He’s Glad
Half Sigma is glad that Roman Polanski avoided extradition to the U.S.
Hospital Medicine 2010 April 9 sessions—selected nephrology pearls
Derek Fine, MD gave a talk on renal problems in hospitalized patients and noted— It’s the CYP 34A interactions that often get us into trouble with statin myopathy leading to renal failure. Simvastatin has the worst reputation for this but lovastatin does it too and, to a lesser extent, atorvastatin. Read the labeling! Don’t forget [...]
Another Couple of Examples Of Approaches To Patient Safety That Seems to Work.
We had some interesting studies appear over the break. Study: EHR alert system improves doctor performance December 22, 2010 | Molly Merrill, Associate Editor CHICAGO – An electronic health system that alerts physicians with a yellow light when problems exist with a patient’s care is being used by doctors at Northwestern Medicine. The system goes [...]
What Drug Companies Promote PSA Testing?
I’ve been very concerned for many years about the overuse of PSA screening for men, so I’m surprised that I was not aware of this op-ed in the New York Times back on March 10:http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/opinion/10Ablin.html?scp=2&sq=ablin+great+prostate+mistake&st=nyt Richard Ablin, research professor of immunology and pathology at the University of Arizona, hammered away at what he calls the [...]
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