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 Head on over to SFGate – the online version of the San Francisco Chronicle – for a wide-open Doc Gurley discussion of all things…swine flu! That’s right, there’s now a new forum for Doc Gurley’s unique take on healthcare, with six (count them – six) articles in response to breaking swine flu news. Here [...]  Sad recent news on the topic of depression and hearts. Image via Wikipedia 1) The first big news is that depression is signficantly associated with an increased incidence of heart failure after a heart attack. The study showed, first, that depression after heart attacks is very common (10%), and that it is a marker, [...]  Ready for a wonderful round-up of the best of the healthcare blogosphere? Head on over to Six Until Me, where Kerri Image via Wikipedia will wow you with the latest and greatest posts. Her site is full of all the key elements of great blogging – unique insight, personal drama, pithy opinions and superb [...]  Now that America has declared a state of swine flu public health emergency, you may be asking yourself – what am I supposed to do? Here is a list of ten practical steps you can take to prepare and protect yourself and your family. 1) Know the symptoms – Here are some of the symptoms that [...] 
Roxana Saberi, from Fargo, North Dakota, is spending her birthday in Tehran’s Evin Prison, starving. She’s on a hunger strike. Around the world, people continue to face similar violations of their rights to freedom of expression, free speech, and a free press. As Scott Simon at NPR so beautifully stated, “This may seem a bad [...]  Whoa! Weird and wonderful medical news this week! The New England Journal of Medicine published three Image by gwen via Flickr simultaneous reports proving the existence of a veritable Loch Ness monster of physiology – the identification, at long last, of “brown fat” in adults. Say what? See, the conventional wisdom for many many [...]  One of the hardest things about being homeless (and trying to work your way out of homelessness) is that you struggle with things Image by ClintJCL via Flickr that many of us take for granted every day – like a safe, reliable way to get your mail. Not many homeless people can pay for [...]  Amy Tenderich over at Diabetes Mine is hosting Grand Rounds on her birthday! Talk about going above and beyond the Image via Wikipedia call of duty! The theme, in honor of the glorious occasion, is birthdays and celebrations of all kinds. Feeling like wearing a cone multi-colored hat with a too-tight elastic chin-strap? Want [...]  Many of you may remember the January Doc Gurley piece about a doctor in Colorado who prescribed Prozac over the Image via Wikipedia internet to a suicidal 19-year-old Stanford student without ever seeing, talking to, or examining him. The student later committed suicide and autopsy results showed Prozac and alcohol in his blood. Neither [...]  Welcome to another Well Worth It – articles about proven, data-driven studies that you may not hear much about in Image by Yogi via Flickr the main-stream media (usually because of a lack of profit-driven PR). Be sure to forward the Well Worth It information along to anyone you think might benefit! If [...] |
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