September 27th, 2009 by Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe, M.D. in Better Health Network, Health Tips, Video
Tags: Flu, H1N1 Flu, Infectious Disease, Influenza, Pediatrics, Swine Flu, Vaccine
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If you’re a bit confused about the H1N1 vaccine recommendations, you are in good company! They are a bit confusing because this year’s flu season is a bit confusing. To add insult to injury, the recommendations for H1N1 are just similar and dissimilar enough from “seasonal flu”, Influenza A&B, that sorting it out can make your head spin and your tongue get tied.
Kim Carrigan and I attempted to clear the air about this challenging topic recently on Fox News Boston…as you’ll see, I even got tripped up once, so don’t feel badly if you’re a bit confused!
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*This blog post was originally published at DrGwenn Is In*
September 27th, 2009 by Bongi in Better Health Network, True Stories
Tags: Child Murdered, Child Murdered By Father, Family Murder, Murder, South Africa, Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
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Of the things I encounter in my work, the one I find most disturbing is family murders. For some reason they happen with too much frequency in our country. It seems that some people, when life is too much for them are not happy to only put a bullet through their own head, but they feel the need to wipe out their entire family first. In my opinion it is a dastardly and cowardly act for which there is no excuse…ever.
The last one I was indirectly involved in was a typical story of a man that had lost it. He killed himself. But just before doing that he shot his wife and two children. His little girl made it to the hospital. I was asked to evaluate her, but she died before I even got to her. I was so disturbed I decided I didn’t want to see the body. I did, however see the scan. Besides the two bullet wounds through the head, the thing that struck me most were the two hair clips clearly visible on the scan in her hair on the back of her head. it was somehow disturbingly poignant and it stayed with me for some time.
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*This blog post was originally published at other things amanzi*
September 26th, 2009 by KerriSparling in Better Health Network, Humor, True Stories
Tags: Accident, Diabetes, Endocrinology, Patient, Raspberry, Type 1 Diabetes, Ulcer
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You know you’re a diabetic when … you see what appears to be this:
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*This blog post was originally published at Six Until Me.*
September 26th, 2009 by eDocAmerica in Better Health Network, Opinion
Tags: Bart Barlogie, eDocAmerica, Multiple Myeloma, Oncology, Participatory Medicine, Thalidomide, UAMS
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By Charles Smith, MD
This post is adapted from one I wrote last week on e-Patients.net Blog.
Matthew Herper’s post about thalidomide treatment of Myeloma is a good example of how patients will contribute to medical knowledge in the future, and may form a cautionary tale for patients who get involved to this degree in formulating new treatment approaches.
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*This blog post was originally published at eDocAmerica*
September 25th, 2009 by Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe, M.D. in Better Health Network, Opinion
Tags: Facebook, Parenting, Pediatrics, Psychology, Social Media, Socialization, teens
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CNN posted today that “Facebook is as large as the US Population.” That’s a lot of computers connecting in a lot of homes and communities all over the world but at what cost?
None to Facebook. They announced today they are finally making money.
But what about to us and our kids? Are we paying a price for being so socially networked?
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*This blog post was originally published at DrGwenn Is In*
