Drug now available for scorpion stings
Via Hospital Medicine Quick Hits, with a link to info from the FDA.
IBM’s Watson, Jeopardy, and "Revolutioning Medicine"
In the news recently was a story about a new supercomputer doing amazing things. In a technological tour de force, IBM’s Watson supercomputer research project has reached a milestone, beating a group of contestants in the TV gameshow Jeopardy. The TV game show “Jeopardy” Will predictions of advancements in medicine follow? Predictably so: IBM’s Watson [...]
Big Finance & Big Oil — Teabaggers and Racism
.The news coverage would suggest that President Obama and the Democratic Party should just give up now; the teabaggers and the Republican naysayers have convinced the American people and we all now believe in – what was it again? No taxes? No health care? That regulating banks is likely to increase the probability of having [...]
What does the research literature say about hand washing compliance rates in hospitals?
From a systematic review of all studies up to 2009: We found an overall median compliance rate of 40%. Unadjusted compliance rates were lower in intensive care units (30%–40%) than in other settings (50%–60%), lower among physicians (32%) than among nurses (48%), and before (21%) rather than after (47%) patient contact.
Disruptive behavior on the House floor
Via Gateway Pundit.
