Medicine and Man

• JAMA video on obesity linked to pancreatic cancer http://bit.ly/19zeMl (more info on my blog: http://bit.ly/FE3aB) #
• Rescue angioplasty is superior to repeat thrombolysis and/or conservative therapy. http://bit.ly/Im1UF #
• Autonomic nervous system responses (heart rate, respiration, BP, blood flow to brain etc) are synchronized with music http://bit.ly/oHtC4 #
• Countries receiving US funds for HIV/AIDS have to have a plan. America has no plan. #AMAAnnual http://bit.ly/145EQe (via @amednews) #
• 10 + 1 PubMed Tips for Residents (and their Instructors) http://is.gd/1jdXI (via @AllergyNotes) #
• News Release: White-coat, masked hypertension raises risk of sustained high blood pressure http://tinyurl.com/mpwem3 (via @AHAScience) #
• FDA finds E.coli in a sample of Nestlé Toll House cookie dough http://bit.ly/UikyD #
• Estimated cost $440 billion – to extend life by one year for 550,000 Americans who die annually of cancer http://bit.ly/6RMo9 #
• JACC White Paper: Combining Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Therapies http://bit.ly/DqPQZ #
• New biomarkers (CRP, BNP etc) provide minimal added info over conventional risk factors for prediction of heart disease http://bit.ly/N1QbT #
• JAMA patient page: Shingles http://bit.ly/TeEef #
• C-Reactive Protein does not cause heart disease – WSJ: http://bit.ly/14JGey and JAMA article: http://bit.ly/x2BmY) #
• Vaccine Refusal Increases Risk for Pertussis in Unvaccinated Children. Herd immunity not protective http://bit.ly/1GspB #
• Search Like an Expert: Google Offers Search Lessons http://bit.ly/L8OJS (via @vesd) #
• Stephen Hawking: “Humans Have Entered a New Stage of Evolution” http://tinyurl.com/lbls2b (via @maniagrawal) #
• is reading How Doctors Think by Jerome Groopman – http://bit.ly/lgQA0 #

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