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Der Exodus der Ärzte (In German) - While the medical climate in the US may be less than optimal (or screwed up even), it can’t be as bad as Germany where 50% of the doctors that train there leave to practice somewhere else, creating a physician shortage. While a lot emigrate to other European nations, some go to Australia. Who knows - with the way things are in the US, I may end up going “Down-Under” as well. I’ve visited once, and really enjoyed it. And I would enjoy their more practically-orientated educational model (according to the article), rather than getting mired in all this theoretical BS that no-one ever uses anyways. 4 Comments

I knew that the NHS was having issues with waiting times, but this is a little over the top: Stab Victim Ignored By Health Centre Medics - “A teenager bleeding profusely after being stabbed in the back was treated by patients in a GP’s waiting room after being ignored by doctors and staff, it was claimed today.” Post a Comment

Grocery list: Milk, detergent, strep test - “Fearing bad news as her son suffered with a cough, aches and a sore throat, Donna Bultez found help in the most common of places — her neighborhood grocery store. Just feet from the beeping cash registers, a few steps behind the frosted-glass door, Bultez was relieved to find that her son Trevor Belmont wasn’t suffering from strep throat. That she saved money by avoiding a trip to the emergency room was good news, too.”

And the staff of your local Emergency Department thanks you for being able to read the sign as well. Post a Comment

Doctor: New lips not made for smoking - “The world’s first face transplant recipient is using her new lips to take up smoking again, which doctors fear could interfere with her healing and raise the risk of tissue rejection.” 2 Comments

Docs sneeze at cough meds - “Most over-the-counter cough syrups and drops do nothing for cold sufferers — except make them a little lighter in the wallet — according to new guidelines released Monday by the nation’s chest physicians.” Post a Comment

Well-Served as Patients, Dissatisfied as Customers - “For medical consumers, there is a message here: good medicine sometimes means that the customer - I mean patient - isn’t always right. Or even happy.”

Reminded me of the guy complaining of a cough that recently spent 4 hours in the ER to rule out what he believed was manifestations of a hantavirus after reading about it on the internet. He was triaged to a low priority class, and sent to the Sub-acute area (not the main ED). I’m sure he couldn’t have been too happy when he was told he wasted all that time for a common cold. People, if you are going to read something on the internet, read all of it. Like this map that shows that less than 0.3% of cases (only 1 to be exact) were diagnosed in my current geographic location… Post a Comment

Professor Loses Weight With No-Diet Diet - “When Steven Hawks is tempted by ice cream bars, M&Ms and toffee-covered almonds at the grocery store, he doesn’t pass them by. He fills up his shopping cart. It’s the no-diet diet, an approach the Brigham Young University health science professor used to lose 50 pounds and to keep it off for more than five years.” Post a Comment

Just plain cool: FDA approves first brain stem cell transplant - “Federal regulators on Thursday approved what would be the first transplant of fetal stem cells into human brains, a procedure that if successful could open the door to treating a host of neural disorders.” Post a Comment

Hmm, I wonder if they saw my sink full of dishes, that were left there for extended periods of time? FDA to Hear Concerns on Anti-Germ Soaps - “It seems hard to go wrong with a hand soap that “kills 99 percent of germs” it encounters. But critics of anti-bacterial soaps in the home say there’s plenty to be concerned about.” 3 Comments

How timely, from ABC “Healthology” (Making up words now, are we?) Smokers Who Cut Down Trim Lung-Cancer Risk - “Heavy smokers who cut down on the number of cigarettes they have each day can also reduce their risk of lung cancer, a new Danish study suggests.” 1 Comment