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No more annual physicals and other headlines

It's official. The masters of the medical universe, who for years have been telling us to do useless yearly physicals (and the ones getting them were mainly upper middle class healthy people with good lifestyles) claim…
Why we ignore the experts

NYTimes article tries to figure out why docs order expensive medicines (and leaves out the real reason for so much testing: Lawyers), http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/08/why-studies-that-compare-treatments-lack-im…
Medical headlines the good the bad and the ugly

The Good: New Antibiotic from cockroach brains? British researchers discovered that molecules found inside the brain tissues of insects can fended off unwanted bacteria. The Bad: Monkey pox outbreak in the Sudan that…
Medical headlines and other stuff

Attention Fat People: The government knows who you are ... Electronic medical records: am I the only one who worries about the privacy issues? More here---…
A doctor's work is never done

A lot of what docs do is not listed as "work" or paid for... I used to get into arguments with "beancounters" who couldn't understand why I had trouble seeing over 20 people a day...four patients an hour (15 minute visi…
Medical headlines that make you go WTF

"I want to live forever"...says the song. And every month there is a new "take this _______________" to stay healthy (Fill in blank: Medicine, herb, exercize program, vitamin, food). Anti oxidants? not only don't work,…
Medical things in the news

Interesting story on Zombies HERE. Mass hysteria? Or a variation of shamanism and conversion reaction (aka hysteria)? In the story, he mentions a pastor who "cures" Zombies with love, good nutrition, prayer, and loving…
The trouble with live brain organ donors

crossposted from BNN: (this and the next half dozen essays are cross posted from Bloggernews...usually I cross post here within a day or two, but the internet tends to go on and off due to typhoons, so I got behind.) -…
working on a Blood pressure shot

According to the Lancet,(an esteemed British medical journal) the high blood pressure vaccinehas just gone through stage II of it's testing, and so far so good.There were some sore arms and "flu like" symptoms afte…
Life Liberty and the Pursuit of high blood pressure

The silly season must be with us again, because two economists havedone a study in Europe that correlates happiness with blood pressure.The higher the blood pressure, the less happy the people.From a report on Meds…