Top medicine articles for December 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine for December 2012:

How doctors on social media are changing the face of medicine - Twitter takes the debate worldwide http://buff.ly/PSRmBv

"The Family Doctor, Minus the M.D." - NYTimes keeps pushing the idea of "The Nurse as Family Doctor" http://buff.ly/R1rbn9

Air travel and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a new algorithm for pre-flight evaluation http://buff.ly/RMN37n

Long-term natural history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) http://buff.ly/RMNa2C

Among patients with CAD, CHF or HTN, continuing selective beta blockers during COPD hospitalisation appears to be safe http://buff.ly/RMOJO5

Hepatitis—Do you “C” it? Many infected adults do not know they have HCV http://bit.ly/URgBFx

Do Mentors Know Who They Are Mentoring? Columbia University Medical Center reviews the evidence http://bit.ly/URgVUC

Discovery of “vitamin” D began with childhood rickets. Nonskeletal effects of this hormone are now recognized http://bit.ly/URhdLk

The prevalence of eating breakfast daily was low in boys (47%) and girls (45%). Skipping meals, mainly breakfast, is associated with worse glucose and lipid levels in obese children and adolescents. http://bit.ly/URhGgF

Prevalence of erectile dysfunction in U.S. is 34%, 47% in Middle East. Risk factors: diabetes mellitus, HTN, CAD, obesity, stress, depression http://bit.ly/URjVAC

Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors use for ED in U.S.: 16% of men buy PDEi over the Internet (68% without prescription) http://bit.ly/URkvON

The Cost of Living Longer: The average rent at assisted-living facilities in U.S. is now $3,486 per month. The price of a private room at a nursing home is now $248 a day http://on.wsj.com/VSQ3Fs

Certain phrases in Latin carry both historic and modern significance. Top 10 Latin phrases for hospitalists: http://buff.ly/S2dCpa

The articles were selected from my Twitter and Google Reader streams. Please feel free to send suggestions for articles to clinicalcases@gmail.com and you will receive acknowledgement in the next edition of this publication.

Top medicine articles for December 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine for December 2012:

How doctors on social media are changing the face of medicine - Twitter takes the debate worldwide http://buff.ly/PSRmBv

"The Family Doctor, Minus the M.D." - NYTimes keeps pushing the idea of "The Nurse as Family Doctor" http://buff.ly/R1rbn9

Air travel and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a new algorithm for pre-flight evaluation http://buff.ly/RMN37n

Long-term natural history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) http://buff.ly/RMNa2C

Among patients with CAD, CHF or HTN, continuing selective beta blockers during COPD hospitalisation appears to be safe http://buff.ly/RMOJO5

Hepatitis—Do you “C” it? Many infected adults do not know they have HCV http://bit.ly/URgBFx

Do Mentors Know Who They Are Mentoring? Columbia University Medical Center reviews the evidence http://bit.ly/URgVUC

Discovery of “vitamin” D began with childhood rickets. Nonskeletal effects of this hormone are now recognized http://bit.ly/URhdLk

The prevalence of eating breakfast daily was low in boys (47%) and girls (45%). Skipping meals, mainly breakfast, is associated with worse glucose and lipid levels in obese children and adolescents. http://bit.ly/URhGgF

Prevalence of erectile dysfunction in U.S. is 34%, 47% in Middle East. Risk factors: diabetes mellitus, HTN, CAD, obesity, stress, depression http://bit.ly/URjVAC

Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors use for ED in U.S.: 16% of men buy PDEi over the Internet (68% without prescription) http://bit.ly/URkvON

The Cost of Living Longer: The average rent at assisted-living facilities in U.S. is now $3,486 per month. The price of a private room at a nursing home is now $248 a day http://on.wsj.com/VSQ3Fs

Certain phrases in Latin carry both historic and modern significance. Top 10 Latin phrases for hospitalists: http://buff.ly/S2dCpa

The articles were selected from my Twitter and Google Reader streams. Please feel free to send suggestions for articles to clinicalcases@gmail.com and you will receive acknowledgement in the next edition of this publication.

Top medicine articles for December 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine for December 2012:

How doctors on social media are changing the face of medicine - Twitter takes the debate worldwide http://buff.ly/PSRmBv

"The Family Doctor, Minus the M.D." - NYTimes keeps pushing the idea of "The Nurse as Family Doctor" http://buff.ly/R1rbn9

Air travel and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a new algorithm for pre-flight evaluation http://buff.ly/RMN37n

Long-term natural history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) http://buff.ly/RMNa2C

Among patients with CAD, CHF or HTN, continuing selective beta blockers during COPD hospitalisation appears to be safe http://buff.ly/RMOJO5

Hepatitis—Do you “C” it? Many infected adults do not know they have HCV http://bit.ly/URgBFx

Do Mentors Know Who They Are Mentoring? Columbia University Medical Center reviews the evidence http://bit.ly/URgVUC

Discovery of “vitamin” D began with childhood rickets. Nonskeletal effects of this hormone are now recognized http://bit.ly/URhdLk

The prevalence of eating breakfast daily was low in boys (47%) and girls (45%). Skipping meals, mainly breakfast, is associated with worse glucose and lipid levels in obese children and adolescents. http://bit.ly/URhGgF

Prevalence of erectile dysfunction in U.S. is 34%, 47% in Middle East. Risk factors: diabetes mellitus, HTN, CAD, obesity, stress, depression http://bit.ly/URjVAC

Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors use for ED in U.S.: 16% of men buy PDEi over the Internet (68% without prescription) http://bit.ly/URkvON

The Cost of Living Longer: The average rent at assisted-living facilities in U.S. is now $3,486 per month. The price of a private room at a nursing home is now $248 a day http://on.wsj.com/VSQ3Fs

Certain phrases in Latin carry both historic and modern significance. Top 10 Latin phrases for hospitalists: http://buff.ly/S2dCpa

The articles were selected from my Twitter and Google Reader streams. Please feel free to send suggestions for articles to clinicalcases@gmail.com and you will receive acknowledgement in the next edition of this publication.

Top medicine articles for December 2012-January 2013

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine for December 2012-January 2013:

Among former Olympic athletes, engagement in disciplines with high intensity exercise did not bring a survival benefit http://buff.ly/UmY9Ur

Non-benzodiazepine hypnotics (Z drugs - eszopiclone, zaleplon, zolpidem) are effective for treatment of adult insomnia http://buff.ly/UZC1g9

Bringing surgical history to life | BMJ http://buff.ly/UZCeQC -- Things change fast in surgery. Within a single generation, ways of operating that had been stable for decades have been overturned. New drugs have revolutionized what were once “surgical” conditions, and minimally invasive procedures have driven many “open” operations to the verge of extinction.

Dabigatran Shouldn't Be Used in Patients with Mechanical Heart Valves http://buff.ly/UmXToo

Confront medical errors - The University of Michigan Health System pioneered the three principle approach of “disclose, apologize, offer” more than a decade ago. http://buff.ly/UZDeV0

One Question That Changed the Cleveland Clinic Organization:
"How do you teach empathy?" CEO explains: http://buff.ly/V1ntgi

Too Young to Have a Heart Attack, at 48 - NYTimes http://buff.ly/UvpYKd

The Perils of Yoga for Men - torn muscles, damaged ligaments, dislocated joints, broken bones http://buff.ly/UwxhBp

Doctor Sued for Following a 'Do Not Resuscitate Order (found not liable by the jury) http://buff.ly/UZzYZH

Consequence of prescription-pain-pill epidemic: babies born dependent on drugs such as oxycodone http://buff.ly/V80BvE

50% of new experimental treatments prove to be better than established treatments, but few are much better http://buff.ly/PLDqJt

Exercise Minutes Per Week as a Vital Sign? http://buff.ly/11aAHxp

Asleep at the Wheel: 'Drowsy Driving' affects 4% of survey responders http://buff.ly/11aAQRg

Some U.S. Few Medical Schools Now Offering 3-Year Degrees http://buff.ly/WrCSoC

The articles were selected from my Twitter and Google Reader streams. Please feel free to send suggestions for articles to clinicalcases AT gmail.com and you will receive acknowledgement in the next edition of this publication.