30 companies get exemptions from Obamacare provisions
USA Today story here. Wesley Smith′s take: What a joke. Last week there were reports that McDonald’s was going to drop its employees from health insurance coverage because Obamacare would increase the company’s costs. This was roundly denied at the time, but now, guess what? The bureaucrats have exempted McDonald’s and other companies–not to mention [...]
Where do we stray from best evidence in the tretment of COPD exacerbations?
In three areas according to this Today′s Hospitalist article:Using IV steroids over PO using quinolones over macrolids; and delays in starting antibiotics.
Atrial fibrillation management—Medscape CME
A nice overview with 1 hour CME credit available.
Probable variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in Asia: A case report from Taiwan and review of two prior cases
Probable variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in Asia: A case report from Taiwan and review of two prior cases Chih-Wen Yang MD1,3, Jong-Ling Fuh MD1,3, Shuu-Jiun Wang MD1,3,*, Jiing-Feng Lirng MD2,3, Chih-Chao Yang MD4, Shih-Jung Cheng MD5 Article first published online: 25 NOV 2010 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2010.02151.x Keywords: magnetic resonance imaging; prion; pulvinar sign; variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease New [...]
Bartter and Gitelman’s
An update with links at Nephron Power.
