2,170 posts tagged patient
SubscribeMedical Helicopter Crashes in Wisconsin, Killing 3
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Case #36: Nails - Spot Diagnosis
http://jimbocyberdoc.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 12/ case-36-nails-spot-diagnosis/This young man has HCV+ with Focal Sclerosing Glomerulonephritis and is an ex-IVDU. This is the picture of his hand: Question: 1. What is the finding and what is its significance? Mon, 120508 @ 0700
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Non-Productivity And Jolly Good, Another Cutting!
http://patientanonymous.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 11/ non-productivity-and-jolly-…You know, this weekend was supposed to be some time for me to try and get my shit together. Get moving. Not so much. I think it would be lovely to say that my meds aren’t working but meds are not a/the magic bullet/s. No, this is all about me.
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Traumatic Brain Injury and the Interview
http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 11/ traumatic-brain-injury-an…Hi and welcome back to Second Chance to Live my friend. I am happy to see that you decided to stop by and visit with me. Yesterday I was given a wonderful opportunity. The opportunity became possible through the kindness of several friends that I have met through Second Chance to Live.
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This week?s don?t-miss event
http://www.unbossed.com/ index.php?itemid=2090By Deep Harm - Cross-posted from Daily Kos If you live in the Washington, D.C., area, you won't find a more interesting free event than the International Assembly of Whistleblowers, May 12-16. I will be attending because I will be a speaker on a domestic surveillance panel, along with Eric Lichtblau, Jesselyn Radack, Babak Pasdar and Michelle Richardson.
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Being Crazy in a Sane World
http://psychcentral.com/ blog/ archives/ 2008/ 05/ 10/ being-crazy-in-a-sane-wor…The New York Times brings us one of those insightful pieces that I wish were commonplace at all newspapers — the everyday story of people living with mental illness and fighting for their rights. It details the stories of a number of people living with mental illness, including Liz Spikol who blogs regularly over at Philadelphia Weekly.
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Being Crazy in a Sane World
http://psychcentral.com/ blog/ archives/ 2008/ 05/ 10/ being-crazy-in-a-sane-wor…The New York Times brings us one of those insightful pieces that I wish were commonplace at all newspapers — the everyday story of people living with mental illness and fighting for their rights. It details the stories of a number of people living with mental illness, including Liz Spikol who blogs regularly over at Philadelphia Weekly.
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Cops tase 82-year-old heart patient in bed
http://majikthise.typepad.com/ majikthise_/ 2008/ 05/ cops-tase-82-ye.htmlRCMP officers used a taser to subdue an 82-year-old man in his hospital bed in Kamploops, B.C. last week. The man had become delusional and pulled a knife out of his pocket, police and nurses say. When he refused to drop the knife, the officers tased him three times. I realize that anyone with a blade is potentially dangerous.
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Should Doctors Have Guns?
http://brainblogger.com/ 2008/ 05/ 09/ should-doctors-have-guns/In the public news I’ve recently seen some stories about physicians having guns in their offices. This is in response to incidents where disgruntled or disturbed patients have come into physician offices and assaulted staff or physicians.
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Microsoft Explains HealthVault Strategy
http://hunscher.typepad.com/ futurehit/ 2008/ 05/ microsoft-expla.htmlI didn't get around to writing about this at the time, but a couple weeks ago I read in eWeek about how Microsoft Explains [its] HealthVault Strategy. There are a couple of analogies I wouldn't have made myself: MS compares HealthVault to XBox and PayPal.
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Dallas Morning News Alleges "Systematic" Patient Abuse at Texas Psychiatric Facilities
http://drx.typepad.com/ psychotherapyblog/ 2008/ 05/ dallas-morning.htmlDallas Morning News Alleges "Systematic" Patient Abuse at Texas Psychiatric Facilities The story is here. I worked for a year in an Illinois State psychiatric facility back about 20 years ago. I have no idea what our state hospitals are like today, but my experience back then was that I'd never