May 2011
73 posts
The Doctor's Daughter: Death →
imthedoctorsdaughter:
When I was doing chest compressions, I got a glimpse of his face. His eyes were open, but they were blank. He was probably gone before he even got there.
The doctor called time of death. Everyone filed out of the room, including myself.
I’ve been at this hospital for over a year, but this was…
“We forget that life and death do not lie in human hands. We expect infallibility...”
– Anjuli M. Sharma
The wisest words from an eighteen-year-old I have ever read.
(via amazane)
Stomach bug may be linked to Parkinson's →
Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that lives in the stomachs of about half the people in the world, may help trigger Parkinson’s disease, researchers reported May 22 at a meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Parkinson’s disease is a neurological disorder that kills dopamine-producing cells in some parts of the brain. People with the disease have trouble controlling their movements....
Placebo effect linked to genes →
Your genes may determine how you react to a placebo, a new study has found.
Some people with an ailment find their symptoms improve after they’ve been given dummy pills to treat a condition — known as the placebo effect. Knowing this, physicians sometimes give placebos to their patients when they don’t want to prescribe medication. A 2008 study by researchers at the University of Chicago found...
My Medical Diary: How would you feel if you were... →
mymedicaldiary:
I’ve been coming across many articles in magazines, newspapers and on the web in general with the one thing in common: smartphones in medicine. So, I’ve decided to make a post about it. I did a simple Google search to come across the following two stories, which summarizes the gist of this…
“”Aid workers, teachers, doctors, nurses,
the military - people who save lives...”
– James Blunt (via theitunurse)
Agreed.
(via nursling)
My Medical Diary: The Seventh Element of Quality:... →
mymedicaldiary:
Article: http://www.stfm.org/fmhub/fm2011/February/Michael83.pdf#
The characteristics of quality are:
Effective: Based on scientific knowledge to all who could benefit and refraining from providing services to those not likely to benefit (avoiding underuse and overuse)
Patient centered:…
“The public’s experience is that we have amazing clinicians and technologies but...”
– Atul Gawande, in his commencement speech at Harvard Medical School. Read the entire speech in The New Yorker. (via whitecoatwanderlust)
How to make a human neuron →
libertarians:
By transforming cells from human skin into working nerve cells, researchers may have come up with a model for nervous-system diseases and perhaps even regenerative therapies based on cell transplants.
The achievement, reported online today in Nature, is the latest in a fast-moving field called transdifferentiation, in which cells are forced to adopt new identities. In the past...
“Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot.”
– Dutch Proverb (via adenosinetriesphosphate)
“A better understanding of the brain is certain to lead man to a richer...”
– John C. Eccles (from The Future of the Brain Sciences, edited by Samuel Bogoch, 1969)
Miss MD To Be: Most Wasteful Procedures of Primary... →
missmd2be:
“The top 5 recommendations for these 2 specialties <internal medicine & primary care> as well as pediatrics consist mostly of “don’ts,” such as the one for routine imaging for low back pain. There are 2 other “don’ts” that make both the internal medicine and the family medicine lists: Do not…
Miss MD To Be: Experience vs Education: Younger... →
missmd2be:
“Younger doctors appear to be diagnosing and treating cardiovascular disease better than their older colleagues, according to the results of an Italian study. The study, published in the June 2011 issue of the International Journal of Clinical Practice, was conducted by a team led by Dr…
“Your hands are often the first hands an infant feels when it enters this earth...”
– Dr. Regina M. Benjamin, Surgeon General of the U.S. (via psychedenique)
“Practice two things…either help or do not harm.”
– Hippocrates (via demure-vixen)
Miss MD To Be: As someone who swam competitively... →
missmd2be:
“Though preventable and generally mild, acute otitis externa (AOE), or swimmer’s ear, costs around $500 million in direct healthcare costs and 600,000 clinician hours annually, researchers found. Researchers found roughly 2.4 million U.S. patients were diagnosed with the ear condition in…
Back Against the Quacks →
lettersfromanislandmind:
If you don’t know already, homeopathy is a popular system of alternative medicine invented by German physician Samuel Hahnemann in the late 1700s.
Homeopathy is based upon the central principle of ‘similia similbus curentur’, ‘let like by cured by like’. This is known in homeopathy as the ‘Law of Similars’. The homeopath examines the patient’s symptoms (including...
Cut Red Meat Intake, say Cancer Researchers →
junk-disorderly:
Cancer experts have issued a fresh warning about eating red and processed meat after “the most authoritative report” on the subject blamed them for causing the disease.
The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) is advising people to limit their intake of red meats such as beef, pork and lamb, and to avoid processed meat such as ham and salami altogether. “Convincing evidence”...
Arash Rahi on Tumblr: Common Causes of Pelvic Pain →
arashrahi:
By Dr Arash Rahi
As an obstetrics and gynecology generalist, as well as a specialist in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery, Dr. Arash Rahi provides patient care and oversees training of medical students and residents. In this capacity, Dr. Rahi frequently encounters women…
White Coat: In the Company of Death →
white-coat:
A long time ago I was asked about my first direct encounter with death in a mailbag post, but I think it’s a really important aspect of medicine and thought I’d elaborate.
There are a lot of questions people pose to me when they find out I’m in medical school. Obviously “so you can get me a…
