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 'grand rounds'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:48:44 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5181866&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FEJ4JRBYukLw%2Fshout-outs_30.html Health 3.0 Blog  is the host for this week’s Grand Rounds. You can read this week’s edition here. Welcome to this week’s edition of Grand Rounds. You can find the medical blogosphere’s best next week at Covert Rationing. We’ve taken a different approach this week to organizing Grand Rounds. You can find all the submissions below in this post. But, we’ve also selected quotes from each blog and highlighted those on the main page. Consistent with our themes, we’ve also tagged all the posts related to health, happiness, design or innovation. You can search for these tags to see how each theme plays out. We’ve also added bits of commentary to some of the individual quotes and summaries - especially when we’ve read something recently that relates to the general topic or... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5181866 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:01:51 +0100 5181866 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159139&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FFMnP6rgAn6s%2Fgrand-rounds-volume-7-number-48.html Thank you for coming to Grand Rounds 7:48, the weekly collection of the some of the best in online medical writing from all (doctors, nurses, patients, healthcare professionals).  Next week’s will be hosted by Health 3.0 Blog. Along with the excellent posts, I’ve included pictures of the changes cameras have gone through over the years – from the pin-hole camera to digital phone cameras.  Enjoy!   Dr. Charles hasn’t had much time lately, but I was able to scribble down this pediatric poem:  A Beating.  As one commenter figured out, Dr. Charles is a new father.  Congratulations! and thanks for the poem.     (camera obscura – photo credit) Jordan, In My Humble Opinion, writes about the covenant of being a doctor: I mean it is kind... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159139 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:40:10 +0100 5159139 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5139846&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FGS0GEzFASXI%2Fsuture-for-living-to-host-grand-rounds.html I’ll be your host next Tuesday, August 23rd, for Grand Rounds Volume 7 Number 48.   It will be my fifth time as host of this the weekly compilation of the best of the medical bloggers.  I have no specific theme in mind, but if you need a “spark of a suggestion” think of  changes:  schools are back in session, football season will soon begin, and there is just a hint of fall with no more triple digit weather here in the south.   Now apply that to medicine/surgery. Submissions should be recent.  Please, only submit one (your best) post per blog.  Submissions are welcome until noon (CST) Monday August 22.  Send an email to me ---  rlbatesmd(at)gmail(dot)com  ---   with Grand Rounds in the subject line.  Please h... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5139846 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:05:00 +0100 5139846 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5139845&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FPjlp7Nx-EvM%2Fshout-outs_16.html Dr. Pullen  is the host for this week’s Grand Rounds. You can read this week’s edition here (photo credit). I think I learned my lesson this time.  The first two times I hosted Grand Rounds many of the posts seemed to come from happy bloggers.  I think the lesson this time is don’t be a host when all the news is bad.  Maybe it’s the drought and heat wave in much of the U.S.  Or maybe using the words of Bill Clinton “It’s the economy, Stupid.”  For whatever the reason this week’s Grand Rounds is dominated by rants and whines from bloggers around the globe.  ………  To try to have some fun with emotions I decided to try to draw a sketch to give you an idea of the mood of the writer: Dr Bates gets first position since she is hostin... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5139845 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:05:25 +0100 5139845 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4676801&cid=t_98147_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FwvgW1BxKpEk%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=4676801 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:38:26 +0100 4676801 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4631484&cid=t_98147_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhealthy-thought-for-the-day%2F2011.03.24 A new blog has entered the medical world.  She’s only a couple months old, but she has an awesome name: happy internist.   happy internist shows us all   how to die healthy: my patient saw her gynecologist.  he told her to eat right, get lots of exercise, and lose weight.  that way, he said, you can die healthy. What a great quote.  It’s called finishing strong.  Given what I know about the incredible pain and suffering I witness everyday from self induced disease, dying healthy is a goal worth living for. Death is inevitable.  Dying healthy takes hard work and personal sacrifice. She was discovered at this week’s Grand Rounds, where Dr Val has done an excellent job of organizing the best of this week’s Internet medical offerings. *This blog post... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4631484 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:00:00 +0100 4631484 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4626873&cid=t_98147_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2011%2F03%2F23%2Fgrand-rounds-volume-7-number-26-the-emotional-edition%2F This brand new Grand Round is up at Better Health When I host Grand Rounds I like to organize the posts into emotion categories – kind of the way that movies are categorized into “drama, action, comedy, etc.” This achieves two goals: first, readers have the option of starting with their favorite emotion – maybe you need a “pick me up” or maybe you’re looking for something to get your blood pumping? Second, I get a general feeling for how my fellow bloggers are feeling these days. Judging from the volume of posts in each category, it seems that the majority of you are either surprised or outraged!   No related posts. (Source: Dr Shock MD PhD) Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4626873 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 06:52:54 +0100 4626873 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4592396&cid=t_98147_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fcall-for-submissions-grand-rounds-at-better-health%2F2011.03.15 Grand Rounds will be hosted right here at “home” at Better Health on Tuesday, March 22th, 2011. Please send your blog-post submissions via e-mail by 12:00AM midnight CT on Saturday, March 19th, to: maria.gifford@getbetterhealth.com. Please include:  ”Submission for Grand Rounds” in the subject line of your e-mail. Your name (blog author), the name of your blog, and the URL of your specific blog-post submission. A short summary (1 to 3 sentences) of your blog post. There’s no specific theme for this edition of Grand Rounds — just send us something really smart or deep or profound that will move us and make us all think harder about health and medicine. For more information, please see the Grand Rounds Submissions Guidelines. We look forward to ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4592396 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:00:36 +0100 4592396 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4532244&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FPEmHL5n5mug%2Fshout-outs.html Dr. Charles, The Examining Room of Dr. Charles,  is the host for this week’s Grand Rounds! You can read this week’s edition here. Hosting Grand Rounds is a rewarding experience in that it compels you to read through a wonderfully diverse, informative, and insightful collection of thoughts from around the health care world. Here are some highlights from the past week, and thanks to all who contributed. Enjoy, and read as many as you can: Dr. Val shares a book review that she published on Scientific American’s website about “Tabloid Medicine: How The Internet Is Being Used to Hijack Medical Science for Fear and Profit.” In this important book Robert Goldberg, PhD, explains why the Internet is a double-edged sword when it comes to health information, empowering some to bett... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4532244 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:43:56 +0100 4532244 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4450319&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FyeKRjTj2DTI%2Fgrand-rounds-vol-7-no-20.html It is my pleasure to bring you this week’s Grand Rounds.  As I am sick of winter and looking forward to spring, I am going to sprinkle this edition with images of some beaches near the contributors.  Enjoy! Valentine’s Day is in less than one week.  There are several “heart” related posts.  Let’s begin with them. This first one is from @purplesque, Sumpsimus, who gives us a glimpse of a “love affair” of the real tragi-comedy kind in her post:  Another day at work. ….. Corinne Rieder, healthAGEnda, discusses a part of the touching journey through her mother’s battle with Alzheimer’s in her post:  Listening to My Mother. I can’t deny it—I miss the mother I once had. Even at age 80, she was vibrant, loving, and independent. And she was ... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4450319 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:53:08 +0100 4450319 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4151906&cid=t_98147_111_f&fid=34716&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNurseRatchedsPlace%2F%7E3%2FU4PkhnHoHII%2F (Photo Credit: Life Magazine) Welcome to the Veterans Day edition of Grand Rounds. Elvis and I are delighted that you dropped by. The King is very excited today because we are saluting celebrities that have served in the Armed Forces. Elvis said that his days in the army were memorable. I imagine having Life Magazine take your picture while you’re sitting in your underwear would be a memorable experience. My co-host and I want to thank everyone for their submissions, and we especially want to thank Dr. Nick Genes for allowing us to hold Grand Rounds at Nurse Ratched’s Place. Elvis told me that the doctor gave him a lot of shots right after that underwear picture was taken. The King knows that vaccinations are important and he wants everyone to get their shots. Dr. Val from Better Healt... Nurse Ratched's Place blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4151906 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 02:28:51 +0100 4151906 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4139189&cid=t_98147_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F11%2F06%2Fmedical-information-matters-call-for-submissions%2F I would like to remind you that it is almost the first Saturday of the Month and thus submission time for Medical Information Matters, the former MedLibs round. Medical Information Matters is a monthly compilation of the “best blog post in the field of medical information”, hosted by a different blogger each time. The blogger [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4139189 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 22:53:18 +0100 4139189 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4133796&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FOIDBuRHTabY%2Fshout-outs.html Dr Wes is the host for this week’s Grand Rounds! You can read this week’s edition here (photo credit). Welcome to this week's mid-term edition of the medical blog-o-sphere's Grand Rounds! Before we begin, be SURE to get to the polls to VOTE! This week submissions were classified by state or country of origin. Politically incorrect posts by state were colored RED whereas politically correct posts by state were colored BLUE. (States with both extremes are represented in PURPLE.) Now what would any political post be without a POLITICAL MAP of the states represented in this week's Grand Rounds?  ……………. ………………………………………. Kim, Emergiblog, is the host of the latest edition of Change of Shift (Vol 5, No 9)! You can find the schedule and the... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4133796 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:49:54 +0100 4133796 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4125077&cid=t_98147_111_f&fid=34716&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNurseRatchedsPlace%2F%7E3%2FMObYj-gBwH0%2F I’m so excited. Yes, I’m all shook up. Elvis Presley and I are hosting Grand Rounds on November 9th. Elvis is a veteran you know, and he has invited other celebrities to help us celebrate Veterans Day at Grand Rounds. We hope you drop by to see who shows up. In the meantime, trade in your blue suede shoes for army boots and start writing. Elvis and I want your posts! Please send all posts to motherjonesrn AT Yahoo.com by Saturday, Nov 6th. Thank you very much….. Celebrity Veterans Day at Grand Rounds – Nurse Ratched's Place (Source: Nurse Ratched's Place) Nurse Ratched's Place blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4125077 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:15:27 +0100 4125077 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4105739&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FRiC8isVua8M%2Fshout-outs_26.html Notes from Spice Island is the host for this week’s Grand Rounds! You can read this week’s edition here. Welcome to this Edition of Grand Rounds. I'm honored to be hosting for my first time. The topic is education and lessons learned. I hope you enjoy!  ………. Don't forget to check out Grand Round next week with a special election themed edition, Dr. Wes is hosting. Enjoy your Tuesday! ………………………………………. While this Better Health article by Barbara Ficarra, RN focuses on cancer prevention news article, the same tips can be of help with any medical news articles:  Cancer Prevention: How To Sift Through The Headlines Most of us can’t keep up with all the new ways to avoid cancer. Thanks to the Internet, we now have an unlimited supply ... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4105739 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:03:28 +0100 4105739 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4031368&cid=t_98147_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FB6qLbobY-Ng%2F Welcome to Grand Rounds, the weekly col­lec­tion of best health and med­ical blog posts. This week we invite you to enjoy a broad range of insights, tips, and first-hand stories, presented as a Q&A conversation with bloggers willing to answer, below, a total of 22 good questions. On Health and Medicine What can one-word prescriptions deliver How does food processing change food´s nutritional value Can diet Increases Risk of ADHD Is alcoholism an illness What´s better: steady dete­ri­o­ra­tion over 10 years, or symp­tom-free life for 9 years fol­lowed by rapid dete­ri­o­ra­tion in year 10 On Patient Life As we talk about wellness…what about developing self-compassion Can patients with chronic pain still live a full life What is the patient-doctor etiquette for usin... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4031368 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:19:13 +0100 4031368 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4018291&cid=t_98147_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FB3wDggl8JTU%2F We’re hosting here at SharpBrains the October 5th edition of Grand Rounds blog carnival, the weekly collection of best health/ medical blog posts. You can submit posts until end of Sunday: alvaro at sharpbrains dot com, indicating Grand Rounds in the subject line. And don’t forget to come back on Tuesday! (Source: SharpBrains) SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4018291 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 07:41:46 +0100 4018291 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4013240&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FH6R4SAKOoeE%2Fshout-outs_28.html Dr. Grumpy is the host for this week’s  Grand Rounds which marks the first edition at the beginning of GR’s 7th year!  You can read this week’s edition here (photo credit). Thank you all for coming. Coffee and bagels are in back. Sign in on the sheet. Medical students, please remember that you're allowed to sit ONLY if there are chairs left after the attendings, fellows, residents, and homeless people (here for the bagels) have been seated. Food was provided by our drug rep Rikki, on behalf of Wirfliss Pharmaceuticals. She asks that when writing a prescription, please keep their many Wirfliss products in mind. …... And we're off! The topic was: THINGS THAT MAKE ME GRUMPY! To start, I present: THE PHARMACISTS! ………………………………………. A be... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4013240 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:46:00 +0100 4013240 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3972960&cid=t_98147_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2010%2F09%2F15%2Fgrand-rounds-vol-6-51-hot-topics%2F The new Grand Rounds is up at Bedside Manner. The theme of this week’s Grand Rounds is hot topics in health care communication. It’s accompanied by nice photos from Yellowstone National Park, a hotbed of geothermal activity. Related posts:Grand Rounds Vol. 6 No. 30 is up at The Sterile Eye Grand Rounds 5.47 is up: Cost Containment In Healthcare Grand Rounds Vol 6 No 3 is up at Pallimed (Source: Dr Shock MD PhD) Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3972960 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:41:23 +0100 3972960 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3965475&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FKFMnpyurIQE%2Fshout-outs_14.html The Schwartz Center is the host for this week’s  Grand Rounds.  You can read this week’s edition here (photo credit). Welcome! The theme of this week’s Grand Rounds is hot topics in healthcare communication. Since this is also the last issue of summer, I’m including photos from my summer vacation to Yellowstone National Park, a hotbed of geothermal activity. (Just for fun see if you can identify Yellowstone’s mascot, the American bison, hidden in one of the photos.) ………………………………………. Dr Charles has announced the winner of The Charles Prize for Poetry, 2010.  There were over 125 poems entered.   I hope you will head over and read them.  Congratulations to the winners! Winner: Fireflies, by a medical resident R... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3965475 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:43:30 +0100 3965475 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3899575&cid=t_98147_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F08%2F24%2Fhealth-2-0-news-from-space-food-to-eye-tracking-and-hospital-blogs%2F Space Food: The Best and Worst (Boing Boing) Astronaut foods during the Gemini and Apollo programs were highly processed, because “low-residue” food meant fewer encounters with the dread fecal bag. To prevent crumbs, which could float into eyes and instrumentation panels, many foods – even “sandwiches” — took the form of bite-sized cubes lacquered with waxy, congealed oils. Rarely has anything so cute been so loathed. The coating stuck to the roof of the mouth and the cubes had to be rehydrated by “holding in the mouth for ten seconds.” The shroud of retraction: Virology Journal withdraws paper about whether Christ cured a woman with flu (Retraction Watch): A fascinating story, a must-read! Hospitals Don’t Need Social Media (Health is... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3899575 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:26:10 +0100 3899575 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3899435&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FhIcfUtIPobs%2Fshout-outs_24.html Fizzy, A Cartoon Guide to Becoming a Doctor, is the host for this week’s  Grand Rounds.  You can read this week’s edition here (photo credit). I am proud and honored to be hosting this week's grand rounds. As usual, I'm going to open with a cartoon: And finally, Webster's Dictionary defines "grand rounds" as nothing, because it's not even in there. …… ………………………………………. Kim, Emergiblog, is the host of the latest edition of Change of Shift (Vol 5, No 4) which is in its 5th year!   You can find the schedule and the COS archives at Emergiblog. (photo credit) Welcome to Change of Shift – a day late, but hopefully not a dollar short! We have some old friends and some new additions.  Our submissions cover the bes... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3899435 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:42:00 +0100 3899435 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3891655&cid=t_98147_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F08%2F23%2Fstories-8-how-not-to-reassure-or-treat-a-patient%2F The host of the next edition of the Grand Rounds is Fizzziatrist at A Cartoon Guide to Becoming a Doctor. Thus it is no surprise that the theme of this edition is “Humor in Medicine”. The Fizzziatrist: When I host Grand Rounds, I will post the links in order of how many times each one [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3891655 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:01:54 +0100 3891655 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3816400&cid=t_98147_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fkiller-grand-rounds-from-down-under%2F2010.08.03 Better Health’s Grand Rounds this week is hosted by the ever-so-crafty Life in the Fast Lane team of Australian physicians at the Utopian College of Emergency for Medicine. These docs “take great pleasure in sharing their medical experiences, clinical knowledge and insights into waiting-room medicine with health-conscious technophiles to facilitate the learning process by providing diverse and hopefully entertaining reading material.” It’s always worth a read (and a chuckle), no doubt. With the theme of ”Killer Posts” (just a hint — hate to blow the surprise), this edition of Grand Rounds is sure to educate in more ways than one! Experience it HERE. (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3816400 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:00:19 +0100 3816400 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3790641&cid=t_98147_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fgrand-rounds-july-227-2010%2F Favorite Post of the Week Dr. Toni Brayer has a guest post at ACPInternist about how insurance companies are killing primary care. I would like every Grand Rounds Reader to take a look at this and think very hard about what they will support in terms of insurance industry oversight. This post was first published on Dr. Brayer’s blog EverythingHealth.net. From the Surgeons – hey, what can I say, I am a homer Bongi is a surgeon working in South Africa – he shares part of his day. Suture for a Living has a list of medicine-themed songs from popular music (listen, this may seem a little dorky, but you gotta understand that music is pretty important to surgeons because we always listen to music in the operating room.) From the Shrinks Mental Notes blogs on the importance of do... Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3790641 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:01:46 +0100 3790641 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3753825&cid=t_98147_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fgrand-rounds-from-the-shores-of-south-africa%2F2010.07.14 It’s not just the soccer world cup that’s on South African shores, but the great Grand Rounds (something that some would say is far more important than the world cup — okay, only one guy would actually say that, and he’s in a psychiatric institution in Outer Mongolia) is also presently hosted in South Africa! Proudly South African! Time to see what the bloggers have dished up for us this week. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at other things amanzi* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3753825 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:00:00 +0100 3753825 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3710593&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FEHgbznAE35I%2Fshout-outs_29.html Dr. Elaine Schattner of Medical Lessons is the host for this week’s Grand Rounds. It’s the “customer service in healthcare” edition. You can read this week’s edition here. Learning about medicine is a lifelong endeavor whether you’re a patient, a doctor, a caregiver, a hospital administrator or, perhaps, even an insurance company executive. In today’s Grand Rounds, we’ve an array of eleven perspectives that, directly or indirectly, bear on the suggested theme of education. If there’s a motif that emerged unsolicited this week, it’s empathy, a term highlighted in the titles of two submitted posts: In Glass Hospital, Dr. John Schumann considers what motivates health care workers in a thoughtful post, Finding Empathy. Schumann, an internist and medical educator at the ... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3710593 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:31:08 +0100 3710593 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3652513&cid=t_98147_114_f&fid=34648&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthBlawg%2F%7E3%2F7m7W28qpGY8%2Fblog-carnival-trifecta.html It's a Health Wonk Review week -- the latest, "killer," edition of the biweekly blog carnival for health wonks is up, courtesy of Tinker Ready at Boston Health News.  The weekly carnivals are worth a read, too, of course: the lawyers' Blawg Review at Spam Notes and the medbloggers'  Grand Rounds at MDiTV.Tune in again next Monday, when Blawg Review returns to HealthBlawg - the home of hipness. David HarlowThe Harlow Group LLCHealth Care Law and Consulting (Source: HealthBlawg :: David Harlow's Health Care Law Blog) HealthBlawg :: David Harlow's Health Care Law Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3652513 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:17:35 +0100 3652513 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3641051&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FAPvo9Ix-eec%2Fshout-outs_08.html MDiTV is the host for this week’s Grand Rounds.   It’s the “best edition ever, maybe” edition.  You can read this week’s edition here. Thanks to everyone who submitted to this week’s edition of Grand Rounds.  After following the weekly blog carnival for  months, submitting a few times and now playing the role as host has been immensely gratifying. The submissions covered a wide-range of topics; from surgical procedures to how the progression of 80’s music mirrors the evolution of birth control (seriously). ….. Thanks again to everyone that participated and I hope you all enjoy this week’s picks of the best medical blog reads as much as I did! ………………………………………. Medical schools across the country have been holdin... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3641051 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:56:51 +0100 3641051 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3614508&cid=t_98147_87_f&fid=34969&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUnboundedMedicine%2F%7E3%2F0lCilOVBYC0%2F It’s an honor and pleasure to bring you this new edition of The Best Surgical Grand Rounds Carnival. FIFA WORLD CUP – SOUTH AFRICA 2010 I would like to express my gratitude to Jeffrey Leow of Vagus Surgicalis (Australian medical student with lots of interest and knowledge of surgery) and the creator of this Great Carnival. Australia is in Group D. Bongi, a lucky SouthAfrican general surgeon who will host the FIFA World Cup in 12 days, shares a story that will push you to learn Afrikaans. South Africa will be head of the Group A and will play with México, Uruguay and France. rlbates, my favorite (female) plastic surgeon who lives to sew, wrote an excellent review of Scalp avulsion injuries. USA will play against England, Algeria and Slovenia in Group C. Techknowdoc, a surg... Unbounded Medicine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3614508 Sun, 30 May 2010 07:44:51 +0100 3614508 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3595619&cid=t_98147_105_f&fid=38964&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrwes.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fgrand-rounds-is-up.html Grand Rounds, the best of this week's medical blog-o-sphere, is up over at 33 Charts.Musings of a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist. (Source: Dr. Wes) Dr. Wes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3595619 Tue, 25 May 2010 13:51:00 +0100 3595619 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3595626&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FcCIT8cgApTw%2Fshout-outs_25.html Dr V, 33 Charts, is the host for this week’s Grand Rounds.   It’s the “Artsy Doctors, Genes and Creepy Imagery” edition.  You can read this week’s edition here. It’s been a tough week for the anti-vaccine movement but an important week for pediatric health. Yesterday the UK’s General Medical Council announced that Andrew Wakefield, who’s fraudulent manipulation of data spawned the vaccine-autism cottage industry, would be ‘struck’ from the medical register. This action by the GMC is one more nail in the coffin of the man who has singlehandedly turned back the clock on two generations of pediatric public health. Check out Respectful Insolence for some pithy commentary and a pointed, must see interview with Matt Lauer. This issue finally seems to be circl... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3595626 Tue, 25 May 2010 13:49:00 +0100 3595626 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3573688&cid=t_98147_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fgrand-rounds-edition-634%2F2010.05.18 As newly-appointed content manager of Better Health and editorial assistant to Dr. Val Jones, I’ve been given the honor of hosting this edition of Grand Rounds — a weekly summary of the best health blog posts on the Internet. This week’s submissions cover a nice mix of issues important to health and medicine, which I’m presenting in alphabetical order (excuse my conservativeness as I’m originally a product of the Mayo Clinic, and even after jumping ship nearly five years ago, I’m still affected due to my self-inflicted unchanged location — I’ll find my more liberal social-media legs soon!) From geriatrics to Viagra, PET scans to personality disorders, dentists to American Idol, you’ll find it in this ever-so-tidy session of Grand Rounds. B... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3573688 Tue, 18 May 2010 15:32:17 +0100 3573688 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3573727&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FNuIqzckTN8Y%2Fshout-outs_18.html Maria Gifford, Better Health, is the host for this week’s Grand Rounds.    You can read this week’s edition here. As newly-appointed content manager of Better Health and editorial assistant to Dr. Val Jones, I’ve been given the honor of hosting this edition of Grand Rounds — a weekly summary of the best health blog posts on the Internet. This week’s submissions cover a nice mix of issues important to health and medicine, which I’m presenting in alphabetical order (excuse my somewhat ultra-conservative ways, as I’m originally a product of the Mayo Clinic, and even after jumping ship nearly five years ago, I’m still affected due to my unchanged, self-inflicted physical location — I’ll find my social-media legs soon, I’m sure!) From geriatrics to Viagr... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3573727 Tue, 18 May 2010 12:13:32 +0100 3573727 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3556095&cid=t_98147_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fgrand-rounds-call-for-submissions%2F2010.05.11 Grand Rounds will be hosted by Better Health on Tuesday, May 18th, 2010. Please send your medical blog submissions via email by 12:00AM midnight CDT on Sunday, May 16th, to: maria.gifford@getbetterhealth.com. Please include:  ”Submission for Grand Rounds” in the subject line of your email. Your name (blog author), the name of your blog, and the URL of your specific blog submission. A short summary (1-3 sentences) of your blog post. (NOTE: There is no specific theme for this session of Grand Rounds.) For more information, please see the Grand Round Submissions Guidelines. We look forward to receiving your submissions and featuring them here next week. (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3556095 Tue, 11 May 2010 20:02:51 +0100 3556095 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3552286&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FX1NSHAVMi0Y%2Fshout-outs_11.html Dr Charles, The Examining Room of Doctor Charles, is the host for this week’s Grand Rounds.    Check out his post:  Caring for the Patient Who Is a Zombie.  You can read this week’s edition here. Welcome to Grand Rounds, a weekly collection of excellent writings submitted by medical bloggers.  The theme for this week is minimalism – I’m going to restrain myself and let the authors speak for themselves:………. ………………………………………. Dr Wes has done a review of a film I wish all of us could see:  The Vanishing Oath: A Review …..As background, the film is a three-year project born in 2007 just before the great US health care reform debate began. Over 200 hours of interviews were conducted explore a simple question... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3552286 Tue, 11 May 2010 12:18:26 +0100 3552286 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3529815&cid=t_98147_105_f&fid=38964&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrwes.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fby-referral-grand-rounds.html Grand Rounds, the best of the Medical Blog-o-sphere, is hosted this week by none other than the eight year old (blog), GruntDoc, and is suitably titled: The Non Narcissist, Non Personally Aggrandizing Edition.(Be sure to check out the modifed pain scale faces at Hyperbole and a Half included in the selections.)-WesMusings of a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist. (Source: Dr. Wes) Dr. Wes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3529815 Tue, 04 May 2010 10:34:00 +0100 3529815 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3508219&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FgQgj6MoRGxs%2Fshout-outs_27.html ChronicBabe is the host for this week’s Grand Rounds.   You can read this week’s edition here. Hey laaaaadeeeeez! It's time again for Grand Rounds, ChronicBabe style, which means we've curated a collection of posts that are completely babelicious. We hope you enjoy this gathering of doctors, nurses, patients and just regular folk who like to write about medicine. And women. ………………………………………. If you don’t have access to Discovery CME channel, you can still watch Dennis Quaid’s Chasing Zero: Winning The War On Healthcare Harm  online here.  A made-for-TV documentary, 55 minutes long and entitled Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm, is being shown four times globally beginning April 2010 on the main Discovery Channel. ... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3508219 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:58:40 +0100 3508219 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3429272&cid=t_98147_114_f&fid=34648&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthBlawg%2F%7E3%2FvaxHwF57DRs%2Fblog-carnivals-next-health-wonk-review-right-here-on-april-15.html This week, health reform looms large in the minds of blog carnival hosts.  Evan Falchuk's health reform edition of Grand Rounds is up at his See First blog.  Rich Elmore hosts the current Health Wonk Review at his Healthcare Technology News (check out the flying pigs photos and more; cf. the HealthBlawger's "First Hundred Days" edition of Blawg Review for another reference to flying pigs). The next edition of Health Wonk Review will be hosted right here on April 15th.  The themes we will be exploring in that biweekly exegesis of health wonkery include the following: Metaphors Lying Song (esp. the blues) Art (esp. painting, drawing) Inventors and their contraptions Fast food Liberation Cosmetic surgery/medical spas Impressionist 19th century novels Immenseness Mortality Rac... HealthBlawg :: David Harlow's Health Care Law Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3429272 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:08:58 +0100 3429272 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3420519&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FXzflWzsv2rs%2Fshout-outs_30.html Evan Falchuk, See First Blog, is this week's host of Grand Rounds.   You can read this week’s edition here. Welcome to Grand Rounds – the health care blogosphere’s ultimate blog carnival. This week’s version is something special.  I asked for posts only about health care reform, and I am overwhelmed by the response.  Below are the leading voices of the health care blogosphere. It is the Mother of All Health Care Reform Blog Round-Ups. So, evacuate the dance floor- you’re about to be infected by the sound of health care reform blogging. ………………………………………. Nursing Student Chronicles  is the host of the latest edition of Change of Shift (Vol 4, No 19) ! You can find the schedule and the COS archives at Emergiblog. (photo cre... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3420519 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:03:51 +0100 3420519 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3420409&cid=t_98147_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F30%2Fhealth-care-reform-2010-obama-usa-bill-dutch-plan-doctors-letterman-pills-other-random-thoughts%2F “I do believe the only way we can end all preventable deaths and the suffering of millions is to provide decent health care to all.” Hilary Benn, 2006 ——————— The next Grand Rounds will be hosted by Evan Falchuk at SEE FIRST (Insights into the Uncertain World of Healthcare).  Evan’s theme is Health Care Reform. How will it [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3420409 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:28:33 +0100 3420409 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3395165&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FpOnQKQ8TOX8%2Fgrand-rounds-vol-6-no-26.html I want to thank you all for contributing such wonderful posts for this week's Grand Rounds. And, thank you for allowing me to make it a "women’s” theme as March is the month of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month (here in the United States). Sterile Eye tells us the story of Jan van Rymsdyk – Drawer of Wombs. Here is one of the beautiful sketches included in the post. In October 2008 I visited the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, where William Hunter’s great book of obstetrics was on display. Published in 1774, The Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus did much to advance the understanding of human pregnancy. The book contains 34 copper engravings. 31 of these magnificent medical illustrations were made by a mysterious man called Jan van Rymsdyk. ………………... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3395165 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:56:22 +0100 3395165 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3370450&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FI8STJ-wc_vc%2Fgrand-rounds-here-next-week.html I am honored to be the host of Grand Rounds next week.  Please, send your posts to rlbatesmd@gmail.com with “Grand Rounds” in the subject line.  Include the title of the post and a correct link.   You may also include a “line or two” of post description if you like.  I will accept post up until noon CST Monday, March 22nd.  I have hosted Grand Rounds twice before and never ask for a theme.  I started to do the same this time, but realized it is Women’s History Month here in the United States.  Earlier this month was International Women’s Day.  So I would like to encourage you to submit posts that have to do with women in medicine as patients, as providers, as scientists, etc.  Thank you.  I’m looking forward to your su... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3370450 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:10:34 +0100 3370450 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3370449&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2F8JDDPWlXs-s%2Fshout-outs_16.html Medicine and Technology is this week's host of Grand Rounds.   You can read this week’s edition here. Welcome to Grand Rounds Vol 6 No 25. Grand Rounds is a weekly summary of the best health blog posts on the Internet. I wish to also extend a special thanks to those medical bloggers who are participating in Grand Rounds for the first time. This week, we had many submissions, so let's get started. ………………………………………. St. Baldrick's is a fundraising foundation dedicated to raising funds for pediatric cancer research.  Shadowfax went Going Bald Once More.  Here are some photos of the shaving.  Yesterday he tweeted Heading down for the shaving. Zippy didn't make it, alas. Pics to follow soon. Donations total $10,500 as of this moment.... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3370449 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:50:04 +0100 3370449 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231530&cid=t_98147_105_f&fid=38964&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrwes.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fgrand-rounds-is-up-along-with.html ... over at Dr. Rob's place at Musings of a Distractible Mind.-WesMusings of a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist. (Source: Dr. Wes) Dr. Wes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231530 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:18:00 +0100 3231530 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208424&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FRRSasjHOCcE%2Fshout-outs_26.html Kim, Emergiblog, is this week's host of Grand Rounds. It is the LOL edition  which can be read  here (photo credit). Welcome to the LOL edition of Grand Rounds! I just adore the I Can Has Cheeseburger – LOL Cat site and the kittehs provide our background theme for the week. ………………………………….. Kim, Emergiblog, is the host of the latest edition of Change of Shift (Vol 4, No 15) ! You can find the schedule and the COS archives at Emergiblog. (photo credit) It’s time again for Change of Shift, the bi-weekly nursing blog carnival! It’s an eclectic selection this week: hospital to office, students and veterans, money and…well, poo-poo, disasters and preparedness………….. ………………………………….. The need for help to Haiti c... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208424 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:11:20 +0100 3208424 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3167218&cid=t_98147_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2010%2F01%2F13%2Fgrand-rounds-volume-6-number-16%2F The Holidays may be over, but there’s no rest for Santa or his cute little Congressional elves. So, after a respite that must have seemed all too brief, Santa has herded his diminutive (but ever-cheerful!) drudges right back into their Secret Workshop, to finish building for us kids the Healthcare We Can All Believe In. Liked the animation and description of it. A very nice and eloquent introduction of this weeks grand round on The Covert Rationing Blog by DrRich I especially liked Do you ever go through the motions “My last instructor told me that sometimes they go through the motions of doing CPR (reanimation), even when they know it is futile, for the benefit of the family. Do you ever go through the motions?” I also liked the post over at Muse, RN. A relative newcomer to the blog... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3167218 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:24:34 +0100 3167218 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3163808&cid=t_98147_105_f&fid=38964&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrwes.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fgrand-rounds-is-up.html ... over at Dr. Rich's place, the Covert Rationing blog, with his post-holiday edition:The Holidays may be over, but there’s no rest for Santa or his cute little Congressional elves. So, after a respite that must have seemed all too brief, Santa has herded his diminutive (but ever-cheerful!) drudges right back into their Secret Workshop, to finish building for us kids the Healthcare We Can All Believe In.DrRich, for one, can hardly wait to unwrap it.But unwrap it he does with his usual sharp-witted writing style. Definitely worth a read. Twice. Gotta find out who's been naughty and nice.-WesMusings of a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist. (Source: Dr. Wes) Dr. Wes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3163808 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:50:00 +0100 3163808 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3163811&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FityenpU6I50%2Fshout-outs_12.html DrRich, Covert Rationing Blog, is this week's host of Grand Rounds. You can read this week’s edition here. The Holidays may be over, but there’s no rest for Santa or his cute little Congressional elves. ……….. And so, to Santa, to the elves, and to anyone else enlightened enough to seek it out, DrRich is honored to present: Grand Rounds. ………………………………….. Kim, Emergiblog, is the host of the latest edition of Change of Shift (Vol 4, No 14) !   It is the first edition of the new year.  You can find the schedule and the COS archives at Emergiblog. (photo credit) Happy New Year and welcome to the first Change of Shift of the new decade! Are you still writing “09″? I’m not! For some reason I have converted to “01″. Lord knows how... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3163811 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:53:30 +0100 3163811 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3089319&cid=t_98147_105_f&fid=38964&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrwes.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fgrand-rounds-is-up.html ... with a Charlotte's Web theme over at Florence dot com:Welcome to this holiday edition of Grand Rounds! It's the time of year when friends and family gather, when stories are told and memories are made. But the winter weather and short days here in the northern hemisphere seem to prompt brevity in our everyday comings and goings. It seems like the right time to combine storytelling and brevity and channel Charlotte, one of the most masterful storytellers I met during a childhood spent with my nose in a book.Enjoy!-WesMusings of a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist. (Source: Dr. Wes) Dr. Wes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3089319 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:32:00 +0100 3089319 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3067072&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2Fyd5fsH9vkUQ%2Fshout-outs_08.html Nuts for Healthcare is this week's host of Grand Rounds. You can read this week’s edition here. Welcome to Grand Rounds! ………………………………….. Medgadget discussed the Lancet article on  Scientists Grow Skin Tissue in Preclinical Study.  Their discussion includes the Lancet podcast discussing the research with two of the study authors, Marc Peschanski MD and Dr Christine Baldeschi PhD. A team of researchers from France and Spain managed to grow complete human skin epidermis from skin-derived stem cells on laboratory mice. The finding could lead to the rapid production of one's own skin patches for people with burns and other severe skin problems. …………………..…………….. Chris, Life in the Fast Lane, wrote about  A Philosophical Dea... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3067072 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:48:00 +0100 3067072 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3008038&cid=t_98147_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.annals.org%2Fcontent%2Fsuppl%2F2009%2F11%2F17%2F151.10.DC1%2Fannals_20091117.mp3 Kaleidoscope is a new series, with a “kaleidoscope” of facts, findings, views and news gathered over the last 1-2 weeks. Most items originate from Twitter, my Google Reader (RSS) and sometimes real articles (yeah!). I read a lot, I bookmark a lot, but only some of those things end op in a post. Since tweets have [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3008038 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:44:07 +0100 3008038 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3003793&cid=t_98147_105_f&fid=38964&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrwes.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fmedical-bloggers-grand-rounds-is-up.html ... this week over at Colorado Health Insurance Insider.-WesMusings of a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist. (Source: Dr. Wes) Dr. Wes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3003793 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:49:00 +0100 3003793 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2999558&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FmIBSokIyWdk%2Fshout-outs_17.html Health Insurance Colorado is this week's host of Grand Rounds. You can read this week’s edition here. Welcome to Grand Rounds. With Thanksgiving rapidly approaching, we thought we’d get you in the spirit by highlighting articles that involve thankfulness and gratitude. How To Cope With Pain brings us a truly amazing video. It’s a reminder to be thankful for all that we have, and for the things in life (like this video) that inspire us. It’s well worth the five minutes it takes to watch it. ………………………………….. Dr David Gorsk,  Science-Based Medicine, wrote a very nice post on Cancer prevention: The forgotten stepchild of cancer research? The New York Times has been periodically running a series about the “40 years’ war” on cancer, with most art... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2999558 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:39:00 +0100 2999558 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2981131&cid=t_98147_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fshrink-rap-grand-rounds-is-up-at.html The theme for crzegrl's Grand Rounds this week is Veteran's Day. The shrinky links:doctors & mistakes (Medicine & Technology)pharma ads & claims on twitter (HealthBlawg) ... also follow #FDAsm on Thur & Fri for coverage of the FDA's anticipated hearing on social media and Web2.0 (links for live streaming on HITshrink)antidepressants for chronic pain (How to Cope with Pain)love in the recovery room (Anesthesioboist) ... not really shrinky, just beautiful----- Listen to our latest podcast at mythreeshrinks.com or subscribe to our rss feed. (Source: Shrink Rap) Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2981131 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:00:00 +0100 2981131 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2977318&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FYGG518V9qh0%2Fshout-outs_10.html Emily, crzegrl, flight nurse, is this week's host of Grand Rounds. You can read this week’s edition here. Welcome to Grand Rounds …………………………. Dr Bruce Campbell, Reflections in a Head Mirror, is the “Blogging Surgeon” as his update on Facebook announced this past week. Hope you’ll go listen. It’s well worth your time. I am the "Blogging Surgeon!" Scroll to the bottom of the link. WUWM - Milwaukee Public Radio! http://wuwm.com/programs/lake_effect/view_le.php?articleid=837 ………………………………….. Yesterday, listening to NPR one of the guests mentioned this article “How American Health Care Killed My Father”  by David Goldhill published in the September 2009 The Atlantic.  It is a must read. How often h... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2977318 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:13:45 +0100 2977318 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2977361&cid=t_98147_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2009%2F11%2F10%2Fpalliative-care-grand-rounds-1-10%2F The new Palliative Care Grand Rounds is up. It’s the monthly review of the best of palliative care related blogs. This month I am handing out awards because I am so glad to see so many bloggers talking about palliative care issues and I think some of them need to be recognized. If you need to pick up your award, feel free to come visit me in Kansas City. Hope I will be in the neighborhood of Kansas City in the near future to collect my award. Related posts:Grand Rounds at See First Read the excellent introduction and quickly go and read...Grand Rounds 5:45 – Le Tour de France Edition! This week’s Grand Round is up at captain Atopic....Grand Rounds: Diversity The next grand round is up at Health Blogs... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. ... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2977361 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:27:03 +0100 2977361 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2954537&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FZ6cdhKTjV10%2Fshout-outs.html Dr Joseph Kim, Non-Clinic Jobs,  is this week's host of Grand Rounds.  You can read this week’s edition here. Welcome to Grand Rounds Volume 6 No 6. I'm Dr. Joe Kim and I'm your host this week. I’ve hosted Grand Rounds on my one of my other blogs (http://www.MedicineandTechnology.com) but today, I’m hosting Grand Rounds from my other blog http://www.NonClinicalJobs.com. Thanks for joining me here this week as we look through the "non-clinical" lens this week. The theme this week is on non-clinical areas within health care. Since we’re all bloggers, we all embrace some elements of writing and journalism. These areas of medical communications continue to grow each year. Let's explore several different non-clinical sectors within the world of health care: ... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2954537 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:41:24 +0100 2954537 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2908758&cid=t_98147_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FZhCpv_R2pB8%2F Encephalon (brain & mind blog carnival, edition ) finally meets Grand Rounds (health & medicine blog carnival). What a nice surprise. Hello. Nice to meet you! — Note: Chronic Babe wins a complimentary copy of The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness for basically inventing cognitive sleep therapy. Congrats! — Life and Death MindHacks discusses an unexpected surge in brain activity when blood pressure drops to zero. In Sickness & In Health suffers a death in the family. Adam shem tov. A man of good name. BrainBlogger wonders, is religion a “natural” phenomenon? Mind and Empathy Behaviorism & Mental Health finds that everyone can have a mental illness – take a look at “Adjustment Disorder“. ACP Internist reinforces the importance of emp... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2908758 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:01:20 +0100 2908758 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2890782&cid=t_98147_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FENU3Fvd3kfk%2F Welcome to the new SharpBrains! – we have inaugurated this new theme and look & feel today, so if you find something that doesn’t work, please let us know. I will be hosting Grand Rounds, the weekly collection of great health and medical blogging, on Tuesday, October 20th. Please send me your post at afernandez (at) sharpbrains (dot) com, indicating Grand Rounds in the title. Please do so before end of Sunday, October 18th, USA time. Optional theme will be, of course: Cognition and the Brain. Would you share your thoughts and experiences on how cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology should, will, or may, be used to improve health and healthcare? what opportunities you see for preventive and/ or clinical care to better deal with the assessment, maintenance, rehab, of c... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2890782 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:56:01 +0100 2890782 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2886467&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FTk1FoJs5z5U%2Fshout-outs_13.html Robin, Survive the Journey, is this week's host of Grand Rounds. Her theme is “Participatory Medicine”. You can read this week’s edition here. When I chose the theme for this week's Grand Rounds, I chose it because it is near and dear to my heart. Before I knew what it was called, I was looking for a "participatory medicine" model. Long before I heard the term "ePatient", I was one. …………………………. Geripal is the host of the  October's edition of Palliative Care Grand Rounds, the monthly best of the Palliative Care blogs. Welcome to Palliative Care Grand Rounds! This monthly blog carnival highlights some of the best and most interesting blog posts related to palliative care. Grand Rounds are published on the first Wednesday of ev... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2886467 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:54:54 +0100 2886467 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2865695&cid=t_98147_105_f&fid=38964&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrwes.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fgrand-rounds-is-up.html ... over at the excellent Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine blog:Welcome to Grand Rounds, a weekly round-up of the best of the medical blogosphere. We here at Pallimed (Drew, Lyle, Amy, Amber and myself) are honored to be hosting Grand Rounds for the 3rd time. For the history books here are the 2007 (theme: prognostication) and 2008 editions. The theme this week is "The Art of Medicine and Nursing" in honor of our sister blog Pallimed: Arts and Humanities.Oh, and for the FTC, I was not paid anything in kind to promote this.-WesMusings of a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist. (Source: Dr. Wes) Dr. Wes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2865695 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:27:00 +0100 2865695 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2865700&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2F_A73qH287Ek%2Fshout-outs.html Pallimed is this week's host of Grand Rounds. You can read this week’s edition  here. Welcome to Grand Rounds, a weekly round-up of the best of the medical blogosphere.  We here at Pallimed (Drew, Lyle, Amy, Amber and myself) are honored to be hosting Grand Rounds for the 3rd time.  For the history books here are the 2007 (theme: prognostication) and 2008 editions.  The theme this week is "The Art of Medicine and Nursing" in honor of our sister blog Pallimed: Arts and Humanities. …………………………. Kim, Emergiblog, is the host of the latest edition of Change of Shift (Vol 4, No 7) ! You can find the schedule and the COS archives at Emergiblog. (photo credit) Welcome to the latest version of Change of Shift, the nursing blog carnival... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2865700 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:39:03 +0100 2865700 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2851799&cid=t_98147_105_f&fid=38964&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrwes.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Ffew-links-of-interest.html It's been very crazy clinically this week, and I'm soon to head off to Philly for the CABANA trial investigator meeting, but I wanted to share a few key links before I left:First, Change of Shift, the best posts of the week from our nurses is up over at Emergiblog.Next, Paul Levy, President and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess hospital has a nice series of videos covering the culture of safety and how their hospital is making their safety data transparent, using patient advocates, and how patients there keep in touch with friends and family. Good stuff. Just try to look past the J&J ads.Finally, if you haven't done it yet, shoot over to Medgadget to vote for who you think will be the next nobel prize recipients.-WesMusings of a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist. (Source: Dr. Wes) Dr. Wes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2851799 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:49:00 +0100 2851799 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2846323&cid=t_98147_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F29%2Fgrand-rounds-vol-6-no-2%2F Welcome to the latest edition of Grand Rounds, the weekly compilation of the best of the medical blogosphere! I presume you would rather take a tour through the Netherlands, visiting windmills and tulips, but we will save this for another time. Right now, let’s take a trip around the library. Because you know what William [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2846323 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:50:06 +0100 2846323 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2842565&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FPjXDvXEj4fU%2Fshout-outs_29.html Laika's MedLibLog  is this week's host of Grand Rounds.   You can read this week’s edition here (photo credit). Welcome to the             Dr Ves, Clinical Cases and Images – Blog, gives some links to some great tips on How to Prepare a Physician for a Media Interview (TV, radio, etc.).  1. Be prepared. 2. Expect off-the-wall questions. 3. Speak in plain English. 4. Be concise. 5. Guide the interviewer. 7. Don't guess. 8. Nothing's off the record.   Check out this 3-part video series produced by Dr Val Jones and featuring Paul Levy: Safe, Quality Hospital Care, part 1 Paul Levy, President & CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, discusses his innovative approach to keeping patients... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2842565 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:11:51 +0100 2842565 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2820166&cid=t_98147_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F22%2Fthe-grand-rounds-is-coming-please-start-submitting%2F I have the honor to host my first GRAND ROUNDS ever on Tuesday September 29th. For those who don’t know what the Grand Round is about,  it is the weekly rotating carnival of the best of the medical blogosphere. Today the round is up at Colin Son’s blog Residency Notes, so please take a look [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2820166 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:59:38 +0100 2820166 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2796468&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FM_V2U6ah-fQ%2Fgrand-rounds-vol-5-no-52.html Welcome to the latest edition of Grand Rounds, the weekly compilation of the best of the medical blogosphere! Let’s take a trip around the blogosphere with a nod to “Around the World in Eighty Days” The story starts in London on October 2, 1872. Phileas Fogg is a wealthy English gentleman who lives unmarried in solitude at Number 7 Savile Row, Burlington Gardens. …..Later, on that day, in the Reform Club, Fogg gets involved in an argument over an article in The Daily Telegraph, stating that with the opening of a new railway section in India, it is now possible to travel around the world in 80 days. Since I live on the North American Continent, we’ll begin our journey here. Consider taking a walking tour of the monuments if you are ever in Washington DC. (photo credit) This pa... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2796468 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:21:27 +0100 2796468 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2774642&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FK315Z5sDLpk%2Fshout-outs_08.html Medic 999 is this week's host of Grand Rounds.  Next week I will be the host.  Please, send your posts to rlbatesmd@gmail.com with “Grand Rounds” in the subject line.  Include the title of the post and a correct link.  I will accept post up until noon CST Monday, September 14th.  There is no theme.  Thank you. You can read this week’s edition here (photo credit). It’s the “paramedicine” edition. Welcome one and all to this weeks edition of Grand Rounds, which comes to you from the world of EMS blogs! It really is an honour to be hosting. I have only been blogging since the beginning of the year, but have been reading many of your blogs for the last couple of years, and its great to now be part of the medical blogosphere.   Amanda, this cr... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2774642 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:56:25 +0100 2774642 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2683891&cid=t_98147_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fshrink-rap-grand-rounds-is-up-at.html Kim at Emergiblog celebrated her 4th blog birthday earlier this week amidst much congratulations. For blogs, that's probably like 57 in human years. How does one celebrate a birthday? Host a Grand Rounds, of course.Interesting shrinky-links:Child Psych: safety of psych meds in kidsBehaviorism & Mental Health: "depression is not an illness" (one of those ideas that depression is an evolutionary adaptive response; but then so would be hypertension, cancer, and pancreatitis)Colorado Health Insurance Insider: escalating use of psychiatric medicationsHow to Cope with Pain: using antidepressants for chronic painDr Shock: relaxing with computer games at work----- Listen to our latest podcast at mythreeshrinks.com or subscribe to our rss feed. (Source: Shrink Rap) Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2683891 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:00:00 +0100 2683891 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2667458&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FXdim8GL48BQ%2Fshout-outs.html Kim at Emergiblog is this week's host of Grand Rounds. You can read it here (photo credit).  A Cracking Grand Rounds! Welcome to the latest edition of Grand Rounds, the weekly compilation of the best of the medical blogosphere! Our theme this week comes to us courtesy of that loveable, wacky duo, Wallace and Gromit!   Dr Nancy Brown writes about  The Newest Eating Disorder: Orthorexia Nervosa. Orthorexia is a term coined by Dr. Steven Bratman. “Ortho” simply means straight or correct, while “orexia” refers to appetite. Orthorexia nervosa refers to a nervous obsession with eating proper foods. While anorexia nervosa is an obsession with the quantity, orthorexia is an obsession with the quality of the food consumed.   While on food, how about checking ou... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2667458 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:50:00 +0100 2667458 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2606034&cid=t_98147_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F07%2F15%2Fencephalon-73-with-videos-channel-n%2F Every month, there’s a thing like Grand Rounds (which focuses more on health and medicine blog posts) that highlights some of the most interesting brain and neuropsychology blog posts around the net in the past month. It’s called Encephalon and Psych Central’s own Channel N is hosting Encephalon 73 with Videos. If you’re looking for some interesting reading — or viewing — this month’s Encephalon is worth checking out! Good stuff in there. (Source: World of Psychology) World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2606034 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:39:21 +0100 2606034 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2598261&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2Fs0qHQhVw2Ls%2Fshout-outs_14.html Discussion At National Press Club.  The event takes place this Friday, July 17, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.   Check out the list of attendees: Keynote: Representative Paul Ryan, (R-WI), House Budget Committee Ranking member Moderator: Rea Blakey, Emmy award-winning health reporter and news anchor, previously with ABC, CNN, and now with Discovery Health Host: Val Jones, M.D., CEO and Founder of Better Health Policy Expert: Robert Goldberg, Ph.D., co-founder and vice president of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest (CMPI) Primary Care Panelists: Kevin Pho, M.D., Internist and author of KevinMD Rob Lamberts, M.D., Med/Peds specialist and author of Musings of a Distractible Mind Alan Dappen, M.D., Family Physician and Better Health contributor Valerie Tinley, N.... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2598261 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:44:33 +0100 2598261 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2598342&cid=t_98147_115_f&fid=37661&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnottotallyrad.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fgrand-rounds-vol-5-no-43-is-up.html This week's edition of Grand Rounds is hosted by Joe Kim at the Medicine and Technology blog. This week's episode includes my latest post on finding the optimal background music for dictating ICU chest films. (Source: Not Totally Rad) Not Totally Rad blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2598342 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:45:00 +0100 2598342 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2593129&cid=t_98147_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fshrink-rap-grand-rounds-is-up-on.html When Dr Guzman is not handling H1N1 in Argentina, he tries to get out the occasional Grand Rounds, and this is it. Some good links to posts on nurses, first-year residents (it IS July, you know), the Lantus-cancer issue, and our health care "system."----- Listen to our latest podcast at mythreeshrinks.com or subscribe to our rss feed. (Source: Shrink Rap) Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2593129 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2593129 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2580241&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FH3k2mHsC48g%2Fshout-outs.html Pharmamotion is this week's host of Grand Rounds. You can read it here.  It comes to us from Argentina!  Check it out: I’m starting this Grand Rounds with a confession: I completely suffered of lack of time for this Round’s preparation. Maybe you are wondering why, since this blog carnival is perfectly scheduled. Well, the thing is that here in Argentina winter has arrived and things are starting to get a bit more complicated than we thought. I think that most of you guessed what I am talking about. Yes! The current pandemic of Influenza A(H1N1) has settled in South America and I was hired to cover night shifts in a local hospital   #1 Dinosaur comes out of anonymity as she announces the publishing of her first book!  Congratulations! (photo credit) &#... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2580241 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:53:22 +0100 2580241 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2580165&cid=t_98147_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F07%2F07%2Fgrand-round-5-42%2F This week the Grand Round, the weekly summary of the best of the medical blogosphere, is being hosted by Flavio Guzmán at Pharmamotion, a blog about basic and clinical pharmacology. The Round is entitled:  “Brief Grand Rounds from Argentina“. Flavio had to keep it short, because (who would think of that? – I didn’t) winter has [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2580165 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:07:53 +0100 2580165 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2556062&cid=t_98147_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F30%2Fgrand-round-5-41-up-at-edwin-leap%2F This weeks Grand Round, the weekly rotating carnival featuring the best medical blog posts, is up at the blog of Edwin Leap, a practicing emergency physician. As announced in the previous post, the theme is ‘What would you like to say to future physicians?’ This theme was chosen, because today, June 30th, is the day [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2556062 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:40:01 +0100 2556062 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2556147&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2Fi5DyiLCH-EU%2Fshout-outs_30.html Dr Edwin Leap is this week's host of Grand Rounds. You can read it here. Great edition!Today is June 30, 2009. Which means, if I’m correct, that tomorrow is July 1st. And July 1st is the day that, all across the country, recent medical school graduates begin residencies in their assorted specialties. An amazing time, indeed! I remember it well. Standing around in a suit, listening to lectures, trying to figure out who was really smart and who was more like me. None of us knowing, by a long-shot, what we were embarking upon. The latest edition of Change of Shift (Vol 3, No 26) is hosted by ReHabRN! You can find the schedule and the COS archives at Emergiblog. Welcome to the June 25, 2009 edition of Change of Shift. Many thanks to Kim at emergiblog for allowing me to host this edition.'Ti... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2556147 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:20:08 +0100 2556147 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2511338&cid=t_98147_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fgrand-rounds-at-acp-internist.html The newest edition of Grand Rounds, the venerable blog carnival of all things medicine, nursing and health care, is up at ACP Internist. Both Digital Doorway and The Adventures of Bob the Nurse are included. Cruise on over if you have a moment to spare. (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2511338 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:09:00 +0100 2511338 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2464169&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2Fr90W4BEXHBg%2Fshout-outs_09.html The Jobbing Doctor is this week's host of Grand Rounds. You can read it here.  Great edition! Welcome to Grand Rounds, Volume 5, Number 38. The rounds have travelled over the Atlantic to reside briefly in the green fields of England, to give an English flavour to what is going on in the Medical Blogosphere. The advent of blogging has internationalised many issues, and we see many health care issues are very much shared throughout the world. Some of these I will touch on this week, but the Jobbing Doctor is pleased to be hosting the grand rounds.   Sally Church, Pharma Strategy Blog, writes “Beating malignant cancer - Yes, it can be done”  -- great story! (H/T @drval RT @scotthensley RT @maverickny) One of the coolest things about cloud services like Twitter is that... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2464169 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:01:00 +0100 2464169 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2458078&cid=t_98147_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fbreak-from-politics-grand-rounds-from.html Ah! The best of British! A short but welcome break from politics. Grand Rounds comes to Britain this week and is hosted by the Jobbing Doctor who provides his pick of medical and other writing from around the world. (Source: NHS Blog Doctor) NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2458078 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:19:00 +0100 2458078 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2452463&cid=t_98147_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Famerican-health-care-lawyer-hosts-grand.html David Harlow is"a health care lawyer and consultant with over twenty years of public and private sector experience, which has given me a unique perspective on legal, policy and business issues facing the health care community. Health care providers, vendors and payors of all shapes and sizes rely on me to help them navigate the maze of regulatory and business issues facing them on a daily basis."David Harlow's Health Care Law BlogThis week David is hosting Grand Rounds, his pick of the best of medical and other blogging from around the world.June is bustin' out all over . . . . Lord knows my nose knows it, thanks to all the pollen in the air these days. Check out the classic movie rendition of this set piece (well worth the eight-minute investment), let your coffee and/or antihistamines ki... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2452463 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:13:00 +0100 2452463 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2447633&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FWot9zyqX3mE%2Fshout-outs.html Health Blawg is this week's host of Grand Rounds. You can read it here.  Great edition! June is bustin' out all over . . . .  Lord knows my nose knows it, thanks to all the pollen in the air these days.  Check out the classic movie rendition of this set piece (well worth the eight-minute investment), let your coffee and/or antihistamines kick in, and then let's dive into the past week's medblogging, loosely categorized into insights of patient bloggers, provider bloggers, bloggers I've met in real life (the number keeps growing), bloggers following the money trail through the health care thicket, and bloggers who are or should be dancing and/or shirtless (watch the whole movie clip . . . on second thought, let's leave it at dancing).   Having recently lost my mother,... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2447633 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:42:56 +0100 2447633 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441052&cid=t_98147_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F27%2Fgrand-rounds-5-36-at-see-first%2F This week’s edition of Grand Rounds is up at See First. You can see the posts here. Evan Falchuck (@efalchuk on Twitter) thinks nothing of it. [1] no theme, {2] accept any (appropriate) post and [3] allow people to submit a few hrs before publishing the Round!!! I bet he got my post last. Great job. Next week’s “June [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441052 Wed, 27 May 2009 07:12:59 +0100 2441052 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441513&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FxejMBTdZNcM%2Fshout-outs_26.html See First is this week's host of Grand Rounds. You can read it here. Blogs make it possible for these voices to be heard, and we’re very fortunate to have a great variety of blogs and bloggers to feature in this edition of Grand Rounds. These stories and these people need a more prominent place in the public mind, and I’m hopeful I can play a small part in that with this week’s edition. The submissions this week come from as far away as Australia, South Africa and the UK, and as close to home as my hometown. But on the web these are all local calls, so I’ve categorized the more than 2 dozen submissions this week into a few topics.   Better Health featured a post by Dr Charles Smith on  Ten Tips for Overcoming Your Headaches.  The tips are from my classmate, Dr Le... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441513 Tue, 26 May 2009 11:50:39 +0100 2441513 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2416768&cid=t_98147_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F19%2Fgrand-rounds-5-35-at-healthcare-technology-news%2F Grand Rounds is up at Healthcare Technology News. This edition of Grand Rounds, the Best of the Medical Blogosphere, focuses on Health Care Reform. The Grand Round begins with a stunning quote of type 1 diabetic blogger Kerri Sparling that really hits the mark with her post at Six Until Me: “Why, Insurance Company, are you so [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2416768 Tue, 19 May 2009 10:58:59 +0100 2416768 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405287&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FzacbKLBto8g%2Fshout-outs_12.html Health Blogs Observatory is this week's host of Grand Rounds. You can read it here. Welcome to the Grand Rounds Diversity Edition, Vol. 5 No. 34 - where we celebrate the differences that make the health/medical blogosphere so beautiful and rich. If this is your first visit to the Health Blogs Observatory, please feel free to look around and explore. Consider submitting your blog to our directory, to gain better exposure and participate in our future research. We are conducting open research of the health/medical blogosphere and would be delighted if you would consider joining us. We wish to dedicate this edition of the Grand Rounds to Florence Nightingale who was born on this day, May 12, 189 years ago. Dr Christian Sinclair, Pallimed, writes “Losing the Ability to Smell and Tast... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405287 Tue, 12 May 2009 11:54:20 +0100 2405287 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405527&cid=t_98147_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fgrand-rounds-diversity-edition.html The latest edition of Grand Rounds---the most respected and widely known medical blog carnival on the internet---is now up at Health Blogs Observatory, with a general theme of diversity. I am honored to have my post entitled "Swine Flu and the Working Poor" included in such a fine edition of Grand Rounds.Of note, Health Blogs Observatory is an "online research lab" which examines the health blogosphere, and I highly recommend spending some time perusing this interesting resource. (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405527 Mon, 11 May 2009 19:29:00 +0100 2405527 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2389842&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FFD0PFuV1XeY%2Fshout-outs.html NurseAusmed is this week's host of Grand Rounds.  You can read it here. Welcome to Nursing Handover! This is my first time hosting Grand Rounds. I hope you enjoy your weekly medblog binge! I’ve chosen to present this week’s rounds without a theme, although a suggested topic for those with blogger’s block was “best (or worst) experience with inservice training, clinical education or CME”. All submissions have been included, with the best (in my highly subjective judgement) featured. Here at Nursing Handover I’ve been displaying some of the interesting images available under the Creative Commons licenses with posts. I’ve featured some more particularly evocative photography here.     The latest edition of Change of Shift (Vol 3, No 22)  is hosted by Gin... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2389842 Tue, 05 May 2009 15:55:21 +0100 2389842 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2389830&cid=t_98147_105_f&fid=36987&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FIvorKovicMd%2F%7E3%2FbErMCge_css%2F Grand Rounds will be hosted next week at Health Blogs Observatory. Submissions are accepted until May 11. Hurry up and submit your best posts! Tweet This (Source: Ivor Kovic, M.D.) Ivor Kovic, M.D. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2389830 Tue, 05 May 2009 14:01:37 +0100 2389830 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2376109&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FiiYyJu9EthA%2Fshout-outs_28.html Kerry,  Six Until Me,  is this week's host of Grand Rounds.  It is the “what’s on the menu” edition. Read it here.    Ding. The bells on the door of the diner near my office jangled as I walked in. "Hey Kerri," said Lisa, the waitress who knows my morning coffee order by heart.  "Here for lunch today?" "Yeah, I'm looking for a little snack here at the Grand Rounds Cafe."  I took a seat.  "What's on the menu?"     Kevin, MD did a “Live” Question and Answer session on April 26th!  Good for him!  Topics included cancer screening, the swine flu, etc.  You can read the session here.   Precordial Thump posted a nice poem ‘Today I do not want to be a docto... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2376109 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:35:40 +0100 2376109 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2353790&cid=t_98147_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fgrand-rounds-from-amy-tenderich-of.html Diabetes is always in the news. This week's Grand Rounds come, once again, all the way from the USA.Amy Tenderich is......perhaps-just-a-tad overly analytical new diabetic based in San Francisco, CA. Diagnosed with Type 1 in May 2003. After living overseas and years of PR/marketing work for high-tech companies in Silicon Valley, currently a freelance writer and consultant in the health and diabetes industries and full-time mom.And she writes regularly about her experiences as a diabeticHere’s WhyI think I can, I think I can… I know I can, I know I can… learn to count the carb content of everything that passes my lips; carry monitor, glucose tabs, insulin pump/pen and needles at all times; learn to inject myself throughout the day; navigate the American healthcare system; and ward off... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2353790 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:24:00 +0100 2353790 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2353846&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FtNFcqHnXLQ4%2Fshout-outs_21.html Amy, Diabetesmine,  is this week's host of Grand Rounds.  It is a really nice  edition.  Read it here.    Welcome Guests! Thanks for joining me on this fine day for the Grand Rounds host Birthday Edition, Vol. 5, No. 31 — where the best of this week’s medical and health blogging comes to party. And now straight to the festivities, where you’ll find some delightful surprises in store:   The latest edition of Change of Shift (Vol 3, No 21)  is hosted by none other than Kim, Emergiblog!    I hope you will check it out.  You can find the schedule and the COS archives at Emergiblog.  Welcome to Change of Shift, the blog carnival by nurses, for nurses and about nurses! This week the theme is….wait for it….nurs... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2353846 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:25:47 +0100 2353846 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2354024&cid=t_98147_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fgrand-rounds-birthday-edition.html Welcome Guests! Thanks for joining me on this fine day for the Grand Rounds host Birthday Edition, Vol. 5, No. 31 — where the best of this week’s medical and health blogging comes to party. And now straight to the festivities, where you’ll find some delightful surprises in store:     SWEETS Birthday cake, anyone? Alison Finney, a fellow [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2354024 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:00:02 +0100 2354024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348597&cid=t_98147_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fshrink-rap-grand-rounds-is-up-at.html Some great Grand Rounds reading is over at Pharmamotion this week.  Be sure to check out the music video of the leukocyte chasing the bacterium (very cute).----- Listen to our latest podcast at mythreeshrinks.com or subscribe to our rss feed. (Source: Shrink Rap) Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348597 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:00:00 +0100 2348597 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348044&cid=t_98147_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsandnsurf.medbrains.net%2F2009%2F04%2Fphysician-social-professional-networks%2F Physicians are a strange bunch at the best of times. Current medical specialists have developed strategies for learning, education delivery, information dissemination and interpersonal communication based on years of book/journal reading, paper publications and isolated research within a didactic learning environment. Traditionally, physicians shared little knowledge with the wider medical community - choosing to perform research [...] (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348044 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:33:32 +0100 2348044 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349464&cid=t_98147_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fgrand-rounds-coming-april-21-join-the-party.html Next week I’ll be hosting Grand Rounds here at DiabetesMine. That’s the weekly roundup of happenings in the medical and health blogosphere, now organized by Dr. Val and team over at GetBetterHealth. As it happens, next Tuesday April 21 is my birthday (how did I get hoodwinked into this timing?)  So the theme was obvious: [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349464 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:30:07 +0100 2349464 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348953&cid=t_98147_115_f&fid=37661&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnottotallyrad.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fgrand-rounds-vol-5-no-30-is-up.html This week's edition of Grand Rounds is hosted by Flavio over at Pharmamotion. I hope to read a few of these when I come up for air in between feverish bouts of lecture preparation. (Source: Not Totally Rad) Not Totally Rad blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348953 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:23:00 +0100 2348953 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347974&cid=t_98147_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fgrand-rounds-all-way-from-argentina.html Faraway in Argentina, Flavio Guzmán is an M.D. working as teaching assistant at the Department of Pharmacology, University of Mendoza. Falvio is responsible for Pharmamotion, a beautifully illustrated and animated blog about pharmacology - the mechanism of action of drugs.This week, Flavio is presenting his pick of medical blogging from around the world. It's all here. (Source: NHS Blog Doctor) NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347974 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:28:00 +0100 2347974 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348250&cid=t_98147_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FGjCP1-uyuj8%2Fshout-outs_14.html Pharmamotion  is this week's host of Grand Rounds.  It is a really nice  edition.  Read it here.    I’m excited for being part of what a would dare to say it’s by now a classic: Grand Rounds, the best of medical writing on the web! Thank you to the medical and health bloggers who submitted their posts. ALL submissions I received were excellent, but I decided to include just a few to avoid making this a too large edition.   Dr Paul Auerbach, Medicine for the Outdoors, has a wonderful post on “Teaching Children to Swim.”  In the post, he includes comments on how young to begin teaching children to swim.  He also includes some good tips on staying water safe at any age.  He concludes with: So, teaching small children to swim ... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348250 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:46:35 +0100 2348250 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2317741&cid=t_98147_115_f&fid=37661&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnottotallyrad.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fgrand-rounds-vol-5-no-29-is-up.html The latest issue of Grand Rounds is hosted this week by Leslie, at Getting Closer to Myself.This week's theme is "reflections on the way life used to be". Along these lines, I used to carry a stethoscope, but gave it up long ago for the rock star lifestyle of an academic radiologist. My Grand Rounds contribution, Just Say No to Stethoscopes, has more to say on why this is a Good Thing. (Source: Not Totally Rad) Not Totally Rad blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2317741 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:36:00 +0100 2317741 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2320465&cid=t_98147_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FraSHYCwTS_4%2F Three excellent new editions of these blog carnivals: - Encephalon at Neuroskeptic: brain and mind topics. - Grand Rounds at Running a Hospital: overall health and medicine, this week with special theme "when things go awry". - Change of Shift at EmergiBlog: nursing and related healthcare topics. blog, Blog Carnivals, brain, Change of Shift, encephalon, Grand Rounds, hhealth, medicine, mind, nursing (Source: SharpBrains) SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2320465 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:59:34 +0100 2320465 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2313613&cid=t_98147_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fshrink-rap-grand-rounds-is-up-at-paul.html This week's Grand Rounds is at Running a Hospital, a blog written by Paul Levy, the President and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.Paul's blog is well-known, as he is very open about the challenges of running such an endeavor.  He chose a theme about medical errors and related mistakes, told via the many stories he chose to include in the GR post.This is a must-read.  Great job, Paul.----- Listen to our latest podcast at mythreeshrinks.com or subscribe to our rss feed. (Source: Shrink Rap) Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2313613 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:00:00 +0100 2313613 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2317743&cid=t_98147_115_f&fid=37661&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnottotallyrad.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fgrand-rounds-vol-5-no-28-is-up.html The latest issue of Grand Rounds is hosted this week by Paul Levy, at Running a Hospital.This week's episode is devoted to "When things go awry". My contribution -- "Getting the Finger From a Patient" -- is about 4th from the top. (Source: Not Totally Rad) Not Totally Rad blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2317743 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:12:00 +0100 2317743