The rules of expensive scare medicine…
Top 10 Rules of Expensive Scare Medicine
December 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
That probably wasn’t a good idea….
December 9, 2009 By 1 Comment
A World of Wimps?
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Dr. Doyle is the author of an interestingly titled upcoming book titled “Suck It Up, America: The Tough Choices Needed for Real Health-Care Reform”. He laments the current epidemic of hypochondriasis, the universal expectation of a pill to cure every ill and the how modern society has warped our perceptions of risk.
Australasian Health and Medical Blogs
December 9, 2009 By 29 Comments
In response to @NickdMillar I am trying to collate and maintain a list of Australian Health and Medical blogs, and their related twitter accounts. As with @DrCris from Scalpel’s Edge, it is often difficult to pick Aussies from their blog postings – so leave a comment on this post so that I can make the list as accurate as possible…
HAGMA, LTKR, and CATMUDPILES
December 9, 2009 By 1 Comment
76 year old male living alone. Found obtunded at home by neighbours. Breathing rapidly and muttering incoherently. No other history available. Admission arterial blood gas shown:
The Evolution of Utopian Medicine
December 8, 2009 By 4 Comments
Useful Poison Centre Advice
December 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Just in case you were thinking of having some posion with your dinner, some useful advice from the Utah Poison Control Center
Fulminant pneumococcal pneumonia
December 8, 2009 By 4 Comments
A 27 year old female with metastatic ovarian cancer for whom treatment options have been exhausted arrives in the emergency department in extremis.
Purulent Suppuration
December 8, 2009 By 3 Comments
Should a word with pus- and -sy be used in medicine?
Aussie Jingle Bells
December 5, 2009 By 2 Comments
With the festive season upon us, the Life in The Fast Lane team would like to share an Aussie Christmas favourite. This ‘carol‘ embraces the passion of the Aussie lifestyle and lifts the spirits in 40 degree heat in a way snow laden caricatures cannot… Dashing through the bush In a rusty Holden Ute Kicking [...]
