Tag Archive: clinical medicine

The art and science of medicine

Ars longa, vita brevisA more nuanced translation of Hippocrates’ original Greek text might read: Life is too short; the task is huge; the right time is like a razor blade; the road to experience is fraught with hazards; to continuously accept reality and critical thought over hope and prejudice is taxing.

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Health Culture Daily Dose #18

Source: Wunderground When did we start calling the whole day before Christmas "Christmas Eve?" I thought Christmas Eve was the evening before Christmas. But no. Senators voted on health care reform at 1:00 AM on Thursday December 24th. To me, that's still Wednesday night, but ...

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Health Culture Daily Dose #17

Additional stories related to health. Categories include: More articles on Health Care Reform, History of Medicine, Medical Journalism, Medical Technology, Medical News, Pharmaceuticals, Pop Culture, Social Media and the Internet, and The So-Called Obesity "Epidemic." HEALTH CARE REFORM A 'Common Sense' American Health Reform Plan (The New York Times - Uwe ...

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Get thee glass eyes

Source: The New York Times My mother was decidedly vain her whole life. She'd been exceptionally good looking in her youth, which made it especially difficult to accept the slow physical decay of aging. Surely it must be easier in our culture to accept ...

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Will health care reform stop the rising cost of health care?

Source: Americais As we get into the nitty-gritty of health care reform, critcs from both left and right are asking whether current proposals will reduce costs. Here we have a historic opportunity to make major changes in health care, but it appears no one ...

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HRT shrinks women's brains? What's wrong with this picture?

There was a widely reported story today about hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and a decrease in the size of women's brains. The headlines were predictably but needlessly sensational. In fact, the study did not measure a decrease in the brain size of any individual woman.

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The first clinical trial: Eat your vegetables

The first 'clinical' trial may have been 2600 years ago. According to the Book of Daniel, King Nebuchadnezzar held Israelites in captivity in Babylon after the siege of Jerusalem in 597 BC. The king selected an elite group of prisoners to serve him in the future. They were to receive the same "choice" food and ...

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EBM provider Bazian uses Scrubs to make a point

A few more things about Bazian, the company that provides the evidence-based medicine (EBM) analysis used by Behind the Headlines. (Bazian, BTW, is named after the 18th century mathematician Thomas Bayes, as in Bayesian probability.) Those who work at Bazian call themselves evidologists. "Evidology aggregates, filters and synthesizes ...

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A health news site on the Internet that provides objective information, with no incentive to stretch the boundaries of truth.

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Are Americans naive about medicine?

Despite a growing dissatisfaction with the doctor/patient relationship, does our traditional respect for the medical profession leave us susceptible to disease mongering?

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The last well person

“A well person is a patient who has not been completely worked up.”

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