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Why Everyone Ought To Be Drinking Matcha Tea Routinely
Daily life is generally stressful for most people. Considering the variety of individuals to see and also activities to do, it is easy to come to be distracted and overwhelmed. Until you have got limitless assets, chances are you won’t be able to take off for a deserted tropical isle where you can have peace and quiet without any body near. Fortunately, you will get some much needed stress relief with the help of matcha tea. Many people are acquainted with the health benefits of ingesting this kind of green tea, but are not aware there are mental health ones too. This tea soothes your mind and enhances the results of...
Source: All Kidney News - July 31, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: admin Tags: Foods & Culinary Source Type: blogs

A Simple Plan For Investigating Houses
Steps to Help You Buy Your New Home A very important decision to make one day is one about buying a home. Your real estate agent has gotten you this far, you almost have a new home! You’re so close to seeing your new home at this point with the signed papers and pending home inspection. Greetings! I’m pleased to tell you that I will be your home inspector. Some explanation needs to be done after your home inspection report is given to you. You may be enjoying what you see in your house at the moment. There is a strong feeling of fulfillment in your heart as you are so close to achieving your dream. There are...
Source: All Kidney News - July 31, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: admin Tags: Health & Fitness Source Type: blogs

When Patients Tweet Their Own Heart Attack
I was called at 04:30AM for a patient with tachycardia in the hospital and as I logged into my EMR from home, I saw this on Twitter: Usually don't get excited about ECGs like this, but this one is mine...#NoJoke #LifeChanger pic.twitter.com/fSng2k5pxK — rob rogers (@EM_Educator) July 30, 2016 In under two hours, there were 15 retweets, 44 "likes," and 19 comments that appeared on Twitter (so < img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/TuRAx/~4/nADjdr3i-UE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/ > (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - July 29, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs

Moving Forward With Ending MOC
Legislative action at the level of state medical societies to end requirements for participation in the unproven American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) /American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program is moving ahead swiftly nationwide. Draft proposals for language for resolutions to end MOC at both state and federal levels can be found here (state - < img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/TuRAx/~4/7GDnG189Cy8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/ > (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - July 26, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs

Nurse Creates The Mother Lode of All Advance Directives.
Albany, NY -- Adrian Fleming knew all about the horrors that went on at her hospital everyday. As a seasoned floor nurse at SunnyView Hospital for over 20 years, she had a front seat view of the face palms that threatened patient safety everyday. She also knew someday she would be a patient in her own hospital and with that fear in mind, set out to create the mother lode of all advance directives.An advance directive is a written statement of a person's wishes regarding medical treatment created to ensure those wishes are carried out should the person be unable to communicate them to a doctor.Her advance directi...
Source: The Happy Hospitalist - July 20, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Tamer Mahrous Source Type: blogs

The Untold Story of Three ABIM-Sanctioned Physicians
He was a bright medical resident in his third year of internal medicine residency - industrious, committed, a team player. He never thought of himself as special. He had studied hard and achieved much in his short 30 years. Not only was he nearing the end of his residency training in Philadelphia, he was married and had his first child about to be born July 19, 2007. Like most first-time wage < img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/TuRAx/~4/U7i6cJGZDeo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/ > (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - July 20, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs

Top 10 Causes of DKA Hospitalization (ICD-10 Codes)
Most internists are taught the three most common causes of hospitalization for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) are infection, infection, infection. In clinical reality, the three most likely causes of hospitalization for DKA are didn't take insulin, didn't take insulin and didn't take insulin. With ICD-9, E15.1 could be used to code DKA Hospitalization Due to Noncompliance. With ICD-10 coding rules, didn't take insulin is not specific enough to code the cause of DKA hospitalization. The new ICD-10 codes provide a much more detailed look at the causes of DKA leading to hospitalization and will hopef...
Source: The Happy Hospitalist - July 19, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Tamer Mahrous Source Type: blogs

NEJM report on ACOs
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - July 16, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: politics and policy quality and safety Source Type: blogs

Top 10 Reasons Patients Skip Dialysis
The National Association of Noncompliant Dialysis Patients (NANDP), the largest noncompliant patient association in America, has released their 2016 Top 10 Reasons For Skipping Dialysis survey. Debuting in the top ten for the first time in this annual survey were Shopping on Amazon Prime Day and Playing Pokemon GO. "Amazon, Pokemon and Netflix are driving our chronic dialysis patients to an early grave," said Dr Stanley Cornsmith, M.D., Director of AMA Patient Satisfaction. "I don't even want to think of what will happen once virtual reality goes mainstream. We'll have hundreds of th...
Source: The Happy Hospitalist - July 15, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Tamer Mahrous Source Type: blogs

Another Zika virus review
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - July 15, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: infectious disease Source Type: blogs

Zika virus review
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - July 14, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: infectious disease Source Type: blogs

18 Awesome Pokemon GO Medical Memes for Doctors and Nurses and Patients!
Pokemon GO, the augmented reality smart phone game, has taken the world by storm. Millions of addicted players are roaming the streets, day and night, hunting pikachus with gross disregard for everyone around them. And what better way to discuss how Pokemon GO has affected doctors, nurses and patients alike than 18 perfectly described medical memes explaining the many ways life is now different in a post Pokemon world. Please enjoy these 18 original Happy Hospitalist Pokemon medical memes and feel free to add your own in the comments below. Now stop reading and GO Pokemoning!"Waiting for call light ...
Source: The Happy Hospitalist - July 13, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Tamer Mahrous Source Type: blogs

Higher prevalence of pancreatic cancer in patients newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - July 13, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: endocrinology gastroenterology Source Type: blogs

ABMS vs The Poor
The chilling reality of what is happening to patients when the ABMS changes the definition of what is required to be Board certified and ties it to Medicaid payments: CMS officials disagree, saying in so many words that it's "unfortunate," but these Tennessee doctors skipped over the details on who, and what services, qualified for the additional pay. First, CMS rules specified that Medicaid (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - July 12, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs

Hepatitis B and C associated glomerular diseases
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - July 11, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: gastroenterology nephrology Source Type: blogs