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Perspectives on Medicine
http://perspectivesonmedicine.blogspot.com
Eye-opening and often not discussed perspectives on medicine, the health care system, recent studies, etc.
- Added on: Oct 9th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: vrachos
- Listed in: Medicine Health
- Tags: health healthcare studies cardiology end of life primary care
Recent Posts
Cancer screening
Finally... For those who haven't yet read this article in the NY Times, worthwhile reading.Cancer Society, in Shift, Has Concerns on Screenings By GINA KOLATA Published: October 20, 2009...
Guest entry: Domestic violence and narcissist personality disorder
posted by Antigone Kostas, MD (psychiatry resident) The cycle of violence in domestic abuse: The abusive husband hits his wife and, while the wife may then leave, after many pleas from the husband that he’ll never do it again and that he truly lov...
Alzheimer's, dysphagia, and PEG tubes – a conversation
Grandpa had been gradually declining from Alzheimer's dementia for years (he was confined to bed and he could no longer communicate with his family), but on this visit, after he was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia for the second time in a f...
(Brief) Reaction to Article: "Percutaneous Coronary Intervention versus Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting for Severe Coronary Artery Disease"
"Percutaneous Coronary Intervention versus Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting for Severe Coronary Artery Disease" by Patrick W. Serruys, M.D., et. al. (New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), March 5, 2009)I was drawn tonight to the above NEJM article b...
Placebos, doctors, and fibromyalgia (Addendum)
As discussed in the last entry, one of the problems with surveying doctors' prescribing habits in treating fibromyalgia is that it disregards the controversy surrounding the diagnosis. Therefore, does doctors' use of placebos in treating fibromyalgi...
Placebos, doctors, and fibromyalgia
A placebo, according to the American Heritage Dictionary, is “a substance containing no medication and prescribed or given to reinforce a patient's expectation to get well.” When we think of placebos, we generally think of sugar pills; howeve...
