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- Is There A Doctor In The House?
Health experts warn that the global shortage of health professionals will soon lead to dire political and economic consequences. A shortage of doctors, nurses and other health professionals may impair the ability of some countries to enact relevant health care reform. The Third World will be the hardest hit, in my opinion, with its health […]
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- Medlinks for 2004-11-24
Grand Rounds 9
Grand Rounds is a weekly summary of the best medblog posts. Check it out. Didn’t get to participate this week though.
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- Non-Outbreak
Doc Emer is right to say that there is no meningococcemia outbreak / epidemic in the Philippines. I was unaware of the number of meningococcemia cases being seen in Baguio City per year so I used what I thought was a neutral term — “outbreak” — for lack of another term to refer to the […]
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- Medlinks for 2004-11-22
Ex-Philip Morris Scientist to Testify Against the Tobacco Giant
As part of a civil racketeering case against Big Tobacco, an ex-employee will testiy that Philip Morris failed to warn costumers regarding safety hazard.
(categories: antismoking)Church Air Dangerous
Parallel Universes, this week’s featured blog in Pinoyblog.com, warns against the danger of church air.
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- Fear Is The Mind-Killer
According to news reports, there is a general feeling of panic in Baguio because of the meningococcemia outbreak. People have been lining up in drugstores to try to snatch a few pills of Rifampicin and Ciprofloxacin. Now, here’s a situation that could get ugly. Although there have been a clustering of cases this month, it […]
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- Medlinks for 2004-11-20
blog.bioethics.net - the bioethics web log
A Blog from the Editors of the American Journal of Bioethics
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- Meningococcemia Scare
There have been several reports of an outbreak of meningococcemia in Baguio, the Philippines’ summer capital. It has claimed 5 people so far, and concerns regarding the local health system’s ability to contain the spread of the disease have affected the city’s main source of revenue: tourism. 4 new cases have been reported today, and […]
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- Google For Research
As far as I remember, Pubmed has always been the search tool of choice for serious medical researchers in our institution. It would be hard to imagine scholars and health professionals using Google for scholarly work. Those unstoppable innovators at Google, however, are developing Google Scholar, which scours the net for scholarly research material. It’s […]
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- Medlinks for 2004-11-17
The Lost Journals of Doogie Howser, MD
via Kottke’s remaindered links
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- Medlinks for 2004-11-16
Guidelines for your PDA
Palmdoc informs us that National Guideline Clearinghouse is offering guidelines for download for use in your PDA.
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