I've been hanging onto these links for a couple of months meaning to post them:
Probing some of the psychological effects of the global Financial Crisis among former barbarians at the gates.
Some of the patients in the Resp Med department I did elective in Nov '08 should see these scary pictures from Brazil Anti-smoking campaign. [PDF]
AngryDoc opening the debate for compensated organ donation in Singapore. It's easy to see from the complications of regulation why people resort to black market-sourced organs. Please consider signing up to the Medicare Organ Donor Register.
Sound bites can turn around and bite you in the arse. Nicholas Kristof from the NYT on the contradictions of the "Pro Life" stance.
Management guru Bob Sutton on avoiding the cognative pitfalls that lead to medical errors.
Scotch Tape as Xray source: "At some point we were a little bit scared," says Juan Escobar, a member of the research team. But he and his co-workers soon realized that the X-rays were only emitted when the kit was used in a vacuum. "We don't want to scare people from using Scotch tape in everyday life," Escobar adds."
Gastric banding sans cutting here and here.
You've probably heard of pirated sildenafil (c.k.a. Viagra) but just how widespread are fake pharmaceuticals? Caveat emptor indeed.
Hippocrates: "Modern-day physicians often cringe or shake their heads when they hear descriptions of Hippocrates’ diagnostic methods; laypeople, however, have quite a different response — they wonder aloud at how nice it might be to have Hippocrates as their doctor." And modern medicine wonders why CAM is so well-received.
Now for some fun:
Can't get enough of from your medical drama/sitcom fix? Here's some avatar cutouts for that extra buzz?
In line with the release of John Woo's Red Cliff, I thought I'd work with the Chinese History theme and share the story of another great surgeon from the ancient motherland, Hua Tuo.
