Category: Healthcare
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More political bullshit
This time from Rudy. Factcheck.org has the story. Giuliani falsely claims that only 44 percent of prostate cancer patients survive under “socialized medicine” in England. Summary In a new radio ad, Rudy Giuliani falsely claims that under England’s “socialized medicine” system only 44 percent of men with prostate cancer survive. We tracked down the source…
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Gout in Humans and Animals
Here’s an interesting post by a relatively new rheumatologist-blogger. Apparently diclofenac, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) also known as Voltaren – of the same class as ibuprofen, A.K.A. Motrin and Advil – is toxic in birds. How do birds ingest it? Well obviously they feed on dead cows! Vulture populations crashed in the nineties and…
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Gout in Humans and Animals
Here’s an interesting post by a relatively new rheumatologist-blogger. Apparently diclofenac, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) also known as Voltaren – of the same class as ibuprofen, A.K.A. Motrin and Advil – is toxic in birds. How do birds ingest it? Well obviously they feed on dead cows! Vulture populations crashed in the nineties and…
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Do You Cough Hygienically?
I ran across this at Neatorama. You know, there’s nothing I won’t do for the cause of good hygeine, and after all my goal is medical education: Hit Play or go to Link [Google Video] | Coughsafe website
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Treatment Options for Osteoarthritis
I was browsing Technorati, since I try to keep in touch with arthritis postings this way, and ran across the following: There is nothing we can do …. I don’t know if i should laugh or cry ……. getting straight to the point, i have fully blown Osteo-arthritis, the Orthapeadic Surgeon said i have the…
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The ACR 2006 Scientific Conference
I’m glad to say it’s been a quiet today. To the best of my knowledge no one in my family has died. Something I’ve been wanting to mention lately but haven’t gotten around to (I hope you’ll forgive my distraction) is the upcoming American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Conference which starts this week. This…
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CDC Changes HIV Screening Recommendations
This is interesting. The CDC seems to be suggesting pretty drastic changes in HIV screening procedures: For patients in all health-care settings HIV screening is recommended for patients in all health-care settings after the patient is notified that testing will be performed unless the patient declines (opt-out screening). Persons at high risk for HIV infection…
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Celecoxib and Cardiovascular Risk
Finally, I’m getting around to reviewing the two articles I’ve been threatening to review for the last week! I’m referring to two articles published in the New England Journal of Medicine last week. Both are about reducing the risk of colon polyps by using celecoxib (Celebrex). The fact is that these articles are interesting not…
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Celecoxib and Cardiovascular Risk
Finally, I’m getting around to reviewing the two articles I’ve been threatening to review for the last week!I’m referring to two articles published in the New England Journal of Medicine last week. Both are about reducing the risk of colon polyps by using celecoxib (Celebrex). The fact is that these articles are interesting not because…
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Making Mistakes
I want to dive into a new area today and actually talk about some things I’ve seen in the clinic and in the hospital to try to illustrate some ‘greater truths’. I do this with a little trepidation as I’m a staunch believer in patients’ rights to privacy and talking about an individual patient’s problems…
Steven Vlad 