Posted by: admin on: July 13, 2011
Younger children are at higher risk for injury related to organized sports, so they may need modified guidelines for playing in certain sports to reduce the chance of injury. Guidelines such as no headfirst sliding in baseball and no bodychecking in hockey are examples of modifications to reduce injury among younger players. Other safety […]
Posted by: admin on: July 13, 2011
A combination of 4 blood proteins may serve as biomarkers to help clinicians distinguish patients with asthma from those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Better diagnosis could lead to improved management of these conditions and a better understanding of their pathogenesis The biomarkers were identified through proteomics, which can simultaneously identify multiple proteins associated […]
Posted by: admin on: July 13, 2011
In the ideal world, your specialty picks you. If you are paying attention, you will be pulled towards the specialty that fits you best. If the pull towards a particular specialty is very strong, you really shouldn’t ignore it. Some of the most miserable doctors picked their specialty based on income, “lifestyle” or other “practical” issues…and then […]
Posted by: admin on: July 12, 2011
Recently, a medical student attended a conference on integrative medicine. It was a conference a lot: about Chinese therapies used for cancer, about osteopathic manipulation, and about the growing community of doctors that respect the value of complimentary medicine practices and are working to integrate them into their general practice. She left with a sense […]