Medical Singularity

// 28 Years of Truck Driving with direct sunlight on the left...

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:55:00 -0400

// 28 Years of Truck Driving with direct sunlight on the left side of the face…

// Another 28 in the UK would balance this out …

Ambitious New Hospital Design Aims To Treat Patients Better And Faster | Co.Design: business innovation design

Wed, 30 May 2012 14:55:13 -0400

Ambitious New Hospital Design Aims To Treat Patients Better And Faster | Co.Design: business innovation design:

// Emphasis on natural light, and natural environment to be visible from every patient room!

// Beautiful - in Copenhagen

(via fastcodesign)

Mediterranean Diet at 4 Year Follow Up - Great Results

Wed, 30 May 2012 13:28:35 -0400

Mediterranean Diet at 4 Year Follow Up - Great Results:

// 11,015 Spanish university graduates were enrolled 4 years ago to assess association between diet and physical and mental health.

// After 4 years the data shows those persons consuming foods most consistent with a “Mediterranean Diet” scored the best in the physical and mental health assessments

// My take - this is only 4 years of data from a relatively healthy cohort to begin with… Regardless, this gives more weight to Dan Buettner’s Blue Zones, two of five in the Mediterranean (Sardinia, Italy and Icaria, Greece)

// I like the notion of not reinventing the wheel. Clearly the populations in those Blue Zones have something going on, so I’ll go ahead and follow some of their traditions (such as diet, exercise, and socializing), unless something dramatic proves this train of thinking to be silly…

(via European Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

Tablet adoption by docs soars | Healthcare IT News

Tue, 29 May 2012 08:32:05 -0400

Tablet adoption by docs soars | Healthcare IT News:

// Wow these are huge numbers:

Tablets, mostly iPads, are mainstream: Physician tablet adoption for professional purposes almost doubled since 2011, reaching 62 percent in 2012, with the iPad being the dominant platform. Also, one-half of tablet-owning physicians have used their device at the point-of-care.

Screening for Prostate Cancer - No longer recommended

Tue, 22 May 2012 13:59:22 -0400

Screening for Prostate Cancer - No longer recommended:

// Pretty big deal for docs - do not do routine PSA screening of the general male population, regardless of age

(via US Preventative Services Task Force)

9 skin signs for a yearly visit to the dermatologist

Mon, 21 May 2012 14:31:11 -0400

9 skin signs for a yearly visit to the dermatologist:

// Short, sweet and to the point post by Dermatologist from MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas

(via KevinMD)

$10 Million Dollar KickStarter Project - The Pebble Watch

Wed, 16 May 2012 21:39:59 -0400

$10 Million Dollar KickStarter Project - The Pebble Watch:

// An innovative way to fund innovative ideas - Kickstarter is truly a disruptive model. I have personally funded a cool project several years back, a movie made in Brooklyn NY.

// More importantly, this great E-Watch is just awesome! Best of breed as of now for sure. Make sure to watch their video. They have sold out of watches for a while, but if you want to stay informed, here is their mailing list.

(via Kickstarter)

Medical News: Oral Zinc May Cut Cold's Length

Mon, 14 May 2012 14:22:28 -0400

Medical News: Oral Zinc May Cut Cold's Length :

// I’ll be willing to try these lozenges for sure!

Treatment regimens included:

Zinc gluconate lozenges (8 trials) or tablets (1);

Zinc acetate lozenges (4);

Zinc sulfate syrup (2); and either

Zinc gluconate or zinc acetate (2) compared with placebo.

(via MedPageToday)

// Great speech by one of my favorite authors… 3 Key...

Sun, 13 May 2012 23:41:39 -0400

// Great speech by one of my favorite authors… 3 Key Lessons for future Physicians:

// 1. Find your failures

// 2. Devise solutions

// 3. Implement and work as a Pit Crew

// Old Doc Values = Independence, Self Sufficiency, Autonomy,

// New Doc Values = Humility Discipline, Teamwork

(via Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine? | Video on TED.com)

www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/hypertension/phycard.pdf

Thu, 10 May 2012 11:34:37 -0400

www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/hypertension/phycard.pdf:

// JNC7 Guidelines on Hypertension - Must Know

// Better Diet and Exercises reduced BP by as much as medication

(via NIH.gov)

// None of us are tone deaf, and more importantly, almost all of...

Thu, 10 May 2012 08:24:51 -0400

// None of us are tone deaf, and more importantly, almost all of us loves classical music.

// must watch

(via Benjamin Zander on music and passion | Video on TED.com)

// John Wooded won 10 national championships with the UCLA Mens...

Wed, 09 May 2012 09:11:57 -0400

// John Wooded won 10 national championships with the UCLA Mens Basketball Team

// It took him 16 seasons to win his 1st

Syncytia - the Wikipedia for Medical School

Tue, 01 May 2012 13:41:19 -0400

Syncytia - the Wikipedia for Medical School:

// Currently this site is in Beta, but it is awesome!

// Great for learning about Basic Medical Science!

(via SyncytiaBeta.org)

// New Guidelines for Migraine Prophylaxis! // If you suffer...

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:37:50 -0400

// New Guidelines for Migraine Prophylaxis!

// If you suffer from migraines, taking the above medications prophylactically was shown to have great outcomes…

(via Neurology)

A Medical App Prescription - RxmindMe

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 07:12:26 -0400

A Medical App Prescription - RxmindMe :

// One of the best apps out there to remind users of their medications. I would recommend checking it out!

// it is free too!

(via RxMind.me)

The secret to successful aging

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:06:02 -0400

The secret to successful aging:

// Great Post on KevinMD.com

Dr. George Vaillet’s analysis in Aging Well, a book that chronicles and reflects upon the findings of three groundbreaking prospective studies that assessed and interviewed individuals for six to eight decades. On page 13, he lists the common traits they found that tended to lead to being considered “happy/well” at age 80:

It’s not the bad things that happen to you that doom you; it’s the good people who happen to us at any age that facilitate enjoyable old age.

Healthy relationships are facilitated by a capacity for gratitude, for forgiveness, and for taking people inside.

A good marriage at age 50 predicted positive aging at 80. But surprisingly, low cholesterol levels at age 50 did not.

Alcohol abuse consistently predicted unsuccessful aging, in part because alcoholism damaged future social supports.

Learning to play and create after retirement and learning to gain younger friends as we lose older ones add more to life’s enjoyment than retirement income.

Objective good physical health was less important to successful aging than subjective good health … It is all right to be ill as long as you do not feel sick.

The Lancet - 1 Aspirin a day keeps Cancer away!

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:30:55 -0400

The Lancet - 1 Aspirin a day keeps Cancer away!:

// This was a review of 51 randomized controlled trials, including almost 78,000 patients

// Absolute risk reduction was 3.13% per 1,000 patients per year after 3 years of use!

Alongside the previously reported reduction by aspirin of the long-term risk of cancer death, the short-term reductions in cancer incidence and mortality and the decrease in risk of major extracranial bleeds with extended use, and their low case-fatality, add to the case for daily aspirin in prevention of cancer.

(via Lancet.com)

Match Day 2012

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:09:27 -0400

A personal post….

When I first started this blog, several years ago, I envisioned it as a place to educate my social network through the awesome community of Tumblr and my close friends of Facebook. The focus was, is, and will be medicine. This blog is the manifestation of my passion for teaching, learning, and sharing! I don’t know why I love educating, learning and sharing, but I do. I love talking to my friends who learned something new through my posts on this blog. I love responding to emails of people I have never met because of something that I posted! I have made new friends, and even started a new business (currently in development) because of this blog!

As a medical student, one of the most important days is Match Day, when our Residency plans are revealed. Today I was honored to find out that I matched at my #1 residency. I will spend the next 5 years part of the Harvard Med-Derm program. My Medicine training will be at Beth-Israel, and the Dermatology training at all three affiliated hospitals. Times like these make us reflect upon the people who have pushed us, supported us, and always believed in us. As I celebrate tonight, I want to thank those people again.

Congratulations to my fellow students who matched today, cheers to that! And to the next five years in Boston!

-anar

CDC – Young Women Need More Chlamydia Screening

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:42:22 -0400

CDC – Young Women Need More Chlamydia Screening:

// If you didn’t know, CDC recommends ANNUAL screening (urine sample) to screen for Chlamydia in all sexually active females <25 yo. Chlamydia is easily treated but if it is not, can have serious consequences.

Chlamydia is the most commonly reported infectious disease in the United States, and young people are most affected. Because people often do not have symptoms, many infections go undetected and untreated. Untreated chlamydia can have severe long-term health consequences, particularly for young women, including chronic pelvic pain, potentially fatal ectopic pregnancy and infertility.

(via CDC.gov)

New Policy on Residency Accreditation - AMA March 2012

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:43:38 -0500

New Policy on Residency Accreditation - AMA March 2012:

// Really interesting and great way to look at residency… Instead of defining residency by number of years, the new approach will be based upon individual competency. If the resident can show he/she has met the necessary competency requirements they can successfully finish their residency, which may be either earlier than normal, or perhaps later than normal

For physicians, one of the attractive features of the milestones concept and the focus on outcomes is the possibility of more flexibility in residency length. If, say, a family medicine resident can meet all the milestones in two years rather than three, there’s no reason the doctor could not complete the residency and enter into practice.

(via AMA.org)