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How Not to Harm Your Patients When Inserting Chest Tubes
Carolyn Clancy, MD, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland, points you to an excellent source to learn the right way to insert a chest tube. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - March 21, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Carolyn Clancy, MD Source Type: podcasts

Physicians Pay Attention: You Aren't Testing Your Patients Adequately for Kidney Disease!
Herman Hurwitz, MD, FCAP, Senior Medical Director, Quest Diagnostics, Mid Atlantic BU Philadelphia Campus, explains why you should be looking more for CKD. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - March 17, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Herman Hurwitz, MD, FCAP Source Type: podcasts

Poetry and Medicine
Rose Bromberg, Resident Poet with the Program in Narrative Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, NY, discusses adding poetry to art and music in medicine. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - March 14, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Rose Bromberg, Resident Poet with the Program in Narrative Medicine Source Type: podcasts

Issues in Creating a US Health Television Network
Lawrence Grouse, MD, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Washington School of Medicine, gives details on how to set up US Health TV. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - March 10, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Lawrence Grouse, MD, PhD Source Type: podcasts

Patient Handoffs, or Walking Along a Narrow Mountain Ledge
Sandeep Jauhar, MD, PhD, Director, Heart Failure Program, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New York, and best-selling author, reminds us of our internship problems. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - March 7, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Sandeep Jauhar, MD, PhD Source Type: podcasts

The Ethics of Outsourcing Surrogate Motherhood to India
Josephine Johnston, LLB (hons), MBHL, Associate for Law and Bioethics, The Hastings Center, New York, explores the ethics of renting Indian uteri. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - March 3, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Josephine Johnston, LLB (hons), MBHL Source Type: podcasts

The Top Ten Unfounded Health Scares of the Year
Elizabeth M. Whelan, ScD, MS, MPH, President, Founder, American Council on Science and Health, New York, compares notes on the top 10 health-scare myths of 2007. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - February 29, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Elizabeth M. Whelan, ScD, MS, MPH Source Type: podcasts

Fibromyalgia Is Not a Rheumatologic Disease Anymore
George T. Griffing, MD, Professor of Medicine, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri; Editor-in-Chief, Internal Medicine, eMedicine, discusses whether we should believe in fibromyalgia. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - February 25, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: George T. Griffing, MD Source Type: podcasts

Clinicians Must Reinvent the Medical Record to Stimulate the Adoption of Electronic Medical Records
Blake Lesselroth, MD, MBI, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Medical Informatics, Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, proposes a radical reform for electronic medical records. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - February 22, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Blake Lesselroth, MD, MBI Source Type: podcasts

Fat Reduction by Topical Waist Applications May Actually Work
George D. Lundberg, MD, notes an exciting result about fat reduction by topical waist applications. It may be worthy of further study. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - February 21, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: George D. Lundberg, MD Source Type: podcasts

Navigating in the Sea of Healthcare
Karen Donelan, ScD, Senior Scientist in Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, addresses the morass of navigating healthcare. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - February 18, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Karen Donelan, ScD Source Type: podcasts

In Memoriam: Judah Folkman, MD (1933-2008), A Giant of Cancer Therapy
Dov Michaeli, MD, PhD, CEO, Madah Medica, California, eulogizes his mentor, the father of angiogenesis study, Judah Folkman. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - February 15, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Dov Michaeli, MD, PhD Source Type: podcasts

What Is the Best Way to Treat and Rehabilitate a Ruptured Achilles Tendon?
What is the best way to treat and rehabilitate a ruptured Achilles tendon? (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - February 14, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: George D. Lundberg, MD Source Type: podcasts

Physicians and Nurses Together Can Improve Patient Safety
Carolyn Clancy, MD, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland, continues her educational series. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - February 11, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Carolyn Clancy, MD Source Type: podcasts

Spread of MRSA: Past Time for Action
Thomas Ward, MD, Chief, Infectious Diseases, Portland Oregon VA Medical Center, teaches us how to prevent MRSA. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - February 8, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Dr. Thomas Ward Source Type: podcasts