WPC Day One
The first day of the 2nd World Parkinson Congress has begun. Scientific sessions are already underway and we hope to have some reports for you later today. Who else is reporting on the WPC? Several other community members, including some of our very own reporters, are blogging all week long as well. We’ll post some [...]
Let’s RSVP with a "yes" to Doctor Kim
Dartmouth’s President Jim Kim and his colleague James Weinstein make a sensible suggestion in an opinion article in the Washington Post, entitled, “Health Reform’s Next Test.” We propose the rapid expansion of a new field to tackle the twin problems of how to provide high-quality health care while lowering costs: health-care delivery science. …Experts in [...]
Cuban Pitirre
The Gray Kingbird, also known as Pitirre, Tyrannus dominicensis, is a passerine bird. It breeds from the extreme southeast of the USA through Central America, from Cuba to Puerto Rico as well as eastward towards all across the Lesser West Indies, south to Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago the Guiana and Colombia. Northern populations are migratory, wintering [...]
A glimpse of the quackademic curriculum: mind-body-spirit medicine at UCSF
This video illustrates the Trojan Horse principle of integrative medicine departments, which Orac has often pointed out. The speaker starts out with some plausible alternative modalities (hypnosis, biofeedback), then moves gently into the real woo of Tai Chi, Yoga and even the teachings of Larry Dossey.
Why I Shouldn’t Read Non-Systematic Review Articles: Special Pleadings and Undercover Authors
I usually resist looking at non-systematic review articles in medical journals, but because the title interested me, and things seem to be getting slow this holiday season, prompted by an update email from the American Journal of Medicine, I looked at Ram CVS. Beta-blockers in hypertension. Am J Cardiol 2010: 106: 1819-1825. (Link here.) The [...]
