Apps help improve water quality (video)
Around the globe, more people have access to smartphones than to clean water and sanitary facilities. A competition for smartphone developers, sponsored by the World Bank, could change that. Numerous apps show how the internet can be used to help to improve water quality. Video from Deutsche Welle:
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Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - June 19, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: Apps Water Source Type: blogs
1 out of 6 doctors has been rated on a physician-rating website: are you one of them?
The current usage of physician-rating websites is still low but is increasing. International data show that 1 out of 6 physicians has been rated, and approximately 90% of all ratings on physician-rating websites were positive.
What Percentage of Physicians Has Been Rated?
Data for US physicians obtained from RateMDs showed that 16% of physicians were assessed by January 2010 (112,000 out of approx. 700,000).
What Is the Average Number of Ratings on Physician-Rating Websites?
Nearly half of the physicians had only a single rating on RateMDs in 2010, and the number of physicians with five or more ratings was 12.5%
Alth...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - June 10, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Source Type: blogs
Healthcare social media #HCSM - top articles
Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles related to healthcare social media (#HCSM) in the past 2-4 weeks:
Social media for health professionals at a glance http://buff.ly/10Gopxy
Online Professionalism Investigations by State Medical Boards: First, Do No Harm http://buff.ly/10GozFe
Social media in vascular surgery. [J Vasc Surg. 2013] http://buff.ly/10L5kdJ
Study finds rampant envy on Facebook http://buff.ly/10sCUzo
Eight Questions About Physician-Rating Websites - JMIR 2013 http://bit.ly/12ifjXA
Preserving Science News In An Online World - NPR discussion. How can journalists and bloggers avoid some of...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - June 7, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Authors: noreply at blogger.com (Ves Dimov, M.D.) Tags: #HCSM Source Type: blogs
Risk of diabetes and stroke may be influenced by what we experienced in the womb
The risk of suffering diabetes or a stroke in later years may be influenced by what we experience in the womb. Medical researchers at Jena's University Hospital are investigating the long-term effects of prenatal stress on children now 8-10 years old.
Source: Research on Aging - Stress in the Womb | Tomorrow Today - YouTube http://bit.ly/15DQTtm
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Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - May 30, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Source Type: blogs
Analysis of Rafael Nadal's Knee Injury - Computer Animation from NYTimes
Rafael Nadal missed seven months last year with a knee injury. Nadal, an 11-time Grand Slam champion, returned to the tour at a small clay-court event in Vina del Mar, Chile, in February after recovering from a partially torn patella tendon and inflammation in his left knee. That knee will face its toughest test when he plays in the French Open, his first Grand Slam event since his return.
The 26-year-old Spaniard is favored to win and become the only player with eight French Open titles, even though he said his knee is still “not 100 percent.” Although he can practice less than an hour a day, he’s made the final ...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - May 29, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: Sports NYTimes Source Type: blogs
Top medicine articles for April-May 2013
Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine for April-May 2013:
Antibiotics for COPD exacerbations: Further Evidence of Benefit http://buff.ly/WOANHG
Diet does not work: substituting dietary linoleic acid in place of saturated fats increased the rates of death - BMJ http://buff.ly/WOAZH5
The Physician in US Cigarette Advertisements, 1930–1953 (illustrated review) http://1.usa.gov/VcuA7W via @Skepticscalpel
Nearsighted kids may get worse in winter http://trib.in/VcvmC1 -- Myopia progression seem to decrease in periods with longer days and to increase in periods with shorter days. Children should ...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - May 22, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: Health News of the Day Source Type: blogs
How and when do we learn to talk: Why German and French babies cry differently
Prof. Angela D. Friederici, of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig talks about Language Acquisition. She asserts that babies learn language right from birth, even cry with the intonations of their mother tongue.
Source: How and when do we learn to talk? | Tomorrow Today - Interview - YouTube http://bit.ly/15DQJSQ
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Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - May 20, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Every single hour of television watched after the age of 25 reduces the viewer’s life expectancy by 22 minutes
By comparison, smoking a single cigarette reduces life expectancy by about 11 minutes.
An adult who spends an average of six hours a day watching TV over the course of a lifetime can expect to live 4.8 years fewer than a person who does not watch TV.
References:
Get Up. Get Out. Don't Sit. - NYTimes, 2012 http://nyti.ms/10oXBQd
Comments from Twitter and Google Plus:
Humera Naqvi, MD @nayab78: hmmm that means we ppl should be dying early taking the amount of tv watched but life expectancy has increased.
K Dillon, RDMS,CPC-A @comalliwrites: Confounders & confirmation bias not accounted for...
Timothy Cook: Great...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - May 15, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: NYTimes Exercise Source Type: blogs
"The happiest people in the world" live in Denmark and the happiness is lowest in middle age
According to the "World Happiness Report", the happiest people in the world live in Denmark, Finland and Norway. The report is published by the United Nations (the first edition was in 2012).
According to one of the people interviewed, it's all an expectations game: "We don't expect much from life in Denmark, and we are happily surprised when something goods happens." (quote from memory). I doubt that it is that simple. Here is the Deutsche Welle video:
The top 10 happiest nations on the planet are:
1. Denmark
2. Finland
3. Norway
4. Netherlands
5. Canada
6. Switzerland
7. Sweden
8. New Zealand
9. Australia
10. Irela...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - May 6, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: Psychology Happiness Source Type: blogs
Healthcare social media #HCSM - top articles
Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles related to healthcare social media (#HCSM) in the past 2 weeks:
Cardiologist: Physicians Beware on the Twittersphere http://buff.ly/YWDE3x -- William Dillon, MD: "I was left at a conversational disadvantage because of the loss of context that is inherent to 140-character interactions on Twitter. This is a complex issue, and surely not suitable for Twitter. Engaging on this medium on this topic was a mistake. I learned from it."
"Smartphone will evolve to become a 'soulmate' device that knows your body better than you know it yourself" http://buff.ly/Rz6PaK
70% o...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - May 3, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: #HCSM Source Type: blogs
140-character Resume: How Twitter is Changing the Job Hunt
How Twitter is Changing the Job Hunt. Some recruiters say Twitter has transformed their prospecting and hiring, helping them identify candidates they wouldn't have found otherwise, but others say the messaging platform has some way to go before it can replace LinkedIn, Facebook or other job-hunting tools. Lauren Weber from the WSJ reports:
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Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - April 29, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: WSJ Twitter Job Search Source Type: blogs
What are the 6 Most Germ-infested Places in Your Office?
A study by the producer of Kleenex, Kimberly-Clark, found that the 6 "Dirtiest Places" in Your Office are:
- break room sink-faucet handles
- microwave door handles
- keyboards
- refrigerator door handles
- water fountain buttons
- vending machine buttons
And don't forget that the "Five Second Rule" doesn't work, says Dr. Susan Rhem, an infectious disease specialist from the Cleveland Clinic:
A common superstition, the five-second rule states that food dropped on the ground will not be contaminated with bacteria if it is picked up within five seconds of being dropped (Wikipedia).
References:
Office Germs: The 6 Dirt...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - April 24, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
Best of Medical Blogs - weekly review and blog carnival
The “Best of Medical Blogs - weekly review and blog carnival” is a weekly summary of the best posts from medical blogs. Please email your suggestions for inclusion to clinicalcases@gmail.com. Best of Medical Blogs (BMB) is published every Tuesday, just like the old Grand Rounds.
Logic is not good enough. We need evidence. Why should performance measures receive a pass on evaluation?
We once thought it was logical to give antiarrythmic drugs to patients after they had a myocardial infarction. We once thought that beta blockers were contraindicated in systolic dysfunction. We consistently follow logic and ...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - April 23, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: Best of Medical Blogs Source Type: blogs
Industry breeds "superior" rodeo bulls. The result? A lot of cowboys with broken bones
Rodeo Bulls Kick Higher and Buck Harder. A great bucking bronco can be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and an entire industry has sprung up that's dedicated to breeding these superior bulls. The result? A lot of cowboys with broken bones. WSJ's Michael M. Phillips reports:
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Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - April 18, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: WSJ Trauma Source Type: blogs
Healthcare social media #HCSM - top articles
Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles related to healthcare social media (#HCSM) in the past 2 weeks:
The articles were selected from my Twitter and RSS streams. Please feel free to send suggestions for articles to clinicalcases at gmail.com and you will receive an acknowledgement in the next edition of this publication.
How to use social media to supplement a novel curriculum in medical education. Twitter and Facebook are excellent applications of "push technology" as a means to deliver educational conten http://buff.ly/131Q8tW
Wiki as a Participatory Tool for Patients in Clinical Guideline Development h...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - April 15, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: #HCSM Source Type: blogs
