The Real Hamburger, Earthfoot, and Fake Patients

Over the weekend I had a lot of time to think about a lot of different things. Here are a few unanswered questions that remain.
1. Can dogs be gay?
2. Who would score higher on the SAT's? Justin Timberlake or Cameron Diaz?
3. Do the people who play medical identities on TV shows feel like they are doctors in real life?
4. Who really invented the hamburger? Connecticut or Texas?
5. Why are the words pilates and pirates not pronounced with a similar pronunciation?

A bizarre Craigslist posting: Klick here to see
(This is why they call it "Dirty Jersey or Dirty Jerz")

A cool Eco-tour company/network called "Earthfoot". Klick here to see

The website for the Association for Clinicians for the Underserved.
Klick here to see

Some Really Great News
(Klick quotes for stories)

1.Blacks Less Likely To Receive Certain Diagnostic Tests in ED, Study Finds
Healthcare At Its Best! Hooray!
"Blacks, women and the uninsured who seek treatment for chest pain in emergency departments are less likely than others to be given certain diagnostic tests, according to a study published in the February issue of Academic Emergency Medicine"

2. 1 in 5 women with lung cancer never smoked
Yikes! Stripes! Fruit Stripe Gum!
"Up to 20 percent of women who develop lung cancer have never smoked, U.S. researchers found in a study that suggests secondhand smoke may be to blame."

3. Fake patients help break in newbie doctors
They have standardized patients at my school......how about yours?
"Most women want to put off that dreaded once-a-year pelvic exam. Imagine volunteering to have one four times a week — by a trembling novice doctor. That's what Kat Wentworth does. She works as a stand-in patient to help train medical students how to give below-the-waist exams."

4. Beauticians cut, curl, offer stroke-prevention info
Guerilla.
"Two women in Cincinnati had better leave big tips the next time they get their hair done. They survived strokes thanks to fast action by their beauticians, who were taking part in a novel program to raise stroke awareness as they clipped, straightened and braided their customers' hair."

5. New cancer scanner could be a sun-lover's lifesaver
When is this gadget coming to America?
"For sun-loving Australians, a changing mole can mean an anxious wait followed by the possibility of sometimes unnecessary surgery. But a simple scanner that can detect skin cancer at an early stage could help save lives and stop thousands of Australians needlessly going under the knife."