Presentations from Medicine 2.0 Congress

These are some selected presentations from the 2011 Medicine 2.0 Congress that took place on the Stanford University campus last weekend:

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Lee Aase, manager of Syndication and Social Media for Mayo Clinic, has uploaded more than 100 of his presentations on SlideShare.

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Other presentations: Epocrates and medical apps.

Related reading:

Social media in medical education - Grand Rounds presentation by IUH Med/Peds residency program director http://goo.gl/Zw3lK

Handwritten Video Tutorials in Medicine

Please note: The information in the following videos has not been verified by me. The purpose of this post is just to present the idea of this approach to medical education, not to recommend the content of the videos.

Here is the third video tutorial on electrocardiogram (ECG): ECG 3 - Segments, Intervals & Diseases:



Here is what the completed PDF looks like at the end of the drawing:

http://www.handwrittentutorials.com/pdf/pdf_69.pdf

Topics of the videos

Anatomy
Endocrinology
Immunology
Mathematics
Neuroscience
Pharmacology
Physiology

References

Handwritten Video Tutorials in Medicine http://goo.gl/ZxFhb and http://goo.gl/R8xse

Top articles in medicine in April 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine in April 2012 so far:

Dr. Breslow, Who Tied Good Habits to Longevity, Dies at 97 - NYTimes http://goo.gl/ftRDR - It certainly worked for him. His recommendations: do not smoke; drink in moderation; sleep seven to eight hours; exercise at least moderately; eat regular meals; maintain a moderate weight; eat breakfast. Dr. Breslow found that a 60-year-old who followed the seven recommended behaviors would be as healthy as a 30-year-old who followed fewer than three.

Activation of free fatty acid receptor 1 (FFAR1) by experimental drug TAK-875 offers hope as new diabetes therapy j.mp/IQTDnd

Vitamin D Doesn't Improve Academic Performance in Children (study) http://j.mp/ICZpyu - It also doesn't help patients with pneumonia

Phthalates May Double Diabetes Risk - Phthalates are chemicals found in cosmetics, scented candles, plastics http://j.mp/ICZ5j7

Endangered species found in Chinese herbal medications... http://j.mp/HF001J

Google starts ranking journals http://j.mp/HBGIez -- using Google Scholar Metrics for Publications http://j.mp/HBGK6f. Google ranks the top 100 journals and NEJM is no more the "top dog" http://j.mp/HBGYKB according to G Scholar Metrics for Publications. The most cited NEJM article is "Vitamin D Deficiency" followed by "CT - An Increasing Source of Radiation Exposure" http://j.mp/HBHsAi

NEJM now has 17 Interactive Medical Cases - free full text online http://j.mp/Hw5F59

12-Word Social Media Policy by Mayo Clinic: Don’t Lie, Don’t Pry, Don’t Cheat, Can’t Delete, Don’t Steal, Don’t Reveal http://bit.ly/Hr8c1E

Chinese herbal medicines made from Aristolochia plants might be responsible for urinary tract cancer - BMJ http://j.mp/I1pCD5

5 Futures for Academic Medicine. "Drivers of Change in Academic Medicine: “Big hungry buyers” demanding more from health care" - PLoS Medicine http://j.mp/Hw07t4

FDA Approves "Alzheimer's PET scan" by Eli Lilly - radioactive agent florbetapir tags clumps of sticky amyloid in brain http://goo.gl/VbQi7

The articles were selected from my Twitter and Google Reader streams.

Top articles in medicine in April 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine in April 2012 so far:

Dr. Breslow, Who Tied Good Habits to Longevity, Dies at 97 - NYTimes http://goo.gl/ftRDR - It certainly worked for him. His recommendations: do not smoke; drink in moderation; sleep seven to eight hours; exercise at least moderately; eat regular meals; maintain a moderate weight; eat breakfast. Dr. Breslow found that a 60-year-old who followed the seven recommended behaviors would be as healthy as a 30-year-old who followed fewer than three.

Activation of free fatty acid receptor 1 (FFAR1) by experimental drug TAK-875 offers hope as new diabetes therapy j.mp/IQTDnd

Vitamin D Doesn't Improve Academic Performance in Children (study) http://j.mp/ICZpyu - It also doesn't help patients with pneumonia

Phthalates May Double Diabetes Risk - Phthalates are chemicals found in cosmetics, scented candles, plastics http://j.mp/ICZ5j7

Endangered species found in Chinese herbal medications... http://j.mp/HF001J

Google starts ranking journals http://j.mp/HBGIez -- using Google Scholar Metrics for Publications http://j.mp/HBGK6f. Google ranks the top 100 journals and NEJM is no more the "top dog" http://j.mp/HBGYKB according to G Scholar Metrics for Publications. The most cited NEJM article is "Vitamin D Deficiency" followed by "CT - An Increasing Source of Radiation Exposure" http://j.mp/HBHsAi

NEJM now has 17 Interactive Medical Cases - free full text online http://j.mp/Hw5F59

12-Word Social Media Policy by Mayo Clinic: Don’t Lie, Don’t Pry, Don’t Cheat, Can’t Delete, Don’t Steal, Don’t Reveal http://bit.ly/Hr8c1E

Chinese herbal medicines made from Aristolochia plants might be responsible for urinary tract cancer - BMJ http://j.mp/I1pCD5

5 Futures for Academic Medicine. "Drivers of Change in Academic Medicine: “Big hungry buyers” demanding more from health care" - PLoS Medicine http://j.mp/Hw07t4

FDA Approves "Alzheimer's PET scan" by Eli Lilly - radioactive agent florbetapir tags clumps of sticky amyloid in brain http://goo.gl/VbQi7

The articles were selected from my Twitter and Google Reader streams.

Top articles in medicine in April 2012 (part 3)

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

Botulinum Toxin for Prophylaxis of Migraine and Tension Headaches: not so great - JAMA http://j.mp/IecqxB

Varicocele Is Associated with Erectile Dysfunction: 3.3% of ED patients have it vs. 1.2% of controls http://goo.gl/R8nPi

Evaluation of nail abnormalities: subungual melanomas, account for 50% of melanomas in persons with dark skin http://goo.gl/ryWVo

Sunscreens & Vitamin D: the overwhelming majority of dermatologists recommend to get your vitamin D from food, not from the sun http://goo.gl/BcFtP

Heat waves that last for more than a week can be deadly, particularly for the elderly. For every 1 degree C increase in summer temperature, death risk of the elderly with chronic conditions rises 3-4% http://goo.gl/2sYh1

Personal vs. Professional: How Doctors Manage Their Social Media Profiles - University of Chicago Medicine blog http://goo.gl/JNyu1

45% of women overestimate the effectiveness of the Pill and condoms for pregnancy prevention (study) http://goo.gl/1QcXW

FDA approves fast-acting Viagra rival: Avanafil (Stendra) starts working in 15 min, the fastest of the 4 ED drugs http://goo.gl/Joskq

More than 40% of people in the U.S. live in counties with unsafe levels of air pollutants http://goo.gl/G2bG8

20% of Americans have gone out on a date with someone they met online. New to Online Dating: Here are 11 Tips http://goo.gl/ulviK

Most Peaceful, Least Peaceful U.S. States - For 11th year in a row, Maine is the most peaceful state in America http://goo.gl/ZTr4X

Damage control on physician-rating websites - "We've all got a megaphone now," says CEO of physician-rating site http://goo.gl/ouxiI

7 steps to responding to angry patients - "RAPSAND" acronym builds "emotional muscle" in staff members http://goo.gl/IXcWP

The articles were selected from my Twitter and Google Reader streams.

Top articles in medicine in April-May 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine in April-May 2012:

Always advocate for the patient. When in a bind, ask yourself, “Self, what's best for my patient?” You can only see ONE patient at a time. The patient in front of you is the only patient you have. http://bit.ly/HGJcU8

Adolescence is changing: age of onset of puberty is decreasing, age at which mature social roles are achieved is rising http://goo.gl/dshDG

Pilot sends plane into dive after mistaking Venus for oncoming plane http://bit.ly/INqXjw - "It's happened to most of us", starts CNN... North American-based pilots flying eastbound at night towards Europe are at increased risk of fatigue-related performance issues http://bit.ly/INqXjw

Are we ready to recommend aspirin for cancer prevention? Lancet http://goo.gl/WyRXY and http://goo.gl/oytIK

First described in 1967, Kawasaki disease is now a leading cause of acquired heart disease in developed countries http://goo.gl/ShL00 -- Addition of prednisolone to standard treatment with IVIG improves coronary artery outcomes in severe Kawasaki disease http://j.mp/JdUbTl

Bullying victimisation is associated with a myriad of emotional and behavioural problems throughout adolescence http://goo.gl/VzBrf

Thoughts for new medical students http://goo.gl/cr5k3 - Advice from the BMJ editor in 2003, still mostly relevant.

Consumer Expectations for Healthcare Social Media http://goo.gl/REXqV

Women are much more responsive than men to the weather, and life satisfaction decreases with rain (study) http://goo.gl/gp5KE

Use of Social Media by Western European Hospitals: Longitudinal Study shows that SoMe awareness is growing http://goo.gl/l41tz

Geriatrics update 2012: What parts of our practice to change, what to ‘think about’ - CCJM http://goo.gl/rvH9O

Family history: Still relevant in the genomics era - CCJM http://goo.gl/ty5vG

The articles were selected from my Twitter and Google Reader streams.

What it's like to study medicine at Cambridge (video)

What is "the favorite" for medical students in the UK at the moment? Going into General Practice (at minute 2:45 of the video). They are also "very keen into going into a specialty such as pediatrics". This is a night and day difference compared to their counterparts in the U.S.



From Cambridge University YouTube channel: "At Cambridge, we offer two medicine courses - the Standard Course and the Graduate Course. With both, our aim is to educate students to become compassionate, thoughtful, skilled members - and leaders - of the medical profession.

Success in medicine requires application and hard work, both while studying and when in practice. However, it brings great rewards in terms of job satisfaction, involving as it does a combination of science and human interactions, and numerous career opportunities."

To find out more about Medicine at Cambridge, see http://study.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/medicine

Comments from Twitter:

Nick Bennett @peds_id_doc: Best medical school in the world. Seriously.

Medical School Life in Cambridge and Debrecen - @Berci compares the promotional videos http://goo.gl/BZm2w

Top articles in medicine in May 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine in May 2012 so far:

Is Geriatric Medicine Terminally Ill? asks Annals of Internal Medicine http://goo.gl/J4jMU

Low vitamin D (below 50 nmol/L (20 ng/mL) increases risk for clinical disease among older adults http://goo.gl/tBXS4

Senior physicians keep working, putting off the R-word - 20% of U.S. physicians are older than 65 http://goo.gl/Dxgip

Many young doctors worried about future of medicine - amednews http://goo.gl/r61lW

"One of the greatest risks of social media is ignoring social media" says chief integrity officer of Cleveland Clinic. Patients want to use social media tools to manage health care http://goo.gl/9SAry

Doctors can risk lawsuits when writing about patients - amednews points to books about patients as examples http://goo.gl/QhqFS

Coffee is the most complex food known to man. It has 1200 flavor components. The nearest comparison is red wine with 450 chemical compounds in the flavor make-up. In most commercial blends there are 10 to 12 different coffees, from different farms. http://goo.gl/m2LwD

Guidelines for social media use by Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) describe in detail what NOT to do: http://goo.gl/Raq2e

Prevention of acute knee injuries in adolescent female football (soccer) players: warm-up could help http://goo.gl/dBgSS

Is It Possible To Walk And Work At The Same Time? Kaiser Permanente tries walking meetings http://goo.gl/cRu8l

Corneal transplantation - 2012 state of the art review in The Lancet http://goo.gl/JBAag

Towards an optimum strategy in rheumatoid arthritis: For RA patients who fail initial methotrexate treatment, add-on disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs are appropriate http://goo.gl/ONq6u

Time Spent Behind the Wheel May Increase Heart Health Risks, linked to less time spent exercising http://goo.gl/NUYX7

Recipe For Safer Drinking Water (from bacteria)? Add Sun, Salt And Lime http://goo.gl/kU2ZK

The articles were selected from my Twitter and Google Reader streams.

Top articles in medicine in May 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine in May 2012 so far:

Is Geriatric Medicine Terminally Ill? asks Annals of Internal Medicine http://goo.gl/J4jMU

Low vitamin D (below 50 nmol/L (20 ng/mL) increases risk for clinical disease among older adults http://goo.gl/tBXS4

Senior physicians keep working, putting off the R-word - 20% of U.S. physicians are older than 65 http://goo.gl/Dxgip

Many young doctors worried about future of medicine - amednews http://goo.gl/r61lW

"One of the greatest risks of social media is ignoring social media" says chief integrity officer of Cleveland Clinic. Patients want to use social media tools to manage health care http://goo.gl/9SAry

Doctors can risk lawsuits when writing about patients - amednews points to books about patients as examples http://goo.gl/QhqFS

Coffee is the most complex food known to man. It has 1200 flavor components. The nearest comparison is red wine with 450 chemical compounds in the flavor make-up. In most commercial blends there are 10 to 12 different coffees, from different farms. http://goo.gl/m2LwD

Guidelines for social media use by Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) describe in detail what NOT to do: http://goo.gl/Raq2e

Prevention of acute knee injuries in adolescent female football (soccer) players: warm-up could help http://goo.gl/dBgSS

Is It Possible To Walk And Work At The Same Time? Kaiser Permanente tries walking meetings http://goo.gl/cRu8l

Corneal transplantation - 2012 state of the art review in The Lancet http://goo.gl/JBAag

Towards an optimum strategy in rheumatoid arthritis: For RA patients who fail initial methotrexate treatment, add-on disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs are appropriate http://goo.gl/ONq6u

Time Spent Behind the Wheel May Increase Heart Health Risks, linked to less time spent exercising http://goo.gl/NUYX7

Recipe For Safer Drinking Water (from bacteria)? Add Sun, Salt And Lime http://goo.gl/kU2ZK

The articles were selected from my Twitter and Google Reader streams.

Top articles in medicine in June 2012

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

Fatty acids in formula don't make babies smarter http://goo.gl/FYyVX - Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids http://goo.gl/1WVjY

Electronic health records linked to worse diabetes care compared to old-fashioned paper records (study) http://goo.gl/vm2mR

Being sleepy behind the wheel is almost as bad as drinking and driving (study) http://goo.gl/Ub9hu

Study: Older People Have Special Smell, but It's Not Unpleasant as Stereotype Implies http://goo.gl/7bHfv

If we're going to think of exercise as a therapeutic intervention, like all interventions there will be adverse effects http://goo.gl/unjJS

DrotAA in Septic Shock - graph clearly shows lack of benefit from rh activated protein C, drotrecogin alfa http://goo.gl/bCktn

The Emerging Threat of Untreatable Gonococcal Infection - what to do if allergic to PCN and cephalosporins? NEJM http://goo.gl/fwFq3

Gallup tracks the U.S. Mood daily, only 41% were happy on June 7, 2012 http://goo.gl/Pn0lz

Drowning - free NEJM review of the current concepts, 2012 http://goo.gl/xSqLu

Intensive Enough? Intensive care units (ICUs) began in the 1950s, staffing models continue to be controversial http://goo.gl/2rZNk

Men vs. Women: Whose Offices Are Germier? Study confirms suspicion: Men Are "Greater" Source of Bacteria Than Women http://goo.gl/JkzF5

Residents' Response to Duty-Hour Regulations: 41% reported worsened education - NEJM http://goo.gl/leaC4

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 articles in medicine in June 2012

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

Fatty acids in formula don't make babies smarter http://goo.gl/FYyVX - Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids http://goo.gl/1WVjY

Electronic health records linked to worse diabetes care compared to old-fashioned paper records (study) http://goo.gl/vm2mR

Being sleepy behind the wheel is almost as bad as drinking and driving (study) http://goo.gl/Ub9hu

Study: Older People Have Special Smell, but It's Not Unpleasant as Stereotype Implies http://goo.gl/7bHfv

If we're going to think of exercise as a therapeutic intervention, like all interventions there will be adverse effects http://goo.gl/unjJS

DrotAA in Septic Shock - graph clearly shows lack of benefit from rh activated protein C, drotrecogin alfa http://goo.gl/bCktn

The Emerging Threat of Untreatable Gonococcal Infection - what to do if allergic to PCN and cephalosporins? NEJM http://goo.gl/fwFq3

Gallup tracks the U.S. Mood daily, only 41% were happy on June 7, 2012 http://goo.gl/Pn0lz

Drowning - free NEJM review of the current concepts, 2012 http://goo.gl/xSqLu

Intensive Enough? Intensive care units (ICUs) began in the 1950s, staffing models continue to be controversial http://goo.gl/2rZNk

Men vs. Women: Whose Offices Are Germier? Study confirms suspicion: Men Are "Greater" Source of Bacteria Than Women http://goo.gl/JkzF5

Residents' Response to Duty-Hour Regulations: 41% reported worsened education - NEJM http://goo.gl/leaC4

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 articles in medicine in June 2012

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

Fatty acids in formula don't make babies smarter http://goo.gl/FYyVX - Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids http://goo.gl/1WVjY

Electronic health records linked to worse diabetes care compared to old-fashioned paper records (study) http://goo.gl/vm2mR

Being sleepy behind the wheel is almost as bad as drinking and driving (study) http://goo.gl/Ub9hu

Study: Older People Have Special Smell, but It's Not Unpleasant as Stereotype Implies http://goo.gl/7bHfv

If we're going to think of exercise as a therapeutic intervention, like all interventions there will be adverse effects http://goo.gl/unjJS

DrotAA in Septic Shock - graph clearly shows lack of benefit from rh activated protein C, drotrecogin alfa http://goo.gl/bCktn

The Emerging Threat of Untreatable Gonococcal Infection - what to do if allergic to PCN and cephalosporins? NEJM http://goo.gl/fwFq3

Gallup tracks the U.S. Mood daily, only 41% were happy on June 7, 2012 http://goo.gl/Pn0lz

Drowning - free NEJM review of the current concepts, 2012 http://goo.gl/xSqLu

Intensive Enough? Intensive care units (ICUs) began in the 1950s, staffing models continue to be controversial http://goo.gl/2rZNk

Men vs. Women: Whose Offices Are Germier? Study confirms suspicion: Men Are "Greater" Source of Bacteria Than Women http://goo.gl/JkzF5

Residents' Response to Duty-Hour Regulations: 41% reported worsened education - NEJM http://goo.gl/leaC4

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 June 2012

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

Open access to research is inevitable, says Nature editor-in-chief http://goo.gl/N3OEU

Diagnosis, treatment, and management of echinococcosis | 2012 BMJ review http://goo.gl/r65Nd

How to be a cool headed clinician. Imperturbability is an essential characteristic for doctors, but how compatible is it with empathy? BMJ http://goo.gl/X7l5y

A doctor's guide to E/M coding - How to minimize lost revenue and likelihood of an audit - ModernMedicine http://goo.gl/RT6OC

Forgotten notebooks shed light on controversial discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic to cure TB http://goo.gl/1au0m

Apps for the Traveler With Medical Issues - NYTimes http://goo.gl/vFJzE

Statin Use Linked to Fatigue in Randomized Trial http://goo.gl/4xv0I and http://goo.gl/U2cMh

Thiazolidinedione use is associated with increased risk for diabetic macular edema http://goo.gl/1O0Tz

"Superbug" gonorrhea, becoming untreatable, accounts for 10% of STDs in Europe - doubling since last year http://goo.gl/y5aWr

Rapid Saliva Test for Laryngopharyngeal Reflux (LPR) http://goo.gl/LEsMO and http://goo.gl/GCean

Journal offers flat fee for ‘all you can publish’ Whereas PLoS ONE charges $1,350 per paper, PeerJ users pay $299 http://goo.gl/0kArd

Ipratropium linked to increased risk of stroke in COPD, especially with concomitant use of SABAs or theophylline http://goo.gl/CEr25

Chagas Disease is “The New HIV/AIDS of the Americas” claims the journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases http://goo.gl/1P1qu

Cleveland Clinic summit on Patient Experience shares presentation slides - a must-read for those interested in #HCSM http://goo.gl/EnMbK

Doctors are using electronic records more - but liking them less - Washington Post http://buff.ly/Lpb8SY

Only 6.7% of office-based physicians routinely email with patients http://buff.ly/PPdusu

5 Key Benchmarks That Could Make or Break a Physician Practice http://buff.ly/LpbskH

90% of patients prefer web-based access to health information and education. 88% want to receive email reminders when it is time for preventive or follow-up care. 72% would like to use online services to book, change or cancel physician appointments. http://buff.ly/L0jjQS

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.

Comments from Twitter:

Mike Cadogan @sandnsurf: Another great collection of the top #hcsm articles in medicine June 2012 via @DrVes litfl.com/LdO8X4

@DrVes: @sandnsurf @hjluks I'm glad you liked the summary http://casesblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/top-medicine-articles-for-june-2012.html - it's helpful to collect the article tweets for later reference.

Top medicine articles for June-July 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine for June-July 2012:

Should You Put Sunscreen on Infants? It’s best not to use sunscreen on infants under age 6 months - FDA http://buff.ly/LxmJ0u

Guillain-Barre Syndrome - NEJM review http://buff.ly/LxmC55

Long-term use of low-dose azithromycin as an attractive adjunct treatment option for COPD http://buff.ly/LAoNVi

71% of doctors believe quality of healthcare will deteriorate over the next 5 years (19-page survey summary, PDF) http://goo.gl/Sl0wd

Americans' confidence in the U.S. medical system is around the historical average of 39% http://goo.gl/KoTqI

FDA Approves Diet Pill Belviq http://bit.ly/LCvE0o

What is So Good About Growing Old: mind gets sharper at a number of vitally important abilities http://goo.gl/6xI8M

A Lithium Battery in a Hotdog: the picture burns itself into mind - keep out of reach of small children http://buff.ly/LSmPBS

People who remember being pushed or slapped as children more likely to have depression or anxiety later in life http://goo.gl/oTt7p

Physical Punishment Has Long-Lasting Consequences on Children's Mental Health (study) http://buff.ly/LKGrl6

GSK once-daily lung drug LAMA/LABA (umeclidinium/vilanterol) showed positive results in COPD http://goo.gl/s1o0P

1 in 5 Nurses is Depressed - 18% of hospital-employed nurses have depression; twice the rate of the general public http://goo.gl/aioSn

The Medication Generation: Many young people today have now spent most of their lives on antidepressants - WSJ http://on.wsj.com/LLDuVE

Publishing a medical journal is a very profitable activity, says former BMJ Editor-in-Chief and provides examples http://goo.gl/QeaKS

Health Care Mandate Puts a "Cranky Uncle" in Every Exam Room - NYTimes http://goo.gl/v0PpH

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 July 2012

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

Participation in sport is associated with a 20-40% reduction in all-cause mortality. Exercise is a fifth vital sign! http://goo.gl/gyxYf

Renal denervation to treat resistant hypertension: Guarded optimism - CCJM http://goo.gl/svAvZ

Dengue: A reemerging concern for travelers. There is no antiviral treatment - CCJM http://goo.gl/gY6DO

POLST: An improvement over traditional advance directives - CCJM http://goo.gl/NhhbX POLST = Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment

Tonsillectomy changes: More children are operated for sleep disordered breathing and fewer for recurrent pharyngitis http://goo.gl/UXTfO

Bariatric surgery provides sustained weight loss, major improvements in severely obese individuals with diabetes type 2 http://goo.gl/OkV61

Twitter Use at American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meetings: 14-40 doctors generated 29% of meeting dialogue http://goo.gl/fw94I

Tweeting the Meeting: An In-Depth Analysis of Twitter Activity at Kidney Week 2011 - PLoS ONE http://goo.gl/eOmLO

Is your cat hosting a human suicide parasite? Toxoplasma gondii in chicagotribune http://goo.gl/oMW8M

How safe is your hospital? Consumer Reports magazine rates best (and worst) hospitals http://goo.gl/uHcTh

Conservatives Are Happier Than Liberals, and Extremists Are Happiest of All - NYTimes http://goo.gl/h67w9

Chronic hyperglycaemia and microvascular disease contribute to cognitive dysfunction, mental and motor slowing in both DM 1 and 2 http://goo.gl/hTTcK

5-10% of people per year with prediabetes will progress to diabetes (same proportion converts back to normoglycemia) http://goo.gl/oYbTk

Suicide is second to only accidental death as the leading cause of mortality in young men across the world. High-lethality methods of suicide are preferred by young men: hanging and firearms in high-income countries, pesticide poisoning in the Indian subcontinent, and charcoal-burning in east Asia. Lancet, 2012, http://goo.gl/DqMfF

Ethics of mitochondrial donation discussed in The Lancet http://goo.gl/JAVFC

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) was discovered during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s, after an outbreak of unexplained hepatitis at a military camp. A pooled faecal extract from affected soldiers was ingested by a member of the research team. He became sick, and the new virus (named HEV), was detected in his stool by electron microscopy. Globally, HEV is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis. http://goo.gl/vkaGB

The seventh cholera pandemic began in 1961 and still affects 3-5 million people each year, killing 120 000 http://goo.gl/bz07X

Psychiatry's identity crisis - The Lancet http://goo.gl/XfsM6

Paralympic medicine - Lancet review - 20 sports at Summer Paralympic Games, 5 at Winter Paralympic Games http://goo.gl/rpJhI

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 an acknowledgement in the next edition of this publication.

Top medicine articles for July-August 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine for July-August 2012:

Where are you on the global fat scale? BBC calculator: http://goo.gl/ZnI6D

Drug cheating at the Olympics: who, what, and why? 7% of elite athletes admitted to doping ~ 1000 people at each Games http://bit.ly/Mcc1bz

Risk of pneumonia decreased with use of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors - BMJ meta-analysis http://goo.gl/dE9Ks

One Doctor’s Prescription to Avoid Social Media Overload http://goo.gl/bdtPU

Cents and Sensitivity - Teaching Physicians to Think about Costs - NEJM http://goo.gl/aUQE3

How fat is fat? The Lancet compares CTs with visceral fat vs. subcutaneous fat deposits http://goo.gl/iO9sa

Increasing contraceptive use in developing countries has cut the number of maternal deaths by 40% - The Lancet http://goo.gl/hHjIO

Qsymia is the second new drug for obesity approved by the FDA in the last month, after Belviq http://goo.gl/wCqi7

Mass General knocks Johns Hopkins out of the top hospital spot it's held for 21 years, while at the same time Cleveland Clinic is closing in on Mayo Clinic - U.S. News & World Report's 2012 list of the best U.S. hospitals http://goo.gl/URpei

Feedback of DNA based risk assessments does not motivate behaviour change - BMJ http://goo.gl/3HaRy

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 August 2012

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

Contrary to marketing, there is no evidence that sports drinks are essential adjunct for anyone doing exercise - BMJ http://goo.gl/h6kg9

To drink or not to drink to drink during exercise - BMJ reviews the evidence http://goo.gl/vKGX0

Mythbusting sports and exercise products - BMJ: color of urine does not reflect hydration http://goo.gl/8q1Wc

Round table on the problems with sports product evidence - BMJ video:



Health-care law driving doctors away from small practices, toward hospital employment - Washington Post http://goo.gl/Uvb7f

Top 5 reasons why the independent physician practice is dying http://goo.gl/DMZGw

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is risky and costly - BMJ http://goo.gl/vYD9D

Brain MRI in COPD: In stable nonhypoxemic COPD there is white/gray matter disturbance, cognitive dysfunction? http://buff.ly/MnAIIN

A "New" Way to Prevent Hip Fractures: Cataract surgery may help prevent disabling hip fractures http://buff.ly/MnBw0h

Whooping Cough Comeback: more than twice as many cases of pertussis this year compared to last year http://buff.ly/PrZp0Z

Gout risk goes up as waistline expands: "The heavier you are, the greater your odds of getting gout" http://buff.ly/MnC9a9

Consider Cosmetics and Folk Remedies as Causes for Unexplained Lead Poisoning - CDC http://buff.ly/Ps0yWv

Dieting vs. Exercise for Weight Loss - NYTimes http://buff.ly/MnCJoo -- Weight loss predictor - A validated dynamic mathematical energy balance model that predicts weight change http://buff.ly/Ps1r1f

Find your Olympic athlete body structural match - BBC http://goo.gl/MhluY - Other calculators: http://goo.gl/K3akg

Doctors tend to enjoy classical music, while lawyers prefer jazz - Medical Journal of Australia http://goo.gl/OVjl5

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 August 2012

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

Contrary to marketing, there is no evidence that sports drinks are essential adjunct for anyone doing exercise - BMJ http://goo.gl/h6kg9

To drink or not to drink to drink during exercise - BMJ reviews the evidence http://goo.gl/vKGX0

Mythbusting sports and exercise products - BMJ: color of urine does not reflect hydration http://goo.gl/8q1Wc

Round table on the problems with sports product evidence - BMJ video:



Health-care law driving doctors away from small practices, toward hospital employment - Washington Post http://goo.gl/Uvb7f

Top 5 reasons why the independent physician practice is dying http://goo.gl/DMZGw

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is risky and costly - BMJ http://goo.gl/vYD9D

Brain MRI in COPD: In stable nonhypoxemic COPD there is white/gray matter disturbance, cognitive dysfunction? http://buff.ly/MnAIIN

A "New" Way to Prevent Hip Fractures: Cataract surgery may help prevent disabling hip fractures http://buff.ly/MnBw0h

Whooping Cough Comeback: more than twice as many cases of pertussis this year compared to last year http://buff.ly/PrZp0Z

Gout risk goes up as waistline expands: "The heavier you are, the greater your odds of getting gout" http://buff.ly/MnC9a9

Consider Cosmetics and Folk Remedies as Causes for Unexplained Lead Poisoning - CDC http://buff.ly/Ps0yWv

Dieting vs. Exercise for Weight Loss - NYTimes http://buff.ly/MnCJoo -- Weight loss predictor - A validated dynamic mathematical energy balance model that predicts weight change http://buff.ly/Ps1r1f

Find your Olympic athlete body structural match - BBC http://goo.gl/MhluY - Other calculators: http://goo.gl/K3akg

Doctors tend to enjoy classical music, while lawyers prefer jazz - Medical Journal of Australia http://goo.gl/OVjl5

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 September 2012

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

More than 30% of hospital patients have test result pending/not reviewed by the time they're discharged http://goo.gl/CCBxr

Corneal snowflakes due to IgG-kappa multiple myeloma - The Lancet images http://goo.gl/FvGBM

Biliary ileus - The Lancet images http://goo.gl/Iv18H

Erectile Dysfunction (ED) as a Reliable Proxy of General Male Health Status regardless of the etiology of ED http://goo.gl/y3kjA

Higher BPA Levels, More Heart Disease? http://goo.gl/10UUi

More Self-Control as a Child, Lower BMI as Adult (study) http://goo.gl/FElcw

FDA approved the first generic version of Actos (Pioglitazone) to treat adults with type 2 diabetes http://goo.gl/kUq9k

Mississippi has the highest proportion of obese adults at 35%, and Colorado has the lowest at 21% (survey) http://goo.gl/JDD6C

"GSK drug halves attacks in hard-to-treat asthma" - anti-IL5 antibody mepolizumab for eosinophilic asthma http://goo.gl/Be6IU

New Epinephrine Auto-Injector Talks Patients Through Injection Process, has a 5-sec countdown, signaling lights http://goo.gl/rYJZI

Autoinflammatory syndromes: Fever is not always a sign of infection - CCJM http://goo.gl/uTc2X

Genetic counselors: Your partners in clinical practice - CCJM http://goo.gl/ZkJb4

Atrial fibrillation: New drugs, devices, and procedures - CCJM http://goo.gl/O0AQN

The demise of the stethoscope as a metaphor of the “hyposkillia” of our times - CCJM http://goo.gl/xu5qS -- An argument for reviving the disappearing skill of cardiac auscultation - CCJM http://goo.gl/59ikK

Dark chocolate can help decrease blood pressure by 2-3 mmHg http://goo.gl/xTnn1

Eating egg yolks as 'bad as smoking' - NHS Choices blog reviews the evidence http://goo.gl/IosBG

30% of new prescriptions never get filled. Will smart pills boost drug compliance? http://goo.gl/omhjJ

Small practices may be least able to take new Medicaid patients - NJ Medicaid physicians get paid 37% of Medicare rates http://goo.gl/g3RLN

4 ways for practices to benefit from a social media presence: Offer information beyond the appointment, Raise physician profiles, Influence online search, Marketing toolkit http://goo.gl/5mAz4

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 October 2012

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

Worldwide, 31% of adults are physically inactive, ranging from 17% in southeast Asia to 43% in Americas and eastern Mediterranean. The proportion of 13-15-year-olds doing fewer than 60 min of moderate physical activity per day is 80% http://goo.gl/3W6os -- The pandemic of physical inactivity: Physical inactivity is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide - The Lancet http://goo.gl/dL2uE -- Elimination of physical inactivity would increase the life expectancy of the world's population by 7 months http://goo.gl/mbUos -- Why are some people physically active and others not? Genetic factors contribute to propensity to be physically active http://goo.gl/jHuIk -- Evidence-based intervention in physical activity: lessons from around the world - The Lancet - http://goo.gl/eHniD

Snorkelling-related deaths in Australia: cardiac, surface drowning, drowning after prolonged breath-hold diving, trauma http://goo.gl/VT0Bs

Nearly half of U.S. doctors struggle with burnout: study http://goo.gl/T3fnx

Proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) are associated with increased risk for Clostridium difficile infection http://goo.gl/wLi5v

Interactive atlas by CDC shows data about HIV, AIDS, hepatitis, TB, chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis http://goo.gl/aizZS and http://goo.gl/VYztM

Looking at human beings as ecosystems of collaborating/competing species could change practice of medicine http://goo.gl/3LX9R

Prevalence of Celiac Disease in U.S.: 0.7% (1 in 141), rare among minorities but affects 1% of non-Hispanic whites http://goo.gl/1qFwE

Future doctors will need to correct the postmodern tendency toward immune dysregulation http://nyti.ms/SG6nX7

The Search for a Baldness Cure: Vitamin D to Coax Dormant Follicles to Grow Hair http://goo.gl/82s4a

YouTube for information on rheumatoid arthritis - at least 30% of videos were misleading. A wakeup call? http://goo.gl/Rjzdv

From physician frustration to physician satisfaction. "Oh we’re not gonna take it anymore", sings AMA http://goo.gl/SSWdQ

6 tips for marketing a practice outside social media - amednews http://goo.gl/AwGZ8

Many hospitals recruiting doctors continually. Contact them even if there isn't a job listing, say experts http://goo.gl/v8Oy7

EHR Report 2012: Physicians Rank Top EHRs http://buff.ly/QHeMqU

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