Sharon McEachern of The EthicSoup writes:
They look so clean, so antiseptic, those doctors in their white coats. Their white lab coats are iconic, having been worn since the turn of the 20th century. Before that, physicians wore street clothes even while performing surgery.
But now, the American Medical Association is considering a resolution that would recommend hospitals ban doctor’s white coats. Holy Cow!
An interesting article on what are supposed to be guardians of cleanliness are also carriers of infection–and this also includes me by the way!
Categories: Healthy Tip, Materia medica
I just recently received MedScape’s email listing their Top Ten Articles for 2008 for the Internal Medicine Specialty. Click on the numbered headings for more information on the particular articles. More »
Categories: Miscellaneous
The Justification for the Use of Statins in Primary Prevention: An Intervention Trial Evaluating Rosuvastatin or the JUPITER trial followed 17,800 people with normal LDL-cholesterol, and who were not considered at risk for heart disease. The researchers were led by Dr. Paul Ridker of the Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The JUPITER trial was first published online at the New England Journal of Medicine on 9 November 2008, and was presented at the American Heart Association 2008 Scientific Sessions the same day. More »
Categories: Materia medica
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