3.08.2007

Brokeback Med School, Kids and Weed, and Beheading Doctors

Lecture is about to begin. That should be fun.

This morning in PBL, the student in charge of bringing breakfast, forgot the goods for the second time. What a jerk. In anticipation of eating this morning, I didn't eat breakfast, and now I am hungry. "My stomach feels like it is eating itself", as some might say.

Right now there are two girls from my class practicing giving high fives to each other.

Some people tell me I am an urban cowboy/cowgirl, I agree with them.

Links of Note
Child Health Family International
International Medical Volunteer Association
International Health Medical Education Consortium

BROKEBACK MED SCHOOL



News YOU Should Know About
(clizk quotes)

1. Beheading Threat Makes Doctor Flee
"
Dr. Nafie Abtan once operated a thriving medical clinic in Baghdad, but one day last June he received a hand-delivered letter threatening to cut his head off if he remained."

2. CT Scans May Not Prevent Lung Cancer Deaths
"A new study suggests that screening smokers and former smokers for lung cancer doesn't save lives or prevent advanced disease and may lead to unneeded and harmful treatment. But it's not the final word on CT scans."

3. Are Orange Tomatoes Better For You?
"Food scientists at Ohio State University in Columbus have grown a special variety of orange tomatoes that may be healthier than garden-variety red tomatoes. The orange tomatoes contain a type of lycopene that is more readily used by the body than the type found in red tomatoes, they report."

4. FDA Chief: Regulating Tobacco Could Be Harmful
"
Government regulation of tobacco could backfire by inadvertently forcing smokers to light up more and inhale more deeply, the head of the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday...."

5. A Perfect Storm For Creating Drug Addicts
"The scene was a shocking one: Children, 2 and 4, inhaled deeply on a marijuana cigarette with encouragement from their 18-year-old uncle. The incident, recorded on videotape by another juvenile, aired widely on cable news stations and eventually led to the two Fort Worth, Texas, toddlers being sent to foster care....."

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Interesting news. They should've just served them fresh tomatoes, not spaghetti though, for that lycopene study. btw, i hope you don't mind i added your site to my blog.

The Angry Medic said...

That video was hilarious!

And it's so sad how Iraqi doctors are being forced to flee their clinics. I hear it's even worse in the hospitals.

Med said...

nice blog...

funny video there..

Ms-Ellisa said...

No 5 is **** gruesome....
Who would do that to children?!
Smart idea on the breakfast-bringing rounds... Maybe I'll suggest it to my PBL team as well.. :-)

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Nurse and Hospital Stories said...

Worthy links and info. Yet many news are bad news, eh. :(

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