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| Oncology: The Suicide Metastasis | |
| On average, cancer patients have a 60% higher suicide risk than non-affected persons. Compared to treatment using pharmacotherapy and radiation therapy, psycho-oncology is given low priority. American oncologists want to change that. more... | |
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| | | The Art Of Deep Extubation | |
| It is quiet, elegant, and people who've seen it done properly often remark that they would prefer to wake from anesthesia that way, given the choice. There is art and logic to it, which I had the pleasure of learning from British anesthesiologists at the Yale University School of Medicine years ago. more... | |
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 | | ZDoggMD – Medical Satire | | You need something to tickle your laugh muscles? ZDoggMD, aka Dr. Zubin Damania, produces medical rap videos that are meant to educate and entertain. Besides adapting famous songs, he also talks about medical topics dressed up as Darth…sorry…Doc Vader.
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| | | Calcium Scan And Subtractive Medicine | |
| A calcium scan is a nifty test, not because it improves outcomes but because it changes management, specifically when there is zero calcium. It does this by so lowering the patient's risk profile that they no longer meet the risk threshold deemed by the AHA, and endorsed by the USPSTF, for starting statins for primary prevention. more... | |
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 | | To Blog Or Not To Blog... | | Roses are red, the sky is blue, what DocCheck Blogs needs is you! Poets can flatter but it's healthcare professionals who matter. Show us your writing skills (which surely are better than our poetry) and start your blog on DocCheck now! more... | | DocCheck Blogs |
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