Grand Rounds Giving

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This week’s theme for Grand Rounds, the weekly roundup of top posts from medical blogs, is on the theme of gift, giving and year-end perspectives. It is being held at Highlight Health and, given the topic and the time of year is not only topical and timely, but also a (Christmas) […]

Even a little overweight is still overweight…

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A new report in Circulation, taking away with one hand while giving back with the other, shows conclusively that being even a little overweight still increases your likelihood of heart disease. The good news is that it also shows that even a little exercise decreases your risk.

The study, which followed […]

Election Day Grand Rounds

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It is a historic election day – and in honor of the occasion, NurseRatched’sPlace has an election themed Grand Rounds. Complete with an enthusiastic get-out-the-vote call and a personal selection of FDR as the physician’s choice for top president. Lots of great medical information about FDR and a lot fo […]

The Premiere of The Lost Tampon Video

How would you like to learn about the world’s most mysterious medical problem? Independent auditors from the accounting firm of Cost-Riverhut have verified that this video fully complies with the Doc Gurley Trademark Motto: Just a spoonful of humor helps the medicine go down. So take a few minutes to watch this Doc Gurley Medeo […]

Altruism At Work

What if you only had 2 minutes to explain the importance of doing something good for the world? That’s the challenge present to me by the wonderful folks at WellSphere, when I was nominated for an Everyday Heroes Award. Take a minute (okay, two) and see my response, below:

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Patriotic and explosive medical posts

It’s time again for the Medical Grand Rounds roundup. This time it is held at The Covert Rationing blog and has a Fourth of July theme. Expect lots of fireworks from this collection of posts from the medical blogosphere!