MGHAnes
MGHAnes:
""Skyscape has released
MGHAnes™ which is the Skyscape version of Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital, 6th Ed.
| The best-selling handbook, Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Sixth Edition, is now available in PDA format. This easy-to-navigate handheld reference provides instant access to current, comprehensive, concise, consistent, and clinically relevant guidelines for anesthesia procedures throughout the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative periods. Coverage includes a comprehensive, alphabetical drug appendix, adult and pediatric resuscitation guidelines, malignant hyperthermia protocols, an anesthesia machine checklist, and information on complementary and alternative medicine and end-of-life issues |
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[Via The Palmdoc Chronicles]
Vioxx: How Safe Is FDA Approval?
Vioxx: How Safe Is FDA Approval?:
""The problems with Vioxx, taken off the market last week, raise questions about the Food and Drug Administration's safety review process. Observers say longer clinical trials should be required.""
[Via Wired News]
Take A Poll, Enter Drawing For iPod
Polling Point is doing a 2004 Media Bias Study. If you have an opinion on the job the mainstream news anchors are doing, why not take a few minutes and give them your opinion...and enter a drawing for a mini iPod Mini at the same time?!
Did Kerry Cheat in First Debate?
"No props, notes, charts, diagrams, or other writings or other tangible things may be brought into the debate by any candidate." So states the memorandum of understanding between the two campaigns regarding the debates. Yet, this video shows John Kerry taking something out of his pocket at the beginning of the debate and placing it on his lectern. Please explain, Mr. Kerry. Perhaps it was a picture of Teresa to inspire you?
[via American Daughter]
Menstrual Migraines and Period Control
Menstrual Migraines and Period Control:
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"Not all headaches are created equal: migraine headaches affect more than twice as many women as men. Interestingly, in 60-70% of women, the headaches are related to the menstrual cycle. Period-related headaches that occur from one week to 3 days before the start of your period are called premenstrual migraines. The ones that occur from 3 days before the start of your period to 2 days afterward are called true menstrual migraines....
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[Via The Well-Timed Period]
What's Michael Moore Up To?
It seems Michael Moore is turning his camera on drug makers and health unsurers.
""Companies have warned their sales representatives to be on the lookout for camera phones and reports of Moore representatives offering $50,000 to doctors' offices to place hidden cameras or $5,000 to sales representatives willing to be filmed, according to a representative of one drug maker, who asked not to be identified.
"Moore's spokesman would not comment on any production activity or allegations of payments to drug company employees.""
Pennsylvania malpractice roundup
Pennsylvania malpractice roundup:
""The IssuesPA/Pew Poll has found that a remarkable 26 percent of Pennsylvanians polled "said rising malpractice insurance costs have forced their family to change doctors in the past year", and that state residents polled also favored a constitutional cap on pain and suffering damages by a margin of 68 percent to 24 percent...""
[Via Overlawyered]
