Fulfilling fatherhood and a thriving medical practice: my story
I started having children towards the end of my medical school. By the time I became a resident, I already had two young boys. My wife was also a pathology resident at that time. We worked hard and were fortunate to have parents who helped us occasionally. However, we still missed out on a lot
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Fulfilling fatherhood and a thriving medical practice: my story originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 23, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Francisco M. Torres, MD Tags: Physician Primary Care Source Type: blogs
MCQ on Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
All of the following are true regarding type 1 diabetes mellitus except:
A. Accounts for about 10% of all cases of diabetes mellitus
B. First peak of presentation occur at 5 to 7 years of age
C. Can occur between 1 and 2 years in high risk groups
D. In all populations, females are significantly more affected
Correct answer: D.
Type 1 diabetes mellitus is slightly more common in boys and men. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK441918/) (Source: Cardiophile MD)
Source: Cardiophile MD - April 20, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Sham peer review epidemic: A doctor ’ s career destroyed
An excerpt from The Medical Matrix: One Physician’s Story Maneuvering the Minefields of Medicine. It was a routine Monday morning in the middle of May 2011. I had custody of my boys that day, so I dropped them off at school and headed to work. As soon as I got to work I received a
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Sham peer review epidemic: A doctor’s career destroyed originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 28, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Aysun Alagoz, MD Tags: Physician Hospital-Based Medicine Source Type: blogs
poem
Soft RhymeViolins are not woodwindsNo matter how much I would like Them to be for the soft rhyme.And boys are not little menNo matter how much easier it would beTo give them the grown-up medicine11/20/23 (Source: Buckeye Surgeon)
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - November 20, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
Do dogs live in a black and white world?
As a child, I remember my mother telling me something she learned when she was an eye nurse – dogs are colourblind. Now, if I remember rightly, she didn’t mean they could only see in black and white as research in the 1940s had suggested, but that they had limited receptivity to the full colour palate. They were red-green colourblind, like some boys and men. The issue came up after they tested us boys at school for colour blindness with those spotty number colour charts.
The red colour of our lab’s collar would’ve looked grey to her
However, proof that the canine world isn’t monochrome didn...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - October 11, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Biology Source Type: blogs
Is a dog ’ s life monochrome?
Do dogs live in a black-and-white world?
As a child, I remember my mother telling me something she learned when she was an eye nurse – dogs are colourblind. Now, if I remember rightly, she didn’t mean they could only see in black and white as research in the 1940s had suggested, but that they had limited receptivity to the full colour palate. They were red-green colourblind, like some boys and men. The issue came up after they tested us boys at school for colour blindness with those spotty number colour charts.
The red colour of our lab’s collar would’ve looked grey to her
However, proof that the ca...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - October 11, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Biology Source Type: blogs
Wednesday Bible Study: Going around in circles
The ridiculous repetition continues, and I ' m not sure what to do about it. This is incredibly boring. They just keep saying the same thing, over and over, at absurd length. I pledged we ' d read the whole damn thing however so in order to keep my word, we just need to plow ahead. Unfortunately, I must warn you, it goes on for quite a while longer in the same circles. This does give us a few popular cliches, e.g. nothing but skin and bones, the skin of my teeth. Whether that makes the whole thing worthwhile I can ' t say. Anyway I ' ll give you two chapters to try to get this over with as soon as possible.19 Then Job...
Source: Stayin' Alive - October 4, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
poem
Divorce II like when the sun and the moonShare the same ambered sky In the hour before night My favorite Tom and Jerry cartoonsAre the ones where cat and mouseAre friends not foes.But mom and dadAt the same eventIn the same room?I ’m two boys in one bodyFiddling with four handsEyes so wide it hurts.What I became in the dayDiffered from the man of the night.They had to take turns.Before the split, most trenchantlyOn nights of vicious fighting,I was still one boyListening to the moonWhisper its secrets To a fading sun 9/16/23 (Source: Buckeye Surgeon)
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - September 16, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
Sex, sexuality and gender
The second bullet point is " There are two genders. " In the vernacular, people may use gender and sex (in the sense of whether an entity is male or female) interchangeably, but in scientific language they do not mean the same thing. Sex is a biological term, gender a sociological term.* Biologically, most metazoans mostly come in two sexes, designated male and female, distinguished by their role in reproduction. They both contribute half the genetic material to offspring, but the gamete -- the cell that combines the genes of the two parents and then divides and redivides to produce the new animal -- remains with the ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - August 25, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
THCB 20th Birthday Classic: As I’ve always suspected, Health Care = Communism + Frappuccinos
By MATTHEW HOLT
Our 20th birthday continues with a few classics coming out. Back in 2005 I was really cutting a lyrical rug, and would never miss a chance to get that Cambridge training in Marxism into use. This essay about whether health care should be a public or private good has always been one of my favorites, even if I’m not sure Starbucks is still making Frappuccinos. And 18 years later the basic point of this essay remains true, even if many of you will not have a clue who Vioxx or Haliburton were or why they mattered back then!
Those of you who think I’m an unreconstructed commie will correctly suspec...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Matthew Holt Communism Frappuccinos Source Type: blogs
Dave Bradley ’ s Music
TL:DR – I have dozens of songs and instrumentals for you to download or stream through my BandCamp page right now.
Although, I’m probably best known as a professional science writer and an amateur wildlife photographer, when I’m not involved in those you might catch me singing and playing live with my band, C5 Website/Facebook, or in our community a choir (TyrannoChorus). You can hear my latest solo and collaborative recorded music on BandCamp and SoundCloud. Some of my stuff is on Spotify and iTunes too, including a few cover songs. As of 30th July 2023, Mrs Sciencebase and myself are also now veterans ...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - August 14, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Music Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – July 23, 2023 – Number of people impacted by data breaches up 56% compared to last year, CMS keeps temporary telehealth expansion in 2024 Medicare fee schedule, and more
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
News and Studies
The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule from CMS would continue many of the public health emergency telehealth flexibilities, such as an expanded definition of telehealth practitioners, continued...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 23, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Regulations AliveCor American Telemedicine Association Amwell ATA AVIA Black Book Research Bren Webster CenTrak Cerner CMS eClinicalWorks eCW Force Therapeutics Fortified Health Security He Source Type: blogs
The boys are always prepared
I live in eastern Connecticut, not far from the Coast Guard Academy. For those who don ' t know it ' s in New London, actually across the street from Connecticut College, which my cousin attended and a friend of mind taught at, so I ' ve been in the area a few times. The Academy is a source of pride to our state and one of a few important symbols of our maritime tradition. Actually I drive right past it whenever I ' m headed to Mystic and points nearby. The Mystic Seaport museum is another of those important symbols -- home, among other rare artifacts, to the only surviving wooden whaling ship, the Charles W. Morgan. ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - June 30, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
ReasonTV Lampoons the Jones Act
Colin GrabowReasonTV and parody musician Remy have teamed up on a new video poking fun at theJones Act, and the result is nothing short of hilarious:Taking its inspiration from the Beastie Boys ’ 1994 songSabotage, the ReasonTV/ Remy video features a Canadian‐flagged tanker attempting to transport supplies from Florida to Puerto Rico in the wake of a hurricane. Blocking the tanker’s ability to offload its precious cargo, of course, is the Jones Act, the 1920 protectionist shipping law that restricts domestic wat erborne transportation—such as between Florida and Puerto Rico—to vessels that are U.S.-flag...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 12, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Colin Grabow Source Type: blogs
‘ Women ’ s pain ’ – not just ‘ women ’ s pain ’
Women really do get a rough deal when it comes to pain. We live with the myth that because women experience pain in childbirth and (often) with periods of course women can ‘deal with it.’
Until recently women and female animals haven’t been included in pain research, and guess what? Women and female animals don’t have the same biological system for processing nociception.
Men are told ‘don’t be a girl’ about their pain.
Women are told they ‘look too good’ to be experiencing pain.
Women don’t get taken seriously when they ask for help with their pain &#...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - April 20, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Pain Pain conditions Chronic pain gender gender disparity Health healthcare Research sex women Source Type: blogs
