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| [previous 50] | | by bookofjoe at December 31, 1969, 11:00 pm | bookofjoe | |
"If Bart Simpson founded Facebook, it would look this this."
Can't get much better than that.
"The site lets users create one-of-a-kind DIY comic strips using custom characters, colored backgrounds, multiple panels, and thought bubbles. (You can even design your own cartoon avatar). Users post, share, and vote on their favorite funnies."
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| | by bookofjoe at December 31, 1969, 11:00 pm | bookofjoe | |
Mine arrived — from Japan, no less — yesterday, and I must say it is a wonderful addition to my treadmill desk space.
It's just as described in Episode 1 on May 9, with the following observations after using it all afternoon and evening yesterday with my iPod nano (it also works with the shuffle):
1) The sound is crystal-clear. I've been li |
| | by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. (retrieved May 18, 2008, 9:38 am) | World of Psychology | | Drug makers have long bemoaned the list of negative side effects while taking the older tricyclic antidepressants (the most prevalent of which were a feeling of “dry mouth”, drowsiness, upset stomach or constipation). None of those side effects are good things to have to deal with when taking an antidepressant.
Lo and behold, the new |
| | (retrieved May 18, 2008, 7:42 am) | Clinical Cases and Images - Blog | | Some readers may have noticed that I often publish posts on topics different from medicine and technology during the weekends. This is an example:This Is The Life, Amy MacDonaldAmy MacDonald is a Scottish singer and songwriter who has a number one record in the UK and now she is coming to North America. Link via Teresa Lo, InVivoAnalytics.com.Other |
| | (retrieved May 18, 2008, 1:37 am) | Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog | | The following is a reader take by an anonymous physician.In November of 2004, the state of Florida adopted an amendment to its state constitution making peer review records available to patients and their attorneys in legal proceedings. On March 6th of this year, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that this privilege applied retroactively to records o |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 11:41 pm) | GNU/Linux And Open Source Medical Software News | |
Thomas Beale, Chair of the openEHR Architecture Review Board has posted an announcement calling for more community involvement in further solidifying the openEHR healthcare information specifications.
The email is posted below and it contains several good links regarding openEHR ARB activities.
If you are not yet fa |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 10:43 pm) | Rebel Doctor Web Log | | The current issue of Medical Economics magazine has an interesting article about medical ethics: A consequence of fewer physicians accepting Medicare and Medicaid recipients, of course, is that those who continue to treat these patients will be forced to see a disproportionate share of them, and suffer the economic consequences. FP Patricia Roy of |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 6:40 pm) | Bioethics Discussion Blog | | What the heck is “expedited partner therapy”?Do you have any idea what “expedited partner therapy” is all about? It sounds like a kind of cut and dried, straightforward administrative action. But it isn’t!! It is all about the treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases through the use of identified patients with the disea |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 5:43 pm) | Dolittler | |
The dust is still swirling around the circumstances of Eight Belle’s untimely demise at the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago today. The sandstorm kicked up in the wake of the heavily televised tragedy will have at least two immediate repercussions, and maybe three (if we’re lucky).1-More viewers gritting their teeth in fear of ano |
| | by bookofjoe at December 31, 1969, 11:00 pm | bookofjoe | |
Long story short: scientists have developed a relatively inexpensive medical scanner ($1,000 v $70,000 for a conventional ultrasound machine) that can be plugged into a cellphone, which transmits raw scan data to a remote computer processor. The computer converts the data into images which are then sent back to the cellphone for viewing on its sc |
| | by rcentor (retrieved May 17, 2008, 4:37 pm) | DB's Medical Rants | |
Two important articles which stem from the ACP meeting - When Primary Care Slips From Less Pay to No Pay and Primary care shortage undermines the health of everyone in the U.S.. KevinMd featured these. I am at the airport and do not have time to comment, but I will write about these pieces tomorrow.
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| | by bookofjoe at December 31, 1969, 11:00 pm | bookofjoe | |
Kool-Aid and Reality Distortion Field
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| | by bookofjoe at December 31, 1969, 11:00 pm | bookofjoe | |
Amazing!
Just one week after my detailed suggestions on how to improve his Saturday feature section, today's iteration reveals he's done precisely what I urged, completely eliminating two of the three areas of print deadwood I observed were simply taking up space.
Here's the relevant part of last Saturday's post:
Three ways to instantly improv |
| | by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. (retrieved May 17, 2008, 2:38 pm) | World of Psychology | | I have long been skeptical of the direct causation link some professionals pronounce exists between increased violence and playing violent video games (or video games with violence in them). If something smells like a scapegoat, it usually is (think of the Internet in “Internet addiction”).
So it wasn’t surprising for me to read |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 2:37 pm) | Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog | | TIME.com: "That's a feature common to most drug ads: they leave you confused about the information."
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| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 2:37 pm) | Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog | | Bruce Campbell: "I learned that the terms 'patient' and 'friend' are sometimes inseparable."
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| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 2:37 pm) | Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog | | WSJ Health Blog: "Certainly, any doc (or anyone else, for that matter) who is not getting paid by the hour is likely to do some uncompensated work. But the issue does seem pretty compelling in the case of primary care docs, who work in a payment system that tends to favor procedure-oriented specialties."
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| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 2:37 pm) | Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog | | Eric Larson: "The candidates' proposals to expand health coverage are not enough. Americans also need better access to high-quality care that the nation can afford. Unless patients can get in to see the family physicians, internal medicine doctors and pediatricians who provide that first level of contact to the system, we can't achieve the reforms |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 2:37 pm) | Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog | | Resourceful:An Omaha man struggling to breathe used a steak knife to perform an at-home tracheotomy. Steve Wilder said he thought he was going to die when he awoke one night last week and couldn't breath.Wilder said he didn't call 911 because he didn't think help would arrive in time. So, the 55-year-old says, he got a steak knife from the kitchen |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 2:37 pm) | Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog | | In a way, physician rating sites are a much needed wake-up call for doctors. It will force them to pay attention to their internet reputation. Negative information that comes up during a Google search can sink a practice. Take a look at this case:Fischel, who says he can't reveal further details of the case because of a legal agreement he has si |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 2:37 pm) | Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog | | WSJ: "Over the past three years, some 7,000 M.D.s have flooded into Texas, many from Tennessee.Why? Two words: Tort reform . . .. . . Now many of the newly arriving doctors are heading to rural or underserved parts of the state. Four new anesthesiologists have headed to Beaumont, for example. Meanwhile, San Antonio has experienced a 52% growth in t |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 1:41 pm) | Sumer\'s Radiology Site | | Ötzi the Iceman is modern nicknames of a well-preserved natural mumm of a man from about 3300 BC found in 1991 in the Schnalstal glacier in the Ötztal Alps, near Hauslabjoch on the border between Austria and Italy. Why he died was a mystery for a long time, till the time we radiologists intervened. Initially it had been believed that Ötzi died |
| | by bookofjoe at December 31, 1969, 11:00 pm | bookofjoe | |
Answer here this time tomorrow.
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| | by bookofjoe at December 31, 1969, 11:00 pm | bookofjoe | |
Long story short: This new website was started by Will and Eric Stephens when they wanted to go out for a beer but couldn't Google a place with the particular beers they wanted.
You put your beer of choice into the search box and voila — up pops a list of places in Manhattan or Brooklyn you can get one. |
| | by bookofjoe at December 31, 1969, 11:00 pm | bookofjoe | |
True, it looks silly but it's better than having a hive full of angry wasps in your face.
From the website:
Gotcha Sprayer
Keep your distance while dealing with pesky insects
Now you can take care of pesky insect nests without getting up close and personal.
Also a great idea for sealing pruned trees, cleaning hard-to-reach windows, etc.
J |
| | by bookofjoe at December 31, 1969, 11:00 pm | bookofjoe | |
Byrne's penetrating appreciation of his recently deceased friend appeared on yesterday's New York Times Op-Ed page, and follows.
Bob the Builder
I approached Bob Rauschenberg in the mid-’80s to design a cover for the Talking Heads record “Speaking in Tongues.” I had recently seen some of his black-and-white photo collages at Leo Castelli |
| | by rcentor (retrieved May 17, 2008, 10:38 am) | DB's Medical Rants | |
I am current at the ACP annual meeting, and this morning heard a brilliant grand rounds on hyponatremia - given by Juan Carlos Ayus. I have found an excellent article in the Southern Medical Journal that he co-authored on treatment of dysnatremias and also provide this Medscape link - Hospital-Acquired Hyponatremia — Why Are Hypo |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 9:46 am) | Dolittler | |
Remember K-9 Down? This is an organization aimed at training cops, rescue folks and military personnel to deal with their working dogs’ injuries. I blogged on this a couple of months ago after meeting the group’s fearless leader on a veterinary cruise (yep, we have those). I was so sold on the concept I promised to lend a hand |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 9:44 am) | retired doc\'s thoughts | | The now published results of the POISE trial raises the question that the rush to make peri-operative beta blockers a quasi-mandatory quality measure may have lead to a number of deaths from stroke . Could that possibly be right?In the words of at least one of the trial investigators the answer is yes.Dr. P.J. Devereaux's comments can be found her |
| | by bookofjoe at December 31, 1969, 11:00 pm | bookofjoe | |
Special tools for special jobs.
Good idea.
From the website:
Paint Roller Power Washer
The easiest way to clean paint rollers
No more mess!
Finally there’s an easy, effective way to clean paint rollers.
Attaches to your faucet or garden hose and uses water pressure to deep clean your paint rollers.
Just insert your roller, turn on th |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 8:44 am) | The Patient\'s Doctor | | Online health sites | Salon Life: "The medical establishment, in fact, has taken way too much time to understand that the Internet is a disruptive innovation that has overturned the status quo. It has leveled the playing field between expert and novice -- in this case, doctor and patient. While some doctors like Haig may find that challenge threate |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 8:44 am) | The Patient\'s Doctor | | e-patients: The Plausible Promise of Participatory Medicine: "Participatory medicine is what Eric Raymond calls a “plausible promise”: something big enough to inspire interest yet achievable enough to inspire confidence.Reforming health care is too big for most people to grasp; creating spaces for participatory medicine is not. E-patients are a |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 8:44 am) | Clinical Cases and Images - Blog | | This is a collection of articles I have found interesting in the weekly editions of the "big five" medical journals: NEJM, JAMA, Annals, Lancet and BMJ (a few more journals are included occasionally). The review is a weekly feature of Clinical Cases and Images - Blog. Please see the end of the post for a suggested time-efficient way to stay up-to-d |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 7:44 am) | The Patient\'s Doctor | | Health Management Rx: "If we use web-evolutionary terms to define the current position, then we can predict where Health 2.0, consumer-centric care - enabled by HIT but also ‘brick and mortar’ integration of wellness tech- will go…*Health 1.0 (1C) = content*Health 2.0 (2Cs) = content + community*Health 3.0 (3Cs) = content + community + commer |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 7:44 am) | Notes from Dr. RW | | Nothing mysterious about it. He explains his reasons. This is a great loss. |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 7:44 am) | Notes from Dr. RW | | Science Based MedicineHealth Care RenewalThese are similar postings by one of the authors of the Medscape piece, containing an excerpt. My reaction was here. |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 7:40 am) | Medical Humanities | | New Scientist has picked up on the popularity of a networking site called patientslikeme. This is more than an information-sharing site, it encourages patients to record their symptoms and responses to treatment regimes on a regular basis. There is a star-based incentive programme for patients to keep their information up to date. The site makes mo |
| | by rcentor (retrieved May 17, 2008, 7:39 am) | DB's Medical Rants | |
My esteemed colleague DrRich recently wrote against malpractice reform - Covert Rationing Makes Malpractice Reform A Bad Idea.
Consider the implications of the malpractice system to patients in such an environment. In a healthcare system where physicians are being urged, cajoled, threatened, incented and coerced to practice medicine t |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 6:43 am) | The Patient\'s Doctor | | Musings of a Medical Dinosaur: " * First Law: The Art of Medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature takes its course. * Second Law: It is impossible to make an asymptomatic patient feel better. * Third Law: The urgency of the test is inversely proportional to the IQ of the insurance company preauthorization clerk. * Fourth Law: The |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 5:42 am) | The Patient\'s Doctor | | Concierge Medicine For the Masses " Dr. Alan Dappen is available to his patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, by phone, email and in person. Visits may be scheduled on the same day if needed, prescriptions may be refilled any time without an office visit, he makes house calls, and all records are kept private and digital on a hard drive in his of |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 5:42 am) | The Patient\'s Doctor | | Improving Patient Outcomes: "Physicians’ Records has designed a comprehensive service for the patient as well as physicians. The one tool that can provide a real difference for patients needing not only emergency healthcare, but also in their everyday follow-up care with Primary Care Providers and specialists.Our Registered Nurses provide direct |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 5:42 am) | The Patient\'s Doctor | | Consumer-focused healthcare: Interview with Evan Falchuk of Best Doctors: Giving consumers the opportunity to double check diagnosis and treatment decisions: "Well, first thing for a consumer is to make sure you’ve got that right diagnosis and treatment. Don’t assume, no matter how good your doctor is, and there are a lot of great doctors out t |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 5:42 am) | The Patient\'s Doctor | | Consumer-focused healthcare: "An interesting statistic is that about 75% of people will have a symptom of a health problem or a health problem within a 30-day period. And it’s also true that about 8 out of 10 of those people don’t ever enter the health care system. They figure out that they’ve got a cold and they’re just going to drink a lo |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 5:42 am) | The Patient\'s Doctor | | Patient Records Need Reviews - WSJ.com: "With health-care costs rising fast and insurers more closely scrutinizing potential clients, consumers need to pay closer attention to what is in their medical records.Not only can incorrect medical information lead to ineffective or harmful treatment -- the Institute of Medicine estimates that as many as 98 |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 5:41 am) | Sumer\'s Radiology Site | | MRI appearanceT1-weighted images: A peripheral band of low signal is present in the superior portion of the femoral head outlining a central area of bone marrow.T2-weighted images: The inner border of the peripheral band demonstrates high signal. This is termed the double-line sign and is pathognomonic for AVN.Classification of the AVN lesionClass |
| | (retrieved May 17, 2008, 4:41 am) | The Patient\'s Doctor | | Another Reason Patients Should Review Their Health Records: "This is another reason for routinely reviewing your health records. In an era of covert rationing, you can protect yourself by not exposing your doctors to the ever-present temptation to “spin” the records. (Some doctors are regular DJs.) If your doctor knows you are going to read wh |
| | by Scott (retrieved May 17, 2008, 1:41 am) | Polite Dissent | | In the USA Network television series The 4400, a group of people who mysteriously disappeared over the past eight years, all return when a mysterious “comet” brings them to Earth. Most of these returnees (the “4400″ of the title) have developed strange powers.
One of the first to demonstrate his powers was Orson Bailey (p |
| | (retrieved May 16, 2008, 11:39 pm) | Markham\'s Behavioral Health | | I am 62 years old having been born in 1945 and I have seen some corrupt and idiotic Presidents come and go like Richard Nixon who left office rather than face impeachment, but nobody in our history comes close to the corruption, incompetence, and damage done to our nation, our constitutional democracy, and the United States reputation at home and a |
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