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The road to health reform, Part 1

Dr P wrote 11 hours ago: I outlined for the new residents how we got to the place we are today (in my opinion). Over the next … more →

Tags: health care policy, Healthcare Reform, medical history, Medical School, Residency Training

To Go With Your Cafe Au Lait: The Policy and Practice Podcast

Alicia Ault wrote 5 days ago: From congressional hearings, press briefings and other health reform goings-on, Washington, D.C. Goo … more →

Tags: Allergy and Immunology, anesthesia and analgesia, cardiovascular medicine, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Emergency Medicine, Gastroenterology, Geriatric Medicine, HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE

Teen depression diagnosis, treatment declined in wake of FDA warning

smnewsletters wrote 6 days ago: As predicted, diagnosis and treatment of depression have declined after FDA warnings about suicide r … more →

Tags: adolescent, Depression, PEDIATRICS, Psychiatry, antidepressants, substance abuse

Concern and Hope

Dr P wrote 2 weeks ago: As healthcare reform moves into the sausage factory phase, I remain convinced that healthcare reform … more →

Tags: health care policy, Healthcare Reform, rural workforce, workforce development, Medical Education, Residency Training, Rural HealthCare

SON Faculty Member Tom Bush Receives Award from Family Medicine Residents

sonblue1 wrote 2 weeks ago: School of Nursing faculty member Tom Bush was unanimously selected by the senior residents in the UN … more →

Tags: faculty, News, Nursing Education, Students, Carolina Cup for Outstanding Resident Teaching, faculty education awards, Tom Bush

Friends Are Good Medicine

dramyweiler wrote 2 weeks ago: As a social worker and a physician, I guess you could say that I do take note of the “touchy-f … more →

Tags: Social Work, Holistic care, preventative medicine, social support, Friends, Health and Wellness

Allow myself to introduce...myself2 comments

Matt wrote 3 weeks ago: After years of mulling it over and a couple of false starts, I’ve finally convinced myself to start … more →

Tags: Residency, resident, Doctor

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Killer Disease

mzoler wrote 3 weeks ago: from the European Congress of Rheumatology, EULAR, in Copenhagen Medical history was made yesterday … more →

Tags: cardiovascular medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Genomic Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Hospital and Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine, Practice Trends, Primary Care, Rheumatology

Tweeting a Medical Meeting4 comments

Miriam E. Tucker wrote 3 weeks ago: The American Diabetes Association’s annual Scientific Sessions in New Orleans was the 5th medic … more →

Tags: Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, diabetes, Social Media

The Primary Care Revolution

raysaputelli wrote 3 weeks ago: It’s near. We deserve it. The only question that remains is if we’ll have the courage … more →

Tags: Healthcare, Family physicians, Primary Care, Healthcare Reform, NJAFP

For chronic insomnia: A little medication, a lot of therapy

smnewsletters wrote 3 weeks ago: A new prospective, randomized trial from Quebec has clarified the best treatment strategy for long-t … more →

Tags: adolescent, Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, CBT, cognitive behavior therapy, family cohesion, Musculoskeletal pain, obesity, ptsd

TPA time window boosted to 4.5 hours

smnewsletters wrote 3 weeks ago: A new science advisory from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association favors expand … more →

Tags: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular, Depression, Stroke, Stroke, MRSA, thrombolysis, TPA, systolic hypertension

Indecent Disclosure?1 comment

Alicia Ault wrote 1 month ago: From the Digestive Disease Week, Chicago. Walking around McCormick Place this week, one was struck b … more →

Tags: Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, Practice Trends, American Psychiatric Association, Chicago, conflict of interest, DDW, financial disclosures, Nexium

Chronic pancreatitis defeats medical science 9-0

smnewsletters wrote 1 month ago: A meta-analysis in Pancreatology disparages all 9 studies that investigated using pancreatic enzyme … more →

Tags: Internal Medicine, Gastrointestinal, chronic pancreatitis, Myocardial Infarction, pancreatic cancer, Polymyalgia rheumatica, resident burnout, resident workload, residents

Simpler approaches for sleep apnea: Four questions, and exercises

smnewsletters wrote 1 month ago: A study in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine found that obstructive sle … more →

Tags: Internal Medicine, Respiratory-Infectious, nurses, obstructive sleep apnea, OSA, Sleep Apnea, speech therapy

'How Your Time Is Spent in Our Office'

dnapoli1 wrote 1 month ago: From…..a visit to my internist. Ok, this isn’t the usual Notes From The Road. But at my … more →

Tags: Internal Medicine, PEDIATRICS

A Word on H1N1

dramyweiler wrote 1 month ago: Hello! I apologize for the gap in time since my last blog. It is my intention to blog about every w … more →

Tags: Chicago, preventative medicine, Centers for Disease Control

Week in the Country4 comments

Jason Booy wrote 1 month ago: “Welcome to Lanark – Population 800″; I spun my head around to read the sign as w … more →

Tags: Clinical Skills, Family Medicine, Phase IIa, Lanark, rural medicine, Week in the Country

Cholesterol Facts

zigyong wrote 1 month ago: Cholesterol is a waxy substance which is attached to greases in our blood circulation and is present … more →

Tags: health news, Health and Development, Healthcare, Stress, Mind and Body, cells of the hormones


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