bushfilter Post Source: www.metafilter.com Posted: Dec 01 2008 22:22:41
a uniter not a divider butterfly ballot recount chinese fighter pilot bushism new american century neocons tax cuts energy task force looked in his eyes and saw his soul no child left behind my pet goat 911 ground zero undisclosed location osama bin laden global war on terror anthrax patriot act with us or against us ...... [Show More]
aftb lecture notes acute pulmonary oedema apo
diagnosis
acute heart failure syndrome ahfs spectrum can be divided for therapeutic management into
dyspnoea congestion with elevated systolic blood pressure sbp 140 mmhg usually with abrupt onset apo most frequent type
dyspnoea congestion with normal sbp 100140 mmhg usually w...... [Show More]
associated press
a fancy new device adds a novel twist to an existing treatment. it seems like a good idea but theres not enough evidence to know for sure. its one of the classic stories of modern medicine told about one device after another .
this mornings washington post tells the tale of prostate cancer and cyberknife a million machine designed to delive...... [Show More]
in a september 11 2008 editorial in the new england journal of medicine jacob hacker noted the difference between the expert and the partisan
politics is about power more than truth about winning more than being right.a but expertise is about truth more than power and being right is the whole point.a the authority of the expert cannot survive long when expert judgment is seen to hinge o...... [Show More]
doctors are hoping the results of a new study led by johns hopkins university will pave the way for standardized noninvasive imaging of coronary arteries by using newer more powerful ct scanners . currently angiograms are considered the gold standard for detecting blockage of arteries in the heart. however angiograms also called cardiac catheteriz ation are invasive procedures...... [Show More]
la supervivencia despuas del tratamiento de linfoma difuso de calulas grandes tipo b es influenciado solo por el cancer sino por el microambiente del tumor segan una investigacian publicada en el namero 27 del new england journal of medicine.
los perfiles de expresiones ganicas de biopsias pretratamiento muestran que la supervivencia se influencia por diferencias en las calulas inmunes...... [Show More]
la angiografaa cardaaca por tomografaa clasifica mal el diagnastico de estenosis coronaria en demasiados pacientes para reemplazar a la imagenologaa convencional invasiva de acuerdo con un estudio publicado en el new england journal of medicine.
la tacnica no invasiva tuvo una eficacia diagnastica de 93 de obstruccian coronaria e identifica pacientes que despuas fueron sometidos ...... [Show More]
getty images
worried about holiday weight gain apart from the obvious eat a little less exercise a little more the health blog cant help you. but thanks to the magic of science we can tell you just how much weight youre likely to gain.
first check out this 2006 thanksgiving study from nutrition journal. researchers at the university of oklahoma weighed 94 ...... [Show More]
happy thanksgiving everyone i thought id blog about food today and to try to persuade you to trade that pumpkin pie for a glass of milk
i learned some interesting things at the dairy science forum on november 13th in dc. dr. david mccarron presented some compelling data on the effects of the dash diet on reducing blood pressure. the dash diet is fairly high in dairy products ...... [Show More]
in july 2008 the american academy of pediatrics recommended that some children as young as 8 be treated aggressively with cholestero llowering drugs.
more recently in the november 20th 2008 edition of the new england journal of medicine
researchers recommended that statins be prescribed for millions of healthy people with normal cholesterol levels.
needless to say the nejm study in ...... [Show More]
recent advances in ultrasound imaging allow visualization of the cervical part of the thoracic duct. in panel a and video 1 ultrasound imaging conducted to evaluate the thyroid of a 65yearold man shows . . .
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hormone replacement therapy hrt commonly known as hormone therapy has been widely used to ease the symptoms of menopause by artificially boosting hormones in the body. however hormone replacement therapy has also been linked to an increased incidence of breast cancer . should hormone replacement therapy be used after menopause to increase comfort and quality of life
research s...... [Show More]
emergency department early management stemi or nsteacs
targeted clinical examination and 12lead ecg within 10 minutes.
oxygen aspirin 75325 mg orally odds reduction in vascular events of 46 nitrates sl or iv unless sbpa 90 mmhg bradycardia 50 and adequate parenteral analgesia for everyone.
reperfusio n strategy for st elevation or lbbb on ecg pres...... [Show More]
myocardial infarction acute coronary syndromes acs part i
epidemiology
over 32000 deaths per year in australia largest single cause.
50 reduction ageadjusted mortality by riskfactor modification since 1960 still falling now but those with chronic cad are increasing commensura tely.
stil l 6070 die prehospital this proportion unchanged thus...... [Show More]
cardiopulmonary resuscitation cpr
latest guidelines
international liaison committee on resuscitation ilcor. 2005 international consensus conference on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiac care science with treatment recommendations.a resuscitation 2005 67 157342. reference
european resuscitation council guidelines for resuscitation 2005. adu...... [Show More]
commentary by frederick gandolfo md pgy3 and michael tanner md section editor clinical correlations
need an escape with the weather turning frigid the economy collapsing and unemployment rates rising just in time for the holiday season most people would probably feel better staying home shutting the blinds and vegetating in front of the tvwatching anything but a news channel.a but n...... [Show More]
holiday weight gain
christmas cookies eggnog latenight leftover ham sandwiches all that holiday joy adds up to at least a pound a year but studies suggest that you never really take it off. keep eating everything you want over the holidays and youll end up looking like santa when swimsuit season rolls around. try these tips to avoid holiday weight gain during thanksgiving and app...... [Show More]
earlier this month the editors of the new england journal of medicine invited readers to a more interactive role than we usually expect from a traditional medical journal. they offered us free access to a provocative clinical research article welcomed us paying subscribers or not to read the accompanying editorial and then in a remarkable demonstration of the potential of open ...... [Show More]
cardiopulmonary resuscitation cpr
latest guidelines
international liaison committee on resuscitation ilcor. 2005 international consensus conference on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiac care science with treatment recommendations.a resuscitation 2005 67 157342. reference
european resuscitation council guidelines for resuscitation 2005. adu...... [Show More]
multiple studies have shown that nurse practitioners nps have quality and outcome measures that are equivalent to those of physicians in primary care. in addition nps tend to spend more time with patients and tend to manage chronic conditions and keep track of preventive measures better than mds.a additionally the conventional wisdom is that nps should be more costeffective than mds ...... [Show More]
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