A lack of social education in medical schools today
I’m a second-year medical student, and quite recently, a lecture left me with serious doubts about the state of social awareness in the medical field and schools. The dermatologist lecturing described a patient with secondary syphilis, stating he felt the case was odd since, “He [the patient] didn’t look gay or anything,” as if only homosexual men could contract that disease.
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Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 1, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Anonymous Tags: Education Medical school Source Type: blogs
Chronicling the Tuskegee Syphilis Study Through Art
Obiora N. Anekwe (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - June 12, 2014 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Susan Gilbert Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Eat Pooideae (A Problem For Hungry Humans)
Pooideae is a subfamily within the biological family of grasses, Poaceae. Grasses within the Pooideae subfamily include wheat, rye, barley, corn, and rice, as well as the rye grass and Kentucky bluegrass in your back yard and wild grasses in fields near your home.
Pooideae grasses can be promiscuous. Some of the grasses in this subfamily are able to cross-fertilize and mate with each other. This is how, for instance, einkorn wheat from 10,000 years ago evolved to create emmer wheat, the 28-chromosome of the Bible. Emmer is the product of the natural mating of 14-chromosome einkorn with a 14-chromosome wild grass, Aegilops ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 4, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Grasses Source Type: blogs
Eat Pooideae (A Problem For Hungry Humans)
Pooideae is a subfamily within the biological family of grasses, Poaceae. Grasses within the Pooideae subfamily include wheat, rye, barley, corn, and rice, as well as the rye grass and Kentucky bluegrass in your back yard and wild grasses in fields near your home.
Pooideae grasses can be promiscuous. Some of the grasses in this subfamily are able to cross-fertilize and mate with each other. This is how, for instance, einkorn wheat from 10,000 years ago evolved to create emmer wheat, the 28-chromosome of the Bible. Emmer is the product of the natural mating of 14-chromosome einkorn with a 14-chromosome wild grass, Aegilops ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 4, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Grasses Source Type: blogs
Eat Pooideae
Pooideae is a subfamily within the biological family of grasses, Poaceae. Grasses within the Pooideae subfamily include wheat, rye, barley, corn, and rice, as well as the rye grass and Kentucky bluegrass in your back yard and wild grasses in fields near your home.
Pooideae grasses can be promiscuous. Some of the grasses in this subfamily are able to cross-fertilize and mate with each other. This is how, for instance, einkorn wheat from 10,000 years ago evolved to create emmer wheat, the 28-chromosome of the Bible. Emmer is the product of the natural mating of 14-chromosome einkorn with a 14-chromosome wild grass, Aegilops ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 4, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Grasses Source Type: blogs
St Patrick's Day Nursing Humor: Saint Potty's Day Celebration!
(HNN) While March 17th is a Saint Patrick's Day celebration for the Irish, the beer lovers and the color green, it is also a day of excitement for nurses everywhere. You see, March 17th is also known as Saint Potty's Day. That's not a typo folks. Saint Potty's Day is the glorious day of bladder salvation for hard working nurses all across this great world of ours. While St. Patrick's Day marks the arrival of Christianity in Ireland, St. Potty's Day provides a once a year opportunity for nurses to enjoy at least one scheduled pee break in a 12 hour shift.According to legend, Saint Potty was a 1...
Source: The Happy Hospitalist - March 17, 2014 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Tamer Mahrous Source Type: blogs
Luther Terry Remembered as Surgeon General Who Released 1964 Smoking Report, But There's More to His Legacy
As tobacco control advocates commemorate the 50th anniversary of the release of the 1964 Surgeon General's report on smoking by Dr. Luther Terry, we are praising Dr. Terry for his groundbreaking and pivotal work that many view as having started the tobacco control movement. Dr. Terry served as Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service from 1961 to 1965.In fact, the American Cancer Society (ACS) has established a series of awards given in Dr. Terry's honor and memory. According to the ACS: "The Luther L. Terry Awards are presented triennially and in conjunction with the World Conference on Tobacco OR Healt...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - January 28, 2014 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Source Type: blogs
Do You Believe More Vaccines or Better Nutrition Prevents Disease?
Conclusion
Tremendous government financial and medical resources are wasted on the development of more vaccinations to prevent diseases. No research has proven the effectiveness of vaccinations in preventing illness. Overwhelming evidence exists to show vaccines are dangerous to health and contribute to illness, injury and death.
To prevent disease, one should avoid vaccinations, mercury dental fillings and toxic food. Following a nutrient-dense diet of whole, organic foods and removing toxic metals from the body are the best avenues to try and prevent illness and enhance health.
References
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Source: vactruth.com - December 20, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Michelle Goldstein Tags: Michelle Goldstein Top Stories Dr. Russell Blaylock National Institutes of Health (NIH) Nutrition truth about vaccines Weston Price Source Type: blogs
Dr. Grumpy's gift guide
Love cupcakes? Who doesn't? (okay, I'm not fond of them, but am in the minority).What could make a cupcake even more appetizing than it already is? More frosting? Sprinkles? Realistic sores from sexually-transmitted diseases?Mmmmm... chancres.These delectable "clapcakes" are available in Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Herpes, and, um, a handful of other reasons to use condoms.Bon Appetit! (Source: Doctor Grumpy in the House)
Source: Doctor Grumpy in the House - December 13, 2013 Category: Neurologists Authors: Grumpy, M.D. Source Type: blogs
The antibiotics crisis
Why are antibiotics so important?Without them, modern medicine would not be possible. Arguably the most important factor in the 30-year jump in American life expectancy in the 20th century, these "wonder drugs" allow us to fight the whole gamut of bacterial illness, from everyday ear infections to diseases such as syphilis, typhoid, and tuberculosis that used to kill millions of people. Their discovery about 100 years ago also revolutionized the world of surgery: As antibiotics drastically reduced the number of post-operative infections, standard operations that used to be considered perilous — such as appendix removals ...
Source: PharmaGossip - November 18, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
What do pus cells in the semen mean ?
Infectious diseases were common in India in the past. Smallpox, for instance, used to result in azoospermia and this infection injured the epididymis, leading to ductal obstruction. Tuberculosis can also affect the epididymis, causing azoospermia. Gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis, along with other STDs (sexually transmitted diseases), are also capable of damaging the man's genital system, resulting in irreparable injury. Mumps is another viral disease which could cause inflammation of the testis - particularly when young men are afflicted with it. This could even result in testicular failure if it damages both testes.
Th...
Source: The Patient's Doctor - November 11, 2013 Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Tags: pyospermia Semen leucocytospermia pus cells Source Type: blogs
University of Minnesota must investigate suicide in psychiatric research study
The University of Minnesota must set up independent inquiry to examine what happened in clinical trial that led to the 2004 death of Dan Markingson, say scholars
Over one hundred seventy leading scholars in health law, bioethics and medical research have called on the University of Minnesota to investigate the 2004 death of a psychiatric research subject, charging that university administrators have ”refused to publicly engage in a transparent, open, and critical assessment of what went wrong in this study.” The letter, led by Trudo Lemmens, the Scholl Chair of Health Law and Policy at the University of Toronto...
Source: PharmaGossip - October 22, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
More Unintended Consequences Of Digital Data: How An EMR Gave My Patient Syphilis
I used to be a big believer in the transformative power of digital data in medicine. In fact, I devoted the past decade of my life to assisting the “movement” towards better record keeping and shared data. It seemed intuitive that breaking down the information silos in healthcare would be the first logical step in establishing price transparency, promoting evidence-based practices, and empowering patients to become more engaged in their care decisions. Unfortunately I was very wrong.
Having now worked with a multitude of electronic medical records systems at hospitals around the country, one thing is certain: t...
Source: Better Health - August 22, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Dr. Val Jones Tags: Health Policy Opinion Digital Data Electronic Medical Records EMR Errors Health Data Hospital Limitation Problems Technology The Problem With EMRs Source Type: blogs
How to Cover Up Research Abuse and Intimidate Critics. By Carl Elliott
Imagine that you lose your only son to suicide in a medical experiment. When you try to get his study records, the university refuses. When you file suit, the university argues successfully in court that it is "immune." Then it retaliates by filing a legal action against you, demanding that you pay the university $57,000 in legal costs. When you try to deliver a letter of complaint to the university president, his staff calls security guards and has you escorted out of the building.
Believe it or not, these are the actions taken by the University of Minnesota, where I teach medical ethics, against Mary Weiss, a 70-year-ol...
Source: PharmaGossip - August 14, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
A Matter Of Trust: Minorities Are Suspicious Of Clinical Trials
Trying to entice Americans to participate in clinical trials remains a contentious topic. Drugmakers and clinical research continue to look overseas where costs are lower and there are fewer difficulties finding people whose participation would not be complicated by other medicines they already take. But convincing Americans to enroll in studies can also be challenging.
A key issue is a lack of trust, which a new survey finds runs rather high among many Americans, regardless of race. To wit, 51 percent of Asians, 52 percent of Hispanics, 54 percent of whites and 61 percent of African-Americans cite this as a major reason f...
Source: Pharmalot - July 31, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: esilverman Source Type: blogs
