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The View From My Sketchbooks
This is the view from my sketchbooks and paintings done en plein aire. They are a selection from the past 3 years as I wandered the roadsides looking for subjects. This is a view of the Triboro Bridge (now renamed the RFK Bridge) from Randall’s Island on the East River. I biked out there to exercise both my body and my right brain. In the middle of the ...Read More (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers)
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - April 24, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Jeffrey M. Levine MD Tags: Art & Medicine Source Type: blogs

Aging & Spirituality on the Covers of The Gerontologist
Given the subject matter it is fitting that my last cover on The Gerontologist came out in time for the Spring holidays. I’ve been looking back on my 20 years of covers on TG and blogging on themes that ran through the images. This post presents a selection of my TG covers that capture Aging & Spirituality. Previous posts have presented my images on topics ...Read More (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers)
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - April 20, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Jeffrey M. Levine MD Tags: An Aging World Geriatric Medicine Source Type: blogs

NEJM Fails to Publish Comments Critical of ACCME Perspective Piece
Screen Shot was taken 4/19/2016 of NEJM web page showing undeclared conflict of interest (Click to enlarge) I find it interesting that my comment to the New England of Journal of Medicine pointing out the undisclosed conflict of interest highlighted above and mentioned two days ago on this blog has yet to be published in the comments section appended to the article. Authors must disclose their (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - April 18, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs

Rethinking Our Medical Education and Publishing Bureaucracy
Medicine has an image problem. On one hand, medicine is full of wonder: incredible technology, incredible innovation, and incredibly bright people. On the other, medicine is full of avarice, full of greed, and full of waste, much of it by the very same folks who bring us all that medicine has to offer: the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The ACGME is an incredibly (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - April 16, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs

Propaganda Machine: How ABIM Spins Its Survey Results
As it continues to spiral out of control, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) issued a press release telling practicing physicians what they've "learned" from "key findings from a representative sample" of internists. Sadly, how their "representative sample" of internists' survey responses was collected and reported for this press release is telling. Reviewing the methods used for (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - April 12, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs

Pressure Ulcers are an Under-Appreciated Public Health Issue
As a geriatric fellow back in the 1980’s I became intrigued by the wide prevalence of pressure ulcers and how little literature there was on this disease. Three decades later, they have not gone away and it amazes me that they are not on the list of recognized public health threats. According to the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research, pressure ulcers affect up ...Read More (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers)
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - April 9, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Jeffrey M. Levine MD Tags: Featured Geriatric Medicine Pressure Ulcers & Wound Care bedsores decubiti decubitus ulcer Healthcare Quality Improving Medical Care Jeff Levine MD pressure sores wound healing Source Type: blogs

Music and Art on the Covers of The Gerontologist
A recent cover of The Gerontologist features a musician at the local Octoberfest, a yearly block party that celebrates the German immigrant heritage of my neighborhood in Manhattan that is now only a memory. TG is the flagship journal of the Gerontological Society of America, the nation’s oldest and largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to research, education, and practice in the field of aging. Looking back ...Read More (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers)
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - April 9, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Jeffrey M. Levine MD Tags: An Aging World Art & Medicine Geriatric Medicine art and aging art and medicine images of aging Jeffrey M Levine MD music and aging photographs The Gerontologist Source Type: blogs

Marijuana Use Lowers Metabolic Syndrome
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Source: EverythingHealth - April 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: blogs

Aging Veterans on the Covers of The Gerontologist
I always had a soft spot for veterans, as my father saw action in the Pacific Theater and I grew up with his war mementos stashed in a corner of my basement. A theme in the photos I’ve taken for covers on The Gerontologist has therefore been veterans, with images that reflect their pride in serving our country. I was recently asked to provide a ...Read More (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers)
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - April 2, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Jeffrey M. Levine MD Tags: Art & Medicine Geriatric Medicine images of aging Jeffrey M Levine MD medicine and art photographs veterans Source Type: blogs

Recognizing the Incurable in Ancient Egypt
The art of medicine is as old as human civilization, and what we think is new has often been done before. When researching the history of wound care I came across an interesting historical antecedent to today’s palliative care practices. I found it in the library of the New York Academy of Medicine in Manhattan, in a translation of an ancient Egyptian medical scroll, the ...Read More (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers)
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - April 1, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Jeffrey M. Levine MD Tags: Featured Geriatric Medicine Medical History ancient egypt dying in America hospice palliative care wound care Source Type: blogs

Oil Pulling Its Benefits and How to Do It Right
Oil Pulling, Its Benefits, and How To Do It Right Written By BeWellBuzz 1.4k Share On Facebook Share On Twitter A gift from India and brought back from the dead by a Ukrainian physician, Dr. Karach, oil pulling is nothing short of a miracle. It is so effective against various ailments that it is rightfully […] (Source: All Kidney News)
Source: All Kidney News - March 18, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: msearn Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

Pesticide Found In Milk Linked To Parkinson’s
Posted By: adminwellness on: March 09, 2016 \ Milk. It does the body good, right? Not always. Dairy is constantly under health scrutiny anymore and this month’s study into a pesticide found to have been used in milk decades ago is reviving that scrutiny. The pesticide, heeptachlor epoxide, […] (Source: All Kidney News)
Source: All Kidney News - March 18, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: msearn Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

& Deadly Diseases Caused by Bacteria in the Gut
7 Deadly Diseases Caused by Bacteria In The Gut ■ March 5, 2016 6:24 AM Did you know the bacteria in our gut comprise an internal organ all of their own? We are colonized by ten times more bacteria in our gut than there are cells in our body! They play a profoundly important role […] (Source: All Kidney News)
Source: All Kidney News - March 17, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: msearn Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

The Daily Astro : Emotional Empowerment & Dash of Blessing! : March, 17…
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Source: All Kidney News - March 17, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: msearn Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs