January 31st, 2010 by GruntDoc in Better Health Network, News, Quackery Exposed
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Oh, good. Everything’s under control. The Scientologists are there.
Amid the mass of aid agencies piling in to help Haiti quake victims is a batch of Church of Scientology “volunteer ministers”, claiming to use the power of touch to reconnect nervous systems….
Some doctors at the hospital are skeptical. One US doctor, who asked not to be named, snorted: “I didn’t know touching could heal gangrene.” Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at GruntDoc*
January 29th, 2010 by Edwin Leap, M.D. in Better Health Network, Humor
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Classic presentation of the perfect patient
“What’s the problem? You’re the doctor,
why don’t you tell me!
I’m suffering an awful lot it must
be plain to see;
I’ve got back pain from that car wreck
back in nineteen sixty-five.
If I’d have worn my seat belt
there’s no way I’d be alive!
I’m out of my prescription and I
need help, I’m afraid.
I ain’t worried ‘bout the price, you see
I got my Medicaid. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at edwinleap.com*
January 27th, 2010 by Emergiblog in Better Health Network, True Stories
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Migraine.
Three days.
Out of pain medication and vomiting so you wouldn’t keep it down, anyway.
Agony.
Emergency department.
*****
You’re in luck – no one in triage!
A bed opens up, the nurse takes you straight to a room.
Gown, blanket.
And….
Two minutes later you send your cousin out to ask how long it will be until you get your pain med.
Excuse me? Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Emergiblog*
January 25th, 2010 by DrWes in Better Health Network, Health Policy
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It’s the fastest growing “specialty” service in medicine: hospitalist medicine. These are the doctors who limit their practice to the care and management of patients admitted to the hospital. It has been wildly popular because it adds a shift-like work schedule to medical care for physicians while supposedly preserving their personal life. It also moves patients through the hospital faster, shortening length of stays. As one of our more esteemed hospitalist bloggers likes to boast: it’s a “WIN-WIN!”
At least until the hospitalist service gets too busy. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Dr. Wes*
January 25th, 2010 by Dr. Val Jones in Audio, Better Health Network, Expert Interviews
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Paul Auerbach, MD (far right)
In this extraordinary first-hand account, Dr. Paul Auerbach (he is now the head administrator for NGOs at Port Au Prince’s largest hospital) describes what he has seen on the ground since his arrival one week ago.
[Audio:https://getbetterhealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/paulauerbach12410.mp3]
“The floor was covered with bodies. Some were dead, some were alive, some were screaming… There were rows of children with missing limbs… The smell of dead bodies was coming out of the old nursing quarters where the peers of the women helping us lay dead… The Haitian people are the strongest people I’ve ever seen.”
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