Don’t open wide: Annual check-ups are pretty much useless
I suspect this underestimates the problem. I think a lot of ‘chasing incidentalomas’ in medicine start here:
Two doctors in Colorado scanned through 14 randomized, controlled studies involving 182,000 patients. The articles spanned from 1963 to 1999. The doctors looked at whether those who had regular check-ups had higher mortality rates than their counterparts who dodged such visits. They could not find a difference.“General health checks do not improve important outcomes and are unlikely to ever do so based on the pooled results of this meta-analysis spanning decades of experience,” write authors Allan Pr...
Source: GruntDoc - January 18, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: GruntDoc Tags: Policy Source Type: blogs
Funny apartment complex name – RPR Village
This is in the Medical District here in Fort Worth-
I suppose VDRL Court was taken
For those not in on the joke: RPR
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Source: GruntDoc - January 13, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: GruntDoc Tags: Amusements Source Type: blogs
Texas Medical Association – Legislature Week 1 update
A blessing to this Great State is that the Legislature meets only every other year, and then for only 90 140* days. It concentrates attention.
This episode introduces the new and returning Physician and Nurse Legislators of this session.
*Many thanks to TMA’s Steve Levine for pointing out my error in the comments. Texas History class was a long time ago…
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Source: GruntDoc - January 12, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: GruntDoc Tags: Announcements Source Type: blogs
Quantas mechanics have another work hazard
Ten foot pythons in the engine compartments/flap operators:
Snake clings to wing of Qantas plane – video | World news | guardian.co.uk_640x480
Click the link, I didn’t embed it here as I cannot turn off the autoplay.
From The Guardian.
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Source: GruntDoc - January 11, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: GruntDoc Tags: Amusements Aviation Source Type: blogs
Costa Concordia and its refloating (The Parbuckle Project)
I thought it must be a made-up word, but no (The Free Dictionary):
par·buck·le (pärbkl)
n.
1. A rope sling for rolling cylindrical objects up or down an inclined plane.
2. A sling for raising or lowering an object vertically.
tr.v. par·buck·led, par·buck·ling, par·buck·les
To raise or lower with such a sling.
The Parbuckling Project is a consortium of engineering talent with a truly vast (and challenging) task: remove the sunken Costa Concordia safely and cleanly. I had a look and marvel at the ingenuity.
Now let’s hope it works.
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Source: GruntDoc - January 11, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: GruntDoc Tags: Current Affairs Source Type: blogs
Great Moments in Amazon Kindle tech support
I want to preface this by saying the technical problem I had was of my own doing, and once I talked to someone who had a clue it was fixed in two minutes.
Then, there’s this unintentional comedy! I went to the Amazon Kindle support page, as I’d tried their email support and they couldn’t even be bothered to try, I got ‘please open a chat window’ as their response email.
A chat was begun:
You are now connected to Amazon from Amazon.com.
Me:my kindle fire DH 7″ seems to think it’s in the UK. The .com button in the lower right of the keyboard displays .co.uk, and when searching f...
Source: GruntDoc - January 5, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: GruntDoc Tags: Amusements Web/Tech Source Type: blogs
22 years of Married Bliss
Out of 23, that’s not bad! (It’s our 23rd, that’s just our little joke).
I love you. I always will.
Thanks for marrying me, and taking me away from all that.
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Source: GruntDoc - January 1, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: GruntDoc Tags: Family Source Type: blogs
