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She certainly looked pregnant

At Your Cervix (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

July 4th — Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

Junkfood Science (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

This Independence Day is a good day to read the Declaration of Independence, signed by our Founding Fathers on July 4, 1776, and remember what this day means. Most importantly, to teach our children. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit

Happy 4th of July

At Your Cervix (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

What are your plans today? We're going to a free music concert in the park, followed by fireworks. I am so grateful to have a nice, four day weekend off!! (starting yesterday) The new term and classes start on Monday. I am going to be VERY busy this term. I'm taking Theory and Research, and Community Health Nursing. Both are very book and paper intense courses. The amount of reading to do is phenomenal!...

Teens and Drugs

Teen Health 411 (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

The good news is that the rates of most drug use have decreased except for inhalants and painkillers. The bad news is that prescription drugs are the most abused drugs (other than marijuana) by teens, and 64% report getting them from friends or family. The Office of the National Drug Control Policy reports that in 2006 there were more than 2.1 million teens abusing prescription drugs including...

Happy Birthday America.....IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.The...

A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

Happy Birthday America.....IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle

What is quality – a reader asks

DB's Medical Rants (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

Dr. T (pity the fool) – oops that was Mr. T – writes have been following your thoughts on Quality measurement for some time,and largely agree with you. I am the medical director of a 15 physician hospitalist group in the midwest, and here’s my question: Is there perhaps some value in at least a few [...] Related Posts Quality measurement – a delusion How to insure quality Safety...

Jonathan Bird's Blue World

Medicine for the Outdoors (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

Happy July 4! While I was walking the floor of Beneath the Sea, I had the opportunity to meet Jonathan Bird, who conceived and produced Jonathan Bird's Blue World, which is a family-oriented television series that takes viewers on a series of journeys underwater. He was kind enough to give me a DVD of Season One, which aired in its entirety on public television. There are 5 Episodes on the DVD,...

Saturday Posting

Just Up The Dose (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

Sorry guys... I know it's been a while since I've done any proper medical posting. The usual things have been going on: yesterday a woman presented with a dislocated jaw. Nothing unusual there, except that it had been dislocated more than a month ago (by my flatmate, The Dentist... hey these things happen...), but ya, why did she wait so long ? Who knows. We couldn't get it back in, and she went off...

Ten top medical blog posts, June 2009

Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

Here are the top posts from the past month, based on the number of times they were viewed. 1. How did Michael Jackson die, and the medicine behind sudden cardiac death 2. Did Demerol cause Michael Jackson’s cardiac arrest and death? 3. A surgeon dumps post-op patients to hospitalists 4. The worst medical malpractice cases you can possibly imagine 5. [...] Posted at KevinMD.com . Stay updated...

Importance of Being Physically Fit

HealthGuidance (Free subscription) | yesterday

Going to the gym on a regular basis is a large commitment that will take up a lot of your time.

Happy Independence Day!

Doctor Anonymous (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

I always associate patriotic holidays like July 4th with Ray Charles and America The Beautiful . Before I head out for the day with friends and family to have a great time, I will say a prayer for all those who have given their lives for my freedom and I will think about all those men and women out there right now fighting for and defending my freedom. I hope you will, too. Have a Happy and Safe Independence...

Babysitter Checklist - Things You Want to Tell to Your Babysitter

HealthGuidance (Free subscription) | yesterday

You have chosen a good baby sitter for your child so that he is safe and supervised throughout the day.

Dealing With the Empty Nest Syndrome

HealthGuidance (Free subscription) | yesterday

You little baby is now legally an adult and ready to leave his nest and his parents to find his own place in this world.

Helping Kids Cope With Death

HealthGuidance (Free subscription) | yesterday

Thoughts of death and losing a loved one send a chill upon our hearts.

Raising Responsible Kids

HealthGuidance (Free subscription) | yesterday

You hear the noise of shattering glass and run into the room to find your favorite vase broken to smithereens...