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Professionalism matters in correctional health care

March 19, 2010

by Jeffrey Knuppel, MD
As correctional health care professionals, there may be times when we are tempted to conduct ourselves in a less than professional manner simply because we can.
We may be able to get away with speaking to our patients rudely, using profanity profusely, or wearing inappropriate clothing. After all, we work in jails and [...]

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Homebirth does not protect against serious maternal infections

March 16, 2010

by Amy Tuteur, MD
Homebirth advocates like to tout the many “advantages” of giving birth at home. High on the list is limiting exposure to hospital acquired infections, and since only your “own germs” are in your home, you are protected.
Yes, you are protected from hospital acquired infections, but the most dangerous infectious agents are actually [...]

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Helping organ donation with donor advocate teams

March 8, 2010

by John Schumann, MD
One of the joys of practicing at an academic center is that I get to do many different things in my job.
The foundation of my work is seeing my own patients in a large group (more than thirty doctors!) primary care practice.
Two months a year, I take my turn rotating on the [...]

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Why physicians are working fewer hours

March 8, 2010

Originally published in MedPage Today
by Michael Smith, MedPage Today North American Correspondent
Physicians are working fewer hours than they once did, the result of a decade-long decline that coincided with lower fees for their services, a study showed.

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Transgender patients face significant challenges in prison

March 2, 2010

by Jeffrey Knuppel, MD
Imagine that as a child you thought you had been born in the body of the wrong gender. If you were biologically male, in your mind you really thought of yourself as female. Likewise, if you were born in a girl’s body, you thought that you were actually a boy.
Yes, you were [...]

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How doctors can improve patient interactions

February 24, 2010

by Lockup Doc
Physicians learn a lot about many different topics, both in medical training and in practice. However, there are some life lessons that we never learn as well as when we become patients ourselves.
When I was 13 or 14 years old, I regularly interacted with 2 different physicians with disparate interpersonal styles. Little did [...]

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Atul Gawande’s The Checklist Manifesto reviewed

February 24, 2010

by Bob Wachter, MD
Every now and then, I read and enjoy a book, but only later fully appreciate it as its lessons and insights slowly become apparent. Judging by the number of times I’ve said, “That reminds me of Gawande’s observations about ___” over the past month, The Checklist Manifesto is one such book.

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What doctors do when they don’t know the answer

February 22, 2010

by Alex Lickerman, MD
Part two of a series. See also part one.
Previously I’d discussed how most of the time diagnoses are relatively straightforward. But what do doctors do when a diagnosis isn’t immediately clear to them?

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Does your cardiologist deserve his salary?

February 20, 2010

by John Mandrola, MD
Conflicted am I on reading of the strategy of a group of South Miami cardiologists who have written their patients complaining of the cuts to reimbursement, primarily cuts in imaging procedures. A tension emerges from within upon reading the following quote from a “healthcare expert.”
“I’m not at all sympathetic with the [...]

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Treating atrial fibrillation with catheter ablation on TV may not be ethical

February 17, 2010

by Larry Husten, PhD
Mauricio Arruda performed a live atrial fibrillation ablation at University Hospitals in Cleveland on the Today Show recently.
The 6-minute segment was relentlessly upbeat. The TV producers pulled every trick in the book to overcome the inherent difficulty of portraying a hard-to-explain disease like atrial fibrillation and an even harder-to-explain procedure like [...]

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An innovative way to help ALS patients

February 17, 2010

Jamie Heywood, in a TEDMED 2009 lecture, shares an idea and plan, inspired by his brother, to help ALS patients and others through an inventive website for sharing and tracking patient data.

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Magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) for persistent vegetative state

February 17, 2010

Originally published in MedPage Today
by Michael Smith, MedPage Today North American Correspondent
Researchers in England are reporting they have been able to establish limited communication with a man in a persistent vegetative state by using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
The 34-year-old man was able to answer simple Yes or No questions by imagining different types [...]

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