Occasionally I like to post great visuals from Street Anatomy. Here is another set, this time depicting the bone fragility of osteoporosis. Apparently these were glass models that were shot as they hit the ground. Stunning:
*This blog post was originally published at KevinMD.com*
On September 16, 2010, I attended Fact or Fiction: ADHD in America, a Capitol Hill Forum, along with Dr. Val Jones of Better Health and Dr. Rob Lamberts of Musings of a Distractible Mind.
The event, coinciding with ADD/ADHD Awareness Week, was a panel discussion about the impact ADHD has on our society. It was sponsored by Shire, in partnership with the Entertainment Industries Council (EIC) and the Lab School of Washington [Disclosure: I received a stipend for covering the event.]
Below are interviews Rob and I did with some of the panelists.
Kevin Pho interview with Michele Novotni, Ph.D., ADHD Expert and Former Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) President:
*This blog post was originally published at KevinMD.com*
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is probably overdiagnosed by physicians. In the lay public, the term is often used jokingly to describe the common feeling of distraction we experience in a world filled with interruptions. With a constant stream of text messages, Facebook updates, TV commercials, and fast-paced Twittering, there’s little wonder that we all feel frazzled at times.
But the occasional experience of jangled nerves is not a proper basis for a diagnosis of ADHD. Unfortunately, there has been great confusion between the actual disorder, and its misuse as a label for simply feeling distracted.
So to help set the record straight and to tease out fact from fiction, I’ll be attending a forum on Capitol Hill with my co-bloggers Dr. Kevin Pho and Dr. Rob Lamberts.
If you’re in the DC area, please come and join us in person. If you’d like to view some of the event via the Internet, we’ll be conducting live interviews with the speakers on Ustream. You can join the conversation by asking your questions in real time in the chat room starting at 2:00PM (EST) on Thursday, September 16, 2010. Please save the Ustream link to join the conversation: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/fact-or-fiction-adhd-in-america. Read more »
A recent post on Kevin MD by Joseph Biundo, a rheumatologist, challenged my assertion that primary care doctors can save money:
(In reference to my claim…) That may be true in theory, but I see patients in my rheumatology office every day who have been “worked up” by primary care physicians and come in with piles of lab tests and X-ray and MRI reports, but are diagnosed in my office by a simple history and physical exam.
Prior to that, an article in the New York Times along with a post by Kevin Pho noted the fact that more solo practitioners are leaving private practice and joining hospital systems. Why are they doing this? Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Musings of a Distractible Mind*
To join the event live, please contact john.briley@getbetterhealth.com Seating is limited…
Congressman Paul Ryan
Media Personality Rea Blakey
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 9, 2009 |
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Health Care Reform: Putting Patients First
Elected Officials Join America’s Top Medical Bloggers to Discuss the Real,
Clinical Impact of Health Care Reform
| WHEN: | Friday, July 17, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | |
| WHERE: | The National Press Club, Broadcast Operations Center 4th Floor, 529 14th St. NW, Washington, DC | |
| WHO: | Keynote: Representative Paul Ryan, (R-WI), House Budget Committee Ranking MemberModerator: Rea Blakey, Emmy award-winning health reporter and news anchor, previously with ABC, CNN, and now with Discovery Health
Host: Val Jones, M.D., CEO and Founder of Better Health Policy Expert: Robert Goldberg, Ph.D., co-founder and vice president of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest (CMPI) Primary Care Panelists: Kevin Pho, M.D., Internist and author of KevinMD Rob Lamberts, M.D., Med/Peds specialist and author of Musings of a Distractible Mind Alan Dappen, M.D., Family Physician and Better Health contributor Valerie Tinley, N.P., Nurse Practitioner and Better Health contributor Specialty Care Panelists: Kim McAllister, R.N., Emergency Medicine nurse and author of Emergiblog Westby Fisher, M.D., Cardiac Electrophysiologist and author of Dr.Wes Rich Fogoros, M.D., Cardiologist and author of CovertRationingBlog And Fixing American Healthcare Jim Herndon, M.D., past president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and Better Health contributor |
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