Patients Are Injured Due To Missed Or Delayed Diagnosis Analysis Shows

September 4th, 2010

Errors related to missed or delayed diagnosis are frequently a cause of patient injury and therefore an underlying cause of patient safety related events. Autopsy analysis spanning several decades show error rates at four to 50 percent, according to an article released by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority and published in its September Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory…
if people only knew

Allergan Resolves United States Government Investigation Of Past Sales And Marketing Practices Relating To Certain Therapeutic Uses Of BOTOX(R)

September 4th, 2010

Allergan, Inc. (NYSE: AGN) announced that it has reached a resolution with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the previously reported Government investigation into Allergan’s past U.S. sales and marketing practices relating to certain therapeutic uses of BOTOX® (onabotulinumtoxinA)…
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Pre-Med Haters

September 2nd, 2010

Here’s an unfinished draft I pulled up from way back in early 2008. I’m thinking it still applies:
I think some of the naive pre-meds have been drinking a bit too much of the Hatorade lately. I’ve seen numerous threads pop up in the pre-allo forum at SDN referencing Med School Hell and typically the comments [...]
great news thought i would never see this.

The Med School Gunner Song

September 2nd, 2010

Pretty fucking badass!

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Wut

September 2nd, 2010

So it has been awhile since my last post, and my last post was a cheat since someone threw me the content.
OK.
I’m just posting to say I’m still here stacking paper. You have to realize it’s near impossible to write about medical school since I’ve been out of the game so long now. If someone [...]
and i though i was the only one to see it this way

So You Want To Write?

September 2nd, 2010

I’ve gotten a few requests for writers through the comments and contact form here at MSH. Since I’ve been out of the game for so long now, this is really the only way others will benefit from hearing the truth about medical training.
People want to hear from those that are in the trenches. I want [...]
never miss a day, thanks for the blog

Fuck Your Health Care Reform

September 2nd, 2010

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Health care isn’t a right, it’s a privilege.
The left, however, tends to disagree with that statement.
Massachusetts is perhaps the bluest state in the nation. Liberals practically pour from the cracks of the sidewalk in Boston. Keep in mind that the last Republican senator from Massachusetts was [...]
does anyone know when this will take effect

Today’s Opinions: Ryan’s Roadmap; Beware Rising Cost Of Workers Comp

September 2nd, 2010

The Roads On Ryan’s Map May Not Exist Minneapolis Star Tribune Your road map would turn the federal contribution to health care into a voucher (which I don’t view as a dirty word). But the vouchers it would offer … are at levels so far below current insurance premiums as to make it likely you’d be shifting costs to millions who can’t afford them (Matt Miller, 8/23)…
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German HIV Pop Star Gets Two Year Suspended Sentence For Having Unprotected Sex

September 2nd, 2010

Nadja Benaissa, 28, who had admitted having unprotected sex with three men when she knew she was HIV positive, and infecting a former partner, has received a two-year suspended sentence. She had been charged with dangerous bodily harm. Under German law, a person can be sued if they are HIV positive and have (unprotected) sex with a partner without telling them about their HIV status…
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Doctors’ Religious Faith Influences End Of Life Care

September 2nd, 2010

A new study from the UK suggests that doctors’ religious faith strongly influences end of life care, with agnostic and atheist doctors nearly twice as willing to take decisions that speed up end of life for very sick patients compared to their deeply religious peers…
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