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Blogger`s Archiv: May 2006
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006. Social Networks are the New Media. GigaOM : By Robert Young. Much like corporations leveraged Internet 1.0 by creating digital storefronts and giving rise to ecommerce, people around the world are now learning how to leverage the incredible power inherent in the URL. In the past century, the creation of cultural products was centered in Hollywood. Now, social networks are broadening the scope of cultural media to include identity production (a very appropriate term coined by da...
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vitum medicinus ::: a life of medicine: The Thrill of Flying with Helicopter Paramedics
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Thursday, March 29, 2007. The Thrill of Flying with Helicopter Paramedics. Last week I had a lifelong dream come true: I lined up the chance to shadow with a helicopter paramedic crew. Today, the day finally came, and on the drive there my heart was racing. It was a gorgeous, clear day - perfect for flying. Andwell, actually, that was it. For the first time in over a year, none of the helicopters even left the ground. I sat around in the station for the entire twelve-hour shift, waiting for a call. That ...
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Yes, Statins do everything – even lower BP | Consider The Evidence: Med/Peds Journal Roundup
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Consider The Evidence: Med/Peds Journal Roundup. April 17, 2008. Yes, Statins do everything – even lower BP. Filed under: archives of internal medicine. 8212; medblog @ 5:02 pm. What could be crazy enough to end a 4 month hibernation of CTE? Archives Int Med 4/08 – The UCSD Statin study. Yielded further evidence that statin treatment reduces blood pressure (although not by much) The RCT enrolled over 900 subjects without known CVD or diabetes. Leave a Comment ». Feed for comments on this post. Kevin, M&#...
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Antibiotics no good for acute sinusitis? | Consider The Evidence: Med/Peds Journal Roundup
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Consider The Evidence: Med/Peds Journal Roundup. December 12, 2007. Antibiotics no good for acute sinusitis? 8212; medblog @ 8:12 pm. JAMA 12/5/07 – House of God Law #13: “The delivery of good medical care is to do as much nothing as possible.” The last time we saw this rule at work was with otitis media. A study in JAMA by Williamson et al. The findings showed that symptom severity scores were similar for all groups on each of the 10 days following initiation of treatment. In short – symptoms ...Interes...
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Food for thought: Chocolate to lower BP? | Consider The Evidence: Med/Peds Journal Roundup
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Consider The Evidence: Med/Peds Journal Roundup. July 18, 2007. Food for thought: Chocolate to lower BP? 8212; medblog @ 9:34 am. JAMA 7/4/07 – Maybe some wizard medicine applies to muggles as well… An article in JAMA by Taubert et al. Tests the theory that flavonols found in dark chocolate may lower blood pressure. At 6 weeks – no statistical difference between groups. 12 weeks: dark chocolate group BP was down 2.4/1.3 mmHg from baseline. The white chocolate group: no change. Looks like we have a winner.
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vitum medicinus ::: a life of medicine: People in class that I admire
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Friday, April 06, 2007. People in class that I admire. We recently completed a survey of our class, which turned up some interesting statistics. I knew already there were a few people that I really looked up to, and. Have written about some of their accomplishments in. The past (including some who are Olympians, politicians, media pundits and more), but after reading the survey results, I now know there are a lot more. Here's a few:. The people in my class who applied to medical school more than 3 times.
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vitum medicinus ::: a life of medicine: The best part of spending two weeks with medevac? Not what you might think.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009. The best part of spending two weeks with medevac? Not what you might think. As my third year was winding down last month, I had the opportunity to do a two-week elective in anything I wanted. Supposedly it had to be medically-related, but given that some of my classmates were approved for two weeks of wakeboarding or a 3-hour first aid course*, spending two weeks in paramedicine made me look like an overachiever. Shadowed flight paramedics in the past. It was exciting to be ab...
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the (new) Gardasil controversy | Consider The Evidence: Med/Peds Journal Roundup
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Consider The Evidence: Med/Peds Journal Roundup. September 11, 2009. The (new) Gardasil controversy. 8212; medblog @ 3:19 pm. JAMA 8/19/09 – In case the Gardasil vaccine wasn’t already surrounded by enough controversy – now there is concern over its safety profile and the marketing practices of Merk. An article in JAMA presents the safety surveillance data for qHPV. Finding that “Most of the AEFI rates were not greater than. 3 Comments ». 8212; September 30, 2009 @ 10:44 pm. Its called Shocking Blue Green.
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vitum medicinus ::: a life of medicine: "Congratulations, Vitum, you started his heart again."
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Saturday, February 10, 2007. Congratulations, Vitum, you started his heart again.". I couldn't believe it. And then it happened. Calm voice came over the radio. Sixty-seven bravo, Code 3, cardiac arrest, 22416 Church Hill Road, file 3026702. In the fairly spacious common area / tv. Lounge right through the doorway, there was an sixty-something gentleman laying with his back on the floor. His lips were blue, like nothing I'd ever seen before. He was mostly bald but the hair he did have was neatly ...Dance...
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House of Caduceus: UPDATE ON LIFE
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THOUGHTS AND STORIES FROM BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. Friday, February 15, 2008. Since my complete lack of posts to this site over many months, there have been changes both in my life and medical practice. Some have changed the ways in which I view some issues. Yes, the experiences one deals with on a daily basis do in fact mold the impressions we form of society and affect the way look at and treat others. Second, we as a society are in distress. We are a nation of aggressive, back-stabbing, cheating, selfish,...
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