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Dr. Wes
http://drwes.blogspot.com
Musings of an internist, cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist on current issues in medicine, cardiology, health care and health care policy.
- Added on: Oct 16th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Westby G Fisher, MD
- Listed in: Health Medicine
- Tags: medicine Heart doctor cardiology arrhythmia cardiac electrophysiology
Recent Posts
Are We Seeing the Death Spiral of Conventional Medical Conferences?
I think so. It was apparent to me at the Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Sessions meeting and now a similar trend was noticed by Dr. Steven Sedlis at this year's American Heart Association meeting:It felt like a ghost town. I ran into Ira Schulman, m...
Scientific Medical Journals and the Media
The article appeared yesterday in the Wall Street Journal: "Study Shows Older Patients Benefiting From Defibrillators." One would think a doctor might like to read the article, especially one dealing with defibrillators.So I checked late last night ...
Grand Rounds Is Up
... with a Charlotte's Web theme over at Florence dot com:Welcome to this holiday edition of Grand Rounds! It's the time of year when friends and family gather, when stories are told and memories are made. But the winter weather and short days here i...
Live on TV: An Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator Fires
As implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) are increasingly ubiquitous in society, it is not suprizing that their effects might be caught on television. We've already seen the remarkable benefit of an ICD correcting ventricular fibrillation in the ...
US Health Care Reform Photoshop Contest Winner
My wife and I would like to thank all those who contributed to the first (and perhaps only) US Health Care Reform Photoshop Contest. Polling for the favorite finalist stopped at 11:59 PM on 11 Dec 2009 and, like American Idol, the blog-o-sphere tal...
Rural Versus Urban Primary Care Wars
As the primary care crisis grows, it seems rural areas are seeing their competitors snatch up primary care doctors who were supposed to return to their community after training:Competition for physicians pits rural communities against each other, and...
