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Ready for a wonderful round-up of the best of the healthcare blogosphere? Head on over to Six Until Me, where Kerri Image via Wikipedia will wow you with the latest and greatest posts. Her site is full of all the key elements of great blogging – unique insight, personal drama, pithy opinions and superb healthcare […] Now that America has declared a state of swine flu public health emergency, you may be asking yourself – what am I supposed to do? Here is a list of ten practical steps you can take to prepare and protect yourself and your family. 1) Know the symptoms – Here are some of the symptoms […] Roxana Saberi, from Fargo, North Dakota, is spending her birthday in Tehran’s Evin Prison, starving. She’s on a hunger strike. Around the world, people continue to face similar violations of their rights to freedom of expression, free speech, and a free press. As Scott Simon at NPR so beautifully stated, “This may seem a […] Whoa! Weird and wonderful medical news this week! The New England Journal of Medicine published three Image by gwen via Flickr simultaneous reports proving the existence of a veritable Loch Ness monster of physiology – the identification, at long last, of “brown fat” in adults. Say what? See, the conventional wisdom for many many years […] Amy Tenderich over at Diabetes Mine is hosting Grand Rounds on her birthday! Talk about going above and beyond the Image via Wikipedia call of duty! The theme, in honor of the glorious occasion, is birthdays and celebrations of all kinds. Feeling like wearing a cone multi-colored hat with a too-tight elastic chin-strap? Want to […] Many of you may remember the January Doc Gurley piece about a doctor in Colorado who prescribed Prozac over the Image via Wikipedia internet to a suicidal 19-year-old Stanford student without ever seeing, talking to, or examining him. The student later committed suicide and autopsy results showed Prozac and alcohol in his blood. Neither the […] |
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