2.19.2007

Lying Patients, Red Bull Video, and Cocoa Pebbles


The world is spinning, but we appear stationary at times.


If you have never been to a laser light show in a planetarium, you should really consider going.

Cocoa Pebbles are a great snack.

Leisure reading can be easy, but it can also be difficult.

Tarzan was a wild and crazy guy.

A Website worth checking out.....
http://www.ashoka.org/

A non-medical, but neat, video....



News Stories to Consider Reading:
(click quotes for stories)

1. Study: Fish good for pregnant women
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Eating seafood during pregnancy could help your child's development, according to a new study in the British journal Lancet."

2. Should Babies Be Scanned?
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As we were sitting there in the office, we realized we still faced an enormously difficult decision. Whenever you have a medical test, you have to ask yourself, What am I going to do with this new information?".....

3. Tests show morphine eases coughs
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The opiate drug morphine is effective in easing long-standing coughs, as doctors have suspected, a study shows."

4. Patients lie to doctors — and suffer for it
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There’s an open secret in medicine: Patients lie. They lie about how much they smoke and whether they’re taking their medicine. They understate how much they drink and overstate how much they exercise. They feign symptoms to get appointments quicker and ask doctors to hide the truth from insurance companies."

1 comment:

Unknown said...

you bring up a good point with leisure reading
on the one hand i want something completely mindless so i can relax, on the other hand, i detest books that waste my time
i prefer books that drain my brain...but then i have my calculus textbook for that