May 2007
31 posts
Jacked Up, and good to go!
Day before first year final, continuous consumption of triple bagged tea for the entire day … don’t need sleep … super alert!
Northern Outreach - MedHunters →
Wow! We’re on the front page of MedHunters Magazine!
Vagal blocking - obesity control →
This isn’t the solution to the obesity epidemic. It is estimated that only 2 - 3% of obese patients have a physiological basis behind their problems. The major solutions lie with education and prevention.
Death Angel at edwinleap.com →
Clinton Reenters the Health-Care Fray -... →
Lets see if she can do any better than her 1993 attempt.
“Do you realize that David Was throwing stones at a sick person?”
– Endocrinology Prof on patients suffering from excess growth hormone
Ten burger recipes to get through Memorial Day -... →
Everyone in medical school needs their form of release. Some find it @ the gym, some find it from their spouse, some find it at the bar, some find it in grape vine bending amounts of casual sex - I find it with cooking something new. mmm…Burgers… But sex is good too…but mmm… Burgers
Breakfast Reading Material
As usual, I was eating my lipid prof approved nutritious breakfast in the first class of the morning - oats, various nuts, bran, yogurt, craisens, and various other good stuff. Then, the urologist showed a severed penis on the projector. The patient had attempted to cut more proximally, but had failed. He was clearly successful on his second attempt. Then, the urologist showed pictures of the...
In Native Alaskan Villages, a Culture of Sorrow -... →
We don’t need penis elongation, penile dysfunction drugs, and cosmetic botox injections. We need public health initiatives in these rural communities. We need programs that train members of the community. The study should not come as a surprise to anyone, but somebody had to put up a scientific, statistically backed study. Check out the statistics of Northern aboriginal, native and...
Doctor Grafted Skin to Aid Drug Dealers, U.S.... →
Soon, similar to Tom Cruise’s black market eyes in Minority Report, you’ll be able to change your biometric markers for a price.
DIET: Thin people may be fat inside - Yahoo! News →
Damn - I have an invite to an all you can eat wings night @ Hooters too.
Pregnant Cravings
Four people just walked by the new Starbucks by the hospital. The first three, in their mid 20s, walked by the Starbucks. The last, pregnant, took one look, and made a “bee-line” towards the ordering station and ordered the most calorie dense drink available. Ahh, pregnancy - it’s a beautiful thing.
Far from Miami, babies die in rural north Florida... →
We have to decide - where do we fit upon a grand scale - of being completely entrepreneurial or being completely selfless, and serving the undeserved.
Study casts new doubts on HPV vaccine - Los... →
Triple P of pharmacology:
Panacea Poison Plateau
I wouldn’t call the the vaccine poison, but this is interesting since so many people are for and against making the vaccine mandatory.
In Guilty Plea, OxyContin Maker to Pay $600... →
2.8 billion dollars of revenue generated by the drug. 600 million dollar fine. Thousands misled and sent down the road of addiction. That’s a pretty good investment right?
Doctors Reap Millions for Anemia Drugs - New York... →
M&M - not the overly sweet candy of your youth - it’s Money&Medicine showing us its huge ethical head again.
“The only answer to the question “Why me?” is this: Because bad stuff happens to...”
– The Struggle to Move Beyond ‘Why Me?’ - New York Times ~On the question of why bad things happen to me…grieve, cope, head up - live life.
Adolescence: No Link to Promiscuity Found in... →
Too bad there are people who still insist on legislating their own personal belief systems upon others. All the evidence in the world won’t change that, even if this study was augmented to an irrefutable randomized control trial.
“It’s like you replaced Arnold Schwarzenegger with two midgets!”
– ~Endocrinology professor, on the increased number, but decreased size of thyroid cells in the thyroid gland due to the gland’s compensation for low iodine levels in the body
DB’s Medical Rants » Blog Archive » How do we... →
What are the considerations countries all around the world have to make in a world of limited resources within the health care system?
Medical Pet Peeves
Some people hate the waits at the waiting room of a family doc in an underserved community. Some people hate the drug bills. A lot of people hate the insurance companies. My Pet Peeve? It goes like this: Undergrad MCAT Med School USMLE Step I USMLE Step II USMLE Step III Residency Board certification Crap load of student debt Average time: ~12 yrs You still want this? ….Yes yes! Give...
52 Proven Stress Reducers
#17 - I think health care providers have a very hard time with this one 1. Get up fifteen minutes earlier in the morning. The inevitable morning mishaps will be less stressful. 2. Prepare for the morning the evening before. Set the breakfast table. Make lunches. Put out the clothes you plan to wear, etc. 3. Don’t rely on your memory. Write down appointment times, when to...
From China to Panama, a Trail of Poisoned Medicine... →
Brazil to break AIDS drug patent - AIDS -... →
And to My Loyal Feng Shui Adviser, I Leave $3... →
Free Drug Samples? Bad Idea, Some Say - New York... →