%2F05%2Fpray-for-japan%2F While updating my evergreen post I Look Up as I Walk last night, I found so many new covers of Kyu Sakamoto’s 1963 number-one hit Ue O Muite Arukou (also known as “Sukiyaki”) recorded in sympathy for the people of Japan after the March 11 earthquake/tsunami that I decided it was time to write a followup. The pain of the Japanese people will be long and deep. I do understand some of the lingering resentment of Japan. My own uncle Louis B. Read barely survived the Bataan Death March and slave labor in the Mitsubishi mines. But years later he participated in a program of Japan and United States reconciliation. His story is here. (My uncle Louis died a few days ago. His Dallas Morning News obit is the first comment on this post.) I researched Japan when I was hired to teach ... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4684681 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:32:21 +0100 4684681 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4684432&cid=t_100178_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F04%2F05%2Fcoming-to-america-can-increase-depression-anxiety%2F I chalk this up to the category, “This is news how, exactly?” Here’s the finding in a nutshell — “After arrival in the United States, [Mexican] migrants had a significantly higher risk for first onset of any depressive or anxiety disorder than did non-migrant family members of migrants in Mexico,” the authors report. Wow, surprising. You mean going to a foreign country, not necessarily knowing anyone, not necessarily having any job or job prospects, and not necessarily knowing the language can negatively impact your mental health? Do tell. The researchers “compared a sample of Mexican-born migrants (259 men and 295 women) after their arrival in the U.S. with a sample of non-migrants in Mexico (904 men and 1,615 women) on their risk for first onset of a de... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4684432 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:21:19 +0100 4684432 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4684397&cid=t_100178_105_f&fid=34896&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorrw.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fdetroits-implosion.html (Source: Notes from Dr. RW) Notes from Dr. RW blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4684397 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:36:00 +0100 4684397 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4677020&cid=t_100178_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fyet-one-more-reason-to-love-canada.html (Source: Graphictruth) Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4677020 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 01:09:00 +0100 4677020 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5036409&cid=t_100178_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthBusinessBlog%2F%7E3%2FIE8Ldjbi5fw%2F The latest issue of the Economist highlights the debate about home births (Is there no place like home?) and notes the charged atmosphere that prevails between supporters and detractors. They get it about right: Stereotypes and simplifications are in rich supply. Many doctors think they are trying to curb a bunch of lentil-munching fanatics who ignore the dangers of something going suddenly, and badly, wrong in childbirth, when even a few minutes’ delay can be fatal. The home-birthers decry grasping, bossy doctors who turn a natural experience into a near-emergency needing medical intervention. Hospital births are more likely to end in Caesarean sections, and to involve episiotomies (cutting the perineum) and epidurals (which increase the odds that the labour will require forceps, which ... Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5036409 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:18:49 +0100 5036409 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4664429&cid=t_100178_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F04%2F01%2Fflash-mobs%2F I like flash mobs. They are simultaneously organized and disorganized. They spring seemingly from nothing and nowhere, and after a few minutes, they dissolve. Although flash mobs have become more corporate of late, most have more in common with performance art than advertising. There’s something inherently democratic about an event that encourages participation by amateurs and charges the intended audience not a penny. The impermanence of flash mobs is part of their charm, but thanks to the Internet, people around the world can share them. This senior prank at Ole Miss is typical: I’ve compiled a playlist of three dozen flash mobs with wide-ranging styles. Along with the plentiful Michael Jackson tributes, you’ll find a flash mob arranged by the family of a cancer patien... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4664429 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 06:07:23 +0100 4664429 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4664102&cid=t_100178_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2FCD0wFYK_qww%2Fgrammar_nazis.php Sometimes I complain on this blog about grammar Nazis. I had no idea at the time that grammar Nazis might actually be a real phenomenon. Of course, I'd be dead because my unedited material all too frequently contains multiple run-on sentences. True, I almost always find them later when I reread my posts and then fix them, but in the few hours after such posts "go live" they often sit there, uncorrected. Oh, well, it is blogging, and I don't have an editor other than myself. Now watch: Based on this video, everybody's favorite anti-vaccine apologist who keeps reminding us he is not "anti-vaccine," Dr. Jay Gordon, will start posting Tweets that castigate me as "despicable" for posting a video that jokes about killing grammar Nazis, even though it's a stunning parody of the first scene of... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4664102 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:00:00 +0100 4664102 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4622366&cid=t_100178_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthBusinessBlog%2F%7E3%2FweEZnceiOYU%2F This study focuses on a relatively small proportion of the end-of-life population. Medicare has many more of them. If these patients received palliative care consultations more systematically, the impact on Medicare hospital costs would be even more substantial. Notwithstanding Palin et al’s histrionics, patients and the country as a whole are ready for that conversation. Share (Source: Health Business Blog) Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4622366 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:24:13 +0100 4622366 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4605827&cid=t_100178_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fasymptomatic-strep-throat-should-we-treat-it%2F2011.03.17 Occasionally, I see patients who have received throat swabs for strep that have come back positive… even if they have no signs or symptoms of pharyngitis. In this situation, there are 2 main actions a physician may take (I am biased towards one): 1) Prescribe antibiotics until throat cultures are normal 2) Do nothing Personally, if a patient is without throat symptoms and has no history of rheumatic fever or kidney damage, I would not have even bothered obtaining a strep test. What for??? (more…) *This blog post was originally published at Fauquier ENT Blog* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4605827 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:00:00 +0100 4605827 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4600669&cid=t_100178_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthBusinessBlog%2F%7E3%2F9-LshjJamHM%2F I’ve taken a lot of grief in the past for my prediction that robots will play a key role in nursing over the long term. There will still be jobs for nurses but we have little to fear from the ominous predictions of giant workforce shortages. Robots will be useful in many areas. Among those areas will be in extending the mobility of people who otherwise can’t get around on their own. I was impressed with the concept behind the Independence Enhancing Wheelchair currently under development by Adept MobileRobots with help from Mt. Holyoke College students. The robot can find its way around on its own, which means that people with cerebral palsy, MS and other conditions will have more freedom, independence and privacy. They can also avoid some of the dangers inherent in wheelchairs ... Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4600669 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:42:54 +0100 4600669 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4577917&cid=t_100178_105_f&fid=34896&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorrw.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F03%2Ffake-notes-real-docs-update.html (Source: Notes from Dr. RW) Notes from Dr. RW blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4577917 Sun, 13 Mar 2011 04:09:00 +0100 4577917 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4566306&cid=t_100178_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F03%2F08%2Fopen-letter-to-my-high-school-class-especially-paula%2F   Donna Trussell, then and now. My new post on AOL / Politics Daily. Open Letter to My High School Class. Especially Paula. In my four decades since graduating, I have avoided high school reunions. But this year we’re coming up on the 40th anniversary, and you know how everyone likes round numbers. And, unlike ten years ago, we now have facebook. Just a month ago, my maiden name was nowhere to be found on the Internet. I didn’t want to be found by people who knew me during that painful time in my life. My father was an engineer, and he made an excellent living. Despite that, we lived in a run-down Dallas neighborhood. But the district lines of Bryan Adams High School were so expansive — graduating class of 1,116 — that I was in the same school as kids from affl... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4566306 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 04:33:30 +0100 4566306 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4560433&cid=t_100178_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthBusinessBlog%2F%7E3%2FEMetXLZ3CvQ%2F It’s encouraging to see the California HealthCare Foundation tackle the issue of unnecessary nursing home to hospital transfers that occur in the last weeks of life. The PREPARED project, comprising collaboration between hospitals and nursing homes, showed some success in reducing unneeded hospitalizations, improving quality of life and improving family member satisfaction. The factors that added to the success of the program were fairly predictable. They included: Strong and ongoing administrative leadership and support The presence of advance care planning champions Involvement of doctors A culture of quality improvement The availability of educational opportunities for families and residents The last factor is noteworthy, because it suggests that better informed people lean towa... Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4560433 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 02:25:19 +0100 4560433 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4554609&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FeWTlFe6DJbs%2F The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4554609 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 06:51:10 +0100 4554609 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4554644&cid=t_100178_107_f&fid=36698&url=http%3A%2F%2Fminingdrugs.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F03%2Fshould-scientists-care-about-wiki-for.html I would like to encourage scientists to contribute to the ongoing survey of the Research Committee of the Wikimedia Foundation. The title of the survey is "Expert barriers to Wikipedia?" and you as scientists, experts, would greatly help in understanding what drives people to contribute, collaborate, and communicate with each other. The focus of their survey is on Wikipedia as Knowledge Management (KM) platform.I took the survey and add here additional remarks to some science specific issues:We have featured articles on Wikipedia. Do we also have "expert approved" articles? If not, could the WM:ResearchCommittee create some guidelines, and expert networks in taking this post-review on? This would help having a better argument against those typical "Is WP a reliable source?" discussions, es... Mining Drug Space blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4554644 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:08:00 +0100 4554644 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4544913&cid=t_100178_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2FNa7L0uyxd4o%2Fanother_pointless_anti-vaccine_protest.php Why do these things always have to happen when I'm out of town? As you might be aware, the anti-vaccine movement is very, veyr unhappy with the recent Supreme Court ruling in the case of Bruesewitz vs. Wyeth. Basically, the Supreme Court upheld the primacy of the Vaccine Court in adjudicating vaccine injury claims and preemption of federal law over state law in such lawsuits. Not suprisingly, the anti-vaccine movement has lost its mind over this ruling, falsely labeling it as having taken away the right of parents to sue over vaccine injury and having eliminated any incentive that pharmaceutical companies might have to make safe vaccines. Last week, they held a rather confused "demonstration" in front of Microsoft headquarters in New York that drew a--shall we say?--disappointing turnout.... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4544913 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:30:00 +0100 4544913 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4536192&cid=t_100178_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthBusinessBlog%2F%7E3%2FxN3Bh4BqFhk%2F From the Wall Street Journal (Doctors Should Discuss Obesity With Patients): Patients told by their physicians they were overweight or obese were more likely to acknowledge a weight problem and try to do something about it, a new study shows. Researchers… found that getting an honest assessment from a physician appeared to be a key factor in whether or not study participants considered themselves overweight. According to the article, people in general have gotten fatter over the years, so a patient may not see himself or herself as obese even if they are. If the doctor doesn’t bring it up they may not think there’s a medical issue. The authors think physicians should tell patients they’re overweight or obese, even if that seems self-evident. I have a few thoughts on... Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4536192 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:11:45 +0100 4536192 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4532216&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FWWwrMU3Zo3M%2F The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4532216 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:32:20 +0100 4532216 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4522185&cid=t_100178_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthBusinessBlog%2F%7E3%2FdM1OPnUcfM8%2F In a January Pulling It Together column, Kaiser Family Foundation CEO Drew Altman said all the action challenging the Affordable Care Act would likely bring confusion. He challenged the media to report accurately the impact of activity in the House: A likely result of a repeal vote in the House will be even greater public confusion.  In our December tracking poll, we found that 43% of the public said they were still “confused” about the law (confusion was the public’s dominant feeling –  30% said they were “angry” and 33% said they were “enthusiastic”).  How many people will think the law has actually been repealed (when it has not) if a repeal measure passes the House?  We will test this in an upcoming tracking poll, but there is a real burden on the news media to expl... Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4522185 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:54:00 +0100 4522185 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4512371&cid=t_100178_87_f&fid=36088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ourbodiesourblog.org%2Fblog%2F2011%2F02%2Fthe-daily-show-takes-on-republicans-defunding-planned-parenthood Jon Stewart: The Republicans have come up with a brilliant idea. What if instead of cutting services for “people,” they cut services for “women”? The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Mother F#@kers www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog The Daily Show on Facebook For more on the Republicans’ defunding efforts … The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Mother F#@kers – Stork Bucks www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog The Daily Show on Facebook (Source: Our Bodies Our Blog) Our Bodies Our Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4512371 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:15:16 +0100 4512371 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4507352&cid=t_100178_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F02%2F22%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-february-22-2011%2F This article looks at bipolar disorder in Hollywood. (Source: World of Psychology) World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4507352 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:54:13 +0100 4507352 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4501589&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2F7krMyt1h-TA%2F The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4501589 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:56:05 +0100 4501589 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4482800&cid=t_100178_105_f&fid=34896&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorrw.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F02%2Fcooley-and-debakey-feud.html (Source: Notes from Dr. RW) Notes from Dr. RW blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4482800 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:16:00 +0100 4482800 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4482801&cid=t_100178_105_f&fid=34896&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorrw.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F02%2Fidolizing-democratization-of-knowledge.html (Source: Notes from Dr. RW) Notes from Dr. RW blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4482801 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:14:00 +0100 4482801 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4482804&cid=t_100178_105_f&fid=34896&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorrw.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F02%2Fstan-man-receives-medal-of-freedom.html (Source: Notes from Dr. RW) Notes from Dr. RW blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4482804 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 05:34:00 +0100 4482804 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477768&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FPu9i7P_4BJg%2F The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477768 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:57:32 +0100 4477768 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4455294&cid=t_100178_107_f&fid=35041&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fdigitalbio%2F%7E3%2FeqUHbVXjSP4%2Fthe_origin_of_creationism.php Have you ever wondered if creationism was intelligently designed? Most of my colleagues tend to dismiss creationism as generally nutty and not worth bothering about. But, every now and then, we did get the odd situation with a few students who disagree or state legislatures that get a little confused about the definition of science. This video lecture is a bit long, but definitely interesting. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Discovering Biology in a Digital World) Discovering Biology in a Digital World blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4455294 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:24:27 +0100 4455294 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4450381&cid=t_100178_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthBusinessBlog%2F%7E3%2FNE_xum-MJFo%2F As discussed recently (Let’s not forget patient safety in med mal reform) I don’t buy the idea that excessive testing is mainly attributable to “defensive medicine,” i.e., doctors doing too much for fear of frivolous lawsuits. Rather, there are other reasons for ordering unneeded tests, such as profit motive on the part of the doctor or hospital, a desire for more information for decision making, habit, lack of familiarity with low-tech techniques, patient preference, and diagnostic company sales efforts. If med mal reform happened tomorrow, I’d be willing to bet plenty of excessive testing would still occur and that some other excuse would be given to explain it. Only payment reform, provider education and changes in patient demand are likely to make a big differ... Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4450381 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:23:10 +0100 4450381 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4450301&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1444 Here’s my column in Sunday’s Greenville News.  I hope you enjoy it! Kitchen provide a refuge when life get’s stormy I have long loved kitchens. The kitchen of my childhood home was cozy, with a small bar where I ate my breakfast and where my sleepy brain came around in preparation for school, to the background of the radio built into the wall. My parents passed through hurriedly, kissing and feeding me as they entered their own worlds until evening. I well remember the layout of my grandmother’s kitchens. Both were small, with dark wood and thin tables set against a window. From those kitchens emanated wonderful smells, laughter and love. In summer they could swelter, but in winter! In winter they were havens of warmth. Their ovens heated the room, and warm buttere... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4450301 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:02:21 +0100 4450301 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4445895&cid=t_100178_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthBusinessBlog%2F%7E3%2F1RqmAwkSZjE%2F Dr. H. Gilbert Welch is on to something with his new book Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health. Regular readers of the Health Business Blog won’t be surprised to read that I endorse his skepticism of widespread screening and share his concerns about the implications of false positives. There’s a good interview with him in today’s Boston Globe. Key takeaways: Early detection isn’t all it’s cracked up to be Treatment benefits generally outweigh harms for those who really are sick, but over-screening causes lots of healthy people to get treatment that may harm them ‘Better safe than sorry’ sounds good, but “It’s not as clear what the safest strategy is as people might assume” Definitions of common conditions su... Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4445895 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 01:21:38 +0100 4445895 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4445821&cid=t_100178_105_f&fid=34896&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorrw.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F02%2Fnational-anthem-flub.html (Source: Notes from Dr. RW) Notes from Dr. RW blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4445821 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:45:00 +0100 4445821 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4445736&cid=t_100178_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2FEa1xlOdzWwY%2Fchallenging_homeopathy.php Lest I be left out of the fun, I can't help but point out that over the weekend the Amazing One himself, James Randi, issued a challenge to homeopathy manufacturers and retail pharmacies that sell homeopathy, in particular large national chains like Walgreens and CVS and large national chains that include pharmacies in their stores, such as Walmart and Target. This was done in conjunction with the 10:23 Challenge, which is designed to demonstrate that homeopathy is nonsense. All over the world, skeptics and supporters of science-based medicine gathered to engage in overdoses of homeopathic medicines in order to demonstrate that there is nothing in them. As much as I like Randi, unfortunately, I doubt that the prospect of winning $1 million will make much difference to huge companies l... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4445736 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 05:00:01 +0100 4445736 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4429105&cid=t_100178_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthBusinessBlog%2F%7E3%2FTsBjCF2FV2E%2F As Doctors Age, Worries About Their Ability Grow in the New York Times reports on an emerging trouble spot in medicine. One-third of physicians are over 65 and there is no clear path to ensuring that doctors retire once they are too old to work effectively. It’s a difficult problem to address because: There’s no single test to determine whether a physician is still fit to practice It’s difficult culturally for younger physicians to force out older colleagues. That’s especially true in departments where the older physician has trained the younger ones There are concerns about age discrimination The issues discussed in the article are real and need to be addressed. Still, there is a piece of the puzzle that is important but not mentioned. The article talks about phy... Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4429105 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:36:38 +0100 4429105 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4429018&cid=t_100178_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fa-food-culture-change-is-upon-us%2F2011.02.02 As a pediatric endocrinologist, I am on the frontline of the childhood obesity epidemic. In fact, I am now seeing 100-pound two year olds and 150-pound three-year-old kids in my clinic and I am concerned. The obesity epidemic is perpetuated by a processed food-culture that lacks healthier local whole foods.    Diets dominated by processed foods (refined carbohydrates with high fat- and/or high-sugar content and artificial ingredients) over whole foods (fruits, vegetables, whole grains) spur more obesity and diabetes, and have even been shown to negatively change gene expression of the offspring during pregnancy. All-processed ingredients reflect the balance of desirable factors in the modern way of life such as shelf life (long), taste (sweet), texture (fat) convenience (high), and pric... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4429018 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:00:50 +0100 4429018 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4424174&cid=t_100178_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2Fnwjanxpp7-M%2Fdr_paul_offit_on_the_colbert_report.php Paul Offit on the anti-vaccine movement: The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cPaul Offitwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical Humor & Satire BlogVideo Archive Looks like a win to me. Colbert appears to get it. I like how he doesn't mention Andrew Wakefield's name and he asks Dr. Offit a bunch of questions based on talking points the anti-vaccine movement likes to use to frighten parents. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Respectful Insolence) Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4424174 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:30:00 +0100 4424174 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4419146&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencyweb.net%2Flibrary%2Fmp3.php%3Ff%3Dviolenceeditv2.mp3 The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4419146 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 06:14:07 +0100 4419146 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4411610&cid=t_100178_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthBusinessBlog%2F%7E3%2FTTTATVM80ek%2F A couple of related pieces caught my attention today: @HealthPlan: How insurers use social media and Insurers are scouring social media for evidence of fraud. Slowly but surely health plans and other insurers are stepping into the world of social media and it’s interesting to see how they are doing it. Health plans seem to be following along the lines of other big, bureaucratic organizations that cause customers a lot of frustration through poor customer service. Here’s an example of a Twitter exchange between Humana and a customer: Sept. 23, 2010 @MrAndrewDykstra: Dear Humana, you’ve ruined my day. Worse, my wife’s day. Way to CYA. I’m paying you to cover mine. #NotHappy Sept. 24, 2010 @HumanaHelp: @MrAndrewDykstra I’m sorry to hear about your frustrati... Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4411610 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:32:27 +0100 4411610 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4389187&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencyweb.net%2Flibrary%2Fmp3.php%3Ff%3Deits_epo33_neonatespart2.mp3 Welcome to the 3rd edition! The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team will cast the spotlight on the best and brightest from the blogosphere, the podcast video/audiosphere and [...] (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4389187 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 03:54:09 +0100 4389187 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4372128&cid=t_100178_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthBusinessBlog%2F%7E3%2FQv5O0euG25g%2F I enjoy reading Drew Altman’s Pulling It Together column, an easy that usually contains something of interest. Yesterday’s piece (Repeal) was a straightforward summary of the issues surrounding the House’s move to overturn the Affordable Care Act. He emphasized two points he said are often overlooked. The first is that the public is split on the law and there is no groundswell of support for repeal. In fact almost as many people are in favor of expanding PPACA as want to repeal it. He added: Second, a likely result of a repeal vote in the House will be even greater public confusion.  In our December tracking poll, we found that 43% of the public said they were still “confused” about the law (confusion was the public’s dominant feeling –  30% said they were �... Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4372128 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:30:26 +0100 4372128 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4360997&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1414 My column in  yesterday’s Greenville News A thick fog covers the evaluation of dangerous people Every day, mental health clinics, emergency departments, psychiatric hospitals, physicians’ offices, counselors’ offices, school counselors and police officers are faced with an almost impossible responsibility. It is a responsibility, a burden, often highlighted retrospectively, after a tragedy. Their job is this: identify every dangerous person, treat them properly and avoid horrific events like the recent murders in Tuscon. I sympathize greatly, since I work in the emergency department of a hospital which has not one practicing psychiatrist, and no psychiatric ward. We aren’t alone. Many emergency departments in South Carolina, and around the country, have little acce... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4360997 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:47:48 +0100 4360997 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4355720&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2Fo9HPHxs5fFE%2F Welcome to the 2nd edition! The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team will cast the spotlight on the best and brightest from the blogosphere, the podcast video/audiosphere and [...] (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4355720 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 02:39:29 +0100 4355720 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4338062&cid=t_100178_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2FSNyLyjorv40%2Femr-in-dilbert.html Did you happen to catch Tuesday's "Dilbert"? Could this be the first documented use of an EMR in a major comic strip? (Source: Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog) Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4338062 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 06:38:10 +0100 4338062 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4337985&cid=t_100178_105_f&fid=34896&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorrw.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fjama-commentary-proposes-adding-emotion.html (Source: Notes from Dr. RW) Notes from Dr. RW blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4337985 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 04:33:00 +0100 4337985 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4338105&cid=t_100178_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthBusinessBlog%2F%7E3%2F2MpPUTnFQuM%2F I was intrigued by a couple of loosely-related articles in today’s New York Times. The first, Have a Food Allergy? It’s Time to Recheck in the Science Times, reports that food allergies are far less common than people think. According to a definitive report compiled for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases by a 25-member panel of experts, a big part of the problem is misdiagnosis, from overreliance on two tests — a skin-prick test and a blood test for antibodies — that can produce misleading results… According to the panel’s detailed and well-documented report, about one child in 20 and one adult in 25 have a food allergy, nowhere near popular estimates that up to 30 percent of Americans are afflicted. Another article, Sneeze-Free Zone, in the B... Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4338105 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 01:16:17 +0100 4338105 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4330962&cid=t_100178_87_f&fid=34470&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehealthcareblog.com%2Fthe_health_care_blog%2F2011%2F01%2Fhospital-culture-and-surviving-the-new-landscape.html By KENT BOTTLES, MD A recent flight on Southwest reminded me of the importance of culture in navigating change in a rapidly evolving environment like we have in health care in the United States today. It is all too easy... (Source: The Health Care Blog) The Health Care Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4330962 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4330962 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4326905&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2Fgn46HhwPEBs%2F The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4326905 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:04 +0100 4326905 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4318337&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FbYYKshUIGYU%2F Almost immediately after finishing ‘Time to publish then filter?’ – a post that highlighted a recent editorial in the BMJ outlining the need for an effective system of post-publication peer review — I came across this in the Annals of Emergency Medicine: Millard WB. The Wisdom of Crowds, the Madness of Crowds: Rethinking Peer Review [...] (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4318337 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:00:17 +0100 4318337 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4304886&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1408 Animals are wonderful, but they just aren’t people! My Greenville News column from yesterday. (Incidentally, this column has the distinction of generating the most immediate hate-mail of anything I can recall writing in years!) We have five dogs and two cats. They are standard-issue canines and felines. We enjoy their company. We expect the dogs to kill rats, frighten snakes, chase coyotes, bark at strangers and generally to hold the porch in place against the random disappearance of gravity. The cats are for entertainment and otherwise useless. They leave hair-balls on narrow counters, shed and keep their kids awake by rubbing bristly kitty faces against them, all night long, in ecstacies of purring and love. So they are tolerable despite their cat proclivities. I’ve had many... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4304886 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:03:07 +0100 4304886 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4302864&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1406 im-Bob’s Terrible Confession Cast:  Mama 40, Daddy 42, Chastity 19, Jim Bob 17 Setting:  The family is sitting around the table in their subsidized housing, discussing the future.  Mama is microwaving dinner, as Daddy pops an Oxycontin, which Chastity eyes with interest.  Her back has been hurting too. Background:  Jim Bob, ever the Black Sheep of the family, is on edge.  He has news to tell the family, but he knows it won’t go well.  Chastity knows about it and is being typical big sister.  A typical big sister, that is, who refuses to work, loves to party and has seriously considered a career in government sponsored child-birth. Mama:  How’s your back pain, honey?  Any better? Daddy:  Naw, I think them Oxycontin aren’t gonna help anymore.  I need something... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4302864 Sat, 01 Jan 2011 22:08:55 +0100 4302864 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265855&cid=t_100178_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F12%2F18%2Fmovies-and-mental-health%2F I’m pleased to introduce Movies and Mental Health with Joseph Burgo, Ph.D. This blog is devoted to looking at films — both recent, contemporary movies and the classics — as an avenue for examining different aspects of the human experience. “I’m particularly interested in exploring and writing about the nexus between mental health issues and popular culture,” says Dr. Burgo. “From time to time, a book or TV show might also be an appropriate topic for discussion.” I love movies, and I love delving into the psychological aspects of their characters, because there are just so many darned good stories out there. So I must admit, I’m not only happy to introduce this new blog, but also will be an avid reader of it. Please head on over to Movies and Mental Health blog now and giv... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265855 Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:20:03 +0100 4265855 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265799&cid=t_100178_105_f&fid=34896&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorrw.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F12%2Fcore-of-her-appeal-is-her-deep-love-for.html (Source: Notes from Dr. RW) Notes from Dr. RW blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265799 Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:05:00 +0100 4265799 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4253145&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2F-yuBTYrkPas%2F Today working at triage there was a buzz about our paramedics, with there service announcing that from next year it will be rolling out iPads to all on road paramedics and transport officers to use as a patient care record system. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4253145 Mon, 13 Dec 2010 08:58:24 +0100 4253145 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4214121&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FIGz3MSQO44U%2F Introducing Life in the Fast Lane's new searchable and sortable online Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Podcast Database (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4214121 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 05:14:20 +0100 4214121 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4203164&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1371 Here is my column in yesterday’s Atlanta Journal Constitution, ‘The problem with phobias.’  It addresses the way we use the term phobia to insult our opponents; and how very wrong it is to do so. http://www.ajc.com/opinion/the-problem-with-phobias-752545.html Here’s the text as well: I admit that I have fears. They are generally based on my own experiences or my observation of the experiences of others. For instance, I’m afraid of accidents or infections that might take my wife and children from me. A career spent in the emergency department will do that. I’m a big fan of flu vaccines, seat belts and having everyone safe at home before midnight, after which time bad things tend to happen. Professionally, I’m afraid of missed diagnoses, lost airway... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4203164 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 00:35:48 +0100 4203164 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4190161&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FqGH6TAC-eno%2F Dealing with this exponentially growing information resource can be challenging, especially as we are increasingly want to share our knowledge, and invite comment from our peers....enter Today I Learnt That (TILT) is the brainchild of Jon Brassey of TRIP Database and TRIP Answers fame. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4190161 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 06:41:52 +0100 4190161 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4190165&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1367 Here is my column in yesterday’s Greenville News. This Thanksgiving we will have 32 guests at the table; rather, at the tables we scatter about the dining room…and living room…and kitchen. At our house, food is practically a sacrament. And obviously, Thanksgiving is the high holiday of American eating. So we will be honoring the tradition by feeding everyone as much as we can. Because the guests are all beloved to us, we will also have a variety of foods, in a variety of presentations. For instance, there will be fresh cranberries for organic purists, as well as a maroon gelatinous mass of cranberries for those who feel that cranberries indeed spring from aluminum. The turkeys will be divided perfectly among dark and light meat lovers. And for the carb-loving, there wil... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4190165 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:55:38 +0100 4190165 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4179327&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1352 Recently I drove the church bus for a short trip with our youth group.  It’s the first time I’ve been trusted with the bus since I tried to drive it under the church rain-shelter (which was several feet shorter) a few summers ago.  Trusted with the bus once more, I was elated!  I had outlived my unfortunate nickname:  ‘Crash.’ However, despite the excitement I was later deflated.  A bus full of teens is always overflowing with energy, laughter and gentle teasing.  But the bus on the way home was filled with the sounds of anger and taunting.  There were shouts and accusations, threats and counter-threats.  I maintained control (of the bus and my temper).  We made it back to the church without blood loss or law-enforcement involvement. The regular members of... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4179327 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:18:02 +0100 4179327 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4172312&cid=t_100178_140_f&fid=34844&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheicarusproject.net%2Fevents%2Fmad-gifts-art-show-opening-reception On the evening of November 5th at Small World Coffee in Princeton, NJ, The Icarus Project’s Mad Gifts Art Show debuted.read more (Source: The Icarus Project - Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness) The Icarus Project - Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4172312 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:50:14 +0100 4172312 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4167968&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1357 Here’s my commentary today at KevinMD (www.kevinmd.com/blog).  Let me know what you think.  What kind of physicians do we want for the future? http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2010/11/physicians-government.html#more-48945 Have a great day! Edwin (Source: edwinleap.com) edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4167968 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:19:20 +0100 4167968 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4167964&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2Fpy1tZsn3gr4%2F Life in the Fast lane has just reached 1,000 'likes' on it's Facebook Page and to celebrate this momentous occasion we thought we would share some of the statistical analysis with you, the reader... (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4167964 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:48:52 +0100 4167964 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4162929&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1345 Is this goodbye? Here’s my column in today’s Greenville News.  It isn’t posted online yet. Jack, Jack, where have you gone? I’ve been in a state of mourning lately. Friends come up to me, gently touch me on the arm, and say, ‘I’m sorry, I heard; are you OK?’ I nod, courageous, and tell them I’m making it through. But I can tell you, it hasn’t been easy. When your favorite fast-food establishment closes, brother, it’s hard. You see, since it first opened, I was a fan of Jack-in-the-Box. The one in Seneca was, for a shift-work kind of doctor like me, a thing of sheer beauty. It was open 24 hours from the beginning. At all hours of the day or night, you could have breakfast biscuits, tacos, egg-rolls, burgers, onion-rings or salads... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4162929 Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:54:13 +0100 4162929 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4159198&cid=t_100178_87_f&fid=36088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ourbodiesourblog.org%2Fblog%2F2010%2F11%2Fjudy-norsigian-chicago-humanities-festival The Chicago Humanities Festival continues tonight with Our Bodies Ourselves Executive Director Judy Norsigian, who will give the Doris Conant Lecture on Women and Culture at 6 p.m. at the Francis W. Parker School (2233 N Clark Street). Here’s the summary of her talk, which will include discussion of reproductive technologies and cosmetic surgeries: In her current advocacy efforts, Norsigian seeks to help women navigate the intersections of technology and health to better understand controversies surrounding genetics research, medications, fertility, and other areas that affect women’s health. She discusses the pros and cons of selected technological breakthroughs in the field of women’s health and how the complexities of our modern healthcare system sometimes mitigate against t... Our Bodies Our Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4159198 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:46:08 +0100 4159198 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4139248&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1341 When we physicians don’t get our way, or don’t get the response we desire, we can be intimidating.  I have seen this play out many different ways.  I have been treated rudely by other physicians.  I was once threatened by a very prominent one, who told me (in response to the fact that I dared question his tone), ‘be careful son, you’re digging yourself a deep hole.’  I don’t know what kind of hole, or where it would have taken me, but he was certain I was digging it.  Oddly enough, I rather like digging holes.  (Very zen.) Physicians yell at one another, or curse.  Physicians stomp and slam down charts.  I don’t like it at all.  I think it suggests immaturity.  I always tell students and residents that in the ER, especially, the physician... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4139248 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 01:37:42 +0100 4139248 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4122074&cid=t_100178_151_f&fid=35797&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewrecovery.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F10%2Fstone-sober-and-absolutely-fascinating.html [Originally published Sept. 4 2010 on hellowellness.in]Jerry was at dinner with his ex-wife and his 12-year old daughter.  A fragile web of emotions spun across the table.  He felt delighted to be with his daughter, who looked happy to be with him, and his ex, for once, was not interfering. The waiter suggested a glass of wine.  Jerry demurred.  He so enjoyed being exactly as he was that he didn’t want even the mild alteration in mood brought on by a glass of Chardonnay. Jerry is an emotionally intelligent man who knows from experience that even a small amount of alcohol will induce emotional and cognitive distortions. He does not drink because he treasures the natural chemistry of his feelings.  The talk show host Dick Cavett once asked Katherine Hepburn wh... New Recovery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4122074 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 18:05:00 +0100 4122074 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4118953&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1331 This is my column in this weeks SC Baptist Courier.  The link isn’t up yet online, but it’s in the print version. Didn't sing Kum ba ya even once! Most of us spend our time dealing with the consequences of life on this planet. I practice emergency medicine, so I’m busy treating chest pain, closing wounds, opening abscesses, dealing with car crashes, violence, overdoses and all the rest. Attorneys occupy themselves attempting to ensure justice, keeping humans from taking unfair advantage of one another, and trying to see that evil has an earthly consequence. Builders make shelter for us, because it is difficult and unpleasant to spend all of one’s time outside. Businessmen make and sell products that we need, because all of our needs are not instantly met in t... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4118953 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:27:59 +0100 4118953 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4105678&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1326 Here’s my column in today’s Greenville News: It’s good for us to know what evil is… I’ll never forget watching the original film adaptation of the novel ‘Salem’s Lot,’ by Stephen King. Burned into my mind is the image of a child-vampire floating outside the bedroom window of one of his friends. It gave me chills for years. I went to a ‘Midnight Movie’ in high school with my girlfriend Viv. It was Halloween II. Needless to say, when I walk down lonely hospital corridors at night, I still sometimes wonder if Michael Meyers is slipping up behind me, bloody scalpel in hand. Of course, in each of those movies, we could identify the villain with relative ease. The vampires were still vampires. They still wanted blood. Michael Meyers.mig... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4105678 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:01:26 +0100 4105678 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4098391&cid=t_100178_140_f&fid=34844&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheicarusproject.net%2Fcommunity%2Fmad-gifts-art-show The Icarus Project is curating a Northeast regional art show at Small World Coffee in Princeton, NJ for the month of November.  flyer by TheAntisocialite ->   read more (Source: The Icarus Project - Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness) The Icarus Project - Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4098391 Sat, 23 Oct 2010 02:05:20 +0100 4098391 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4098057&cid=t_100178_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F10%2F22%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-october-22-2010%2F Anyone catch the Oprah Winfrey show yesterday? Tyler Perry was on. I was running around checking my computer, looking at my iPhone and cleaning up with the show running in the background. When I finally sat down to watch, I was moved by what I saw. Perry revealed the pain and struggle he endured from his traumatic childhood. While it was heartbreaking and difficult to watch, what he said was also hopeful. He talked about forgiveness, his ability to use writing as his escape and how he was able to empower himself and the little boy he lost when he was abused. It’s a touching piece. One that reminded me of the impact inspiring people can have on us and the importance of support through times of adversity. It’s a hope we all have for you as well. That you’ll read these posts... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4098057 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:20:28 +0100 4098057 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4097954&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1312 Many mornings, Jan and I make breakfast for the children.  Because they are home-schooled, we have the time to eat with a bit of leisure.  Today, as so often, we had chocolate chip pancakes, bacon and (for the Mama) a BLT.  Cups of hot tea followed. It is a small thing, breakfast, and food in general; but not so small.  One of the things I was taught in my training was to offer food or drink to agitated or mentally unstable patients.  I’ve done it many times, and have had remarkable success. Sometimes, a soda, a cup of coffee, some crackers and peanut-butter have as much benefit as any pharmaceutical product ever could.  In the midst of their anger, their frustration, I get up to leave the room to order labs or make phone-calls and I turn, ‘can I get you some coffee?  So... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4097954 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:45:27 +0100 4097954 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4086244&cid=t_100178_87_f&fid=36088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ourbodiesourblog.org%2Fblog%2F2010%2F10%2Fseeing-ourselves-misrepresentations-of-girls-and-women-on-television by Culley Schultz | SPARK blog tour As a teenage girl, I watch television on a regular basis. “Glee” happens to be a favorite of mine. Unlike most shows on television, “Glee” showcases students of every race, religion and size. There are multiple representations, but more importantly, there is accurate representation. The majority of shows now depict glamorous lifestyles enjoyed only by the rich and skinny. Shows like “America’s Next Top Model” are not only using unrealistically thin women, they are forcing women to compete to be the most beautiful. The media’s obsession with thinness is having a serious effect on girls and young women. Narrow definitions of the “perfect woman” put a box around women, and it is closing in on our abil... Our Bodies Our Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4086244 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:35:14 +0100 4086244 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4074081&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1309 Is anyone aware of the tragedy of ‘Workamyalgia?’  The condition wherein work leads to extreme discomfort, sore muscles, fatigue and limited time for web-surfing and television watching? I’ve seen it, and let me say (professionally speaking) it is horrible to behold.  The victims develop frequent, but fortunately minor, illnesses and injuries that are sufficiently inconvenient that they are unable to continue to expose themselves to the horrors of consistent, mundane, money-producing labor. Over time, these illnesses (especially nefarious due to their objectively unverifiable nature) result in near total impairment.  And cause the victim to stare ‘like a deer in the headlights’ at any offer of full-time, gainful employment. Fortunately, a cure exists.  Tha... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4074081 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:53:36 +0100 4074081 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4031251&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1297 This is my most recent Greenville News column, concerning free speech.  Does it exist anymore?  Maybe not… Where do we draw the line between our public and our private lives? It’s a difficult question in an era of constant electronic communication. We certainly seem hell-bent on making our lives public; and I’m not throwing stones since I live in a big glass house. From blogs to Facebook, MySpace to Twitter, texting to sexting, we seem eager as a culture for our actions, our images and our ideas to fly across the world to others, eager to view them, eager to love or hate us; but who will at least see us and rescue us from anonymity. There is no question that these are perilous times for privacy and good taste. Men and women have lost jobs and opportunities over images ... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4031251 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:11:29 +0100 4031251 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4031252&cid=t_100178_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1295 Here’s my column in this month’s Emergency Medicine News http://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2010/10000/Second_Opinion__How_to_Have_a_Successful_Practice,.6.aspx I have practice with the same group, in the same hospital, for 17 years. Because we have been together so long, our group is a family. So it was with enormous grief that we buried our founder, Dr. Jack Warren, 11 years ago after a tragic car crash. That wound is still open, but we still tell stories about his humor, his compassion and his grace. As I write this, I am tending another wound; or I should say, our group is tending another. A second partner passed away last week. Unlike the sudden horror of the first death, the second was progressive, as our friend and partner, Dr. Howard Leslie, left us by degrees, th... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4031252 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:42:45 +0100 4031252 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4022857&cid=t_100178_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2FC3wromCkZbU%2Fthe_patented_orac_nih_r01_distraction_op.php It just occurred to me that it's been a long, long time since I've done this, but how about an open thread to while away the time until the NIH R01 grant application is submitted, and that gloriously irritating and outrageously beautiful not-so-Respectful Insolence that you all crave can come roaring back with a vengeance? Come on, you know you want it. If we're lucky, maybe Jake Crosby or even Dr. Jay will come out and play. Grant writing has that effect on me. In the meantime, I think a video from a most excellent 1980s band sums up the situation when it comes to grant funding these days: And maybe there'll even be a nice little blast from the past later. And if you're really nice, I might even tell you how things went before I collapse in a pile of gibbering scientist in the even... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4022857 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:00:50 +0100 4022857