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February 12, 2014
Dog Sledding- You haven’t worked hard until you have “worked like a dog.” I recently had the fabulous experience of dog sledding near Whitefish, MT, with Dog Sled Adventures, 406-881-BARK (www.dogsledadventuresmontana.com). Seven hundred pounds of individuals and sled and cold weather gear being pulled by 10 small, athletic dogs at…
January 29, 2014
Faking of Product Test Results in the Making of Drugs When I prescribe a drug, I expect it to do its job with no increased risk of side-effects in the time typically expected for that drug to take action. An article in the Wall Street Journal on January 28, 2014,…
January 22, 2014
“Neck-Shoulder Crossover- How often do neck and shoulder pathology masquerade as each other?” By Sembrano, M.D., et al., American Journal of Orthopaedics, September 2013 In a university setting 694 new patients were evaluated between a shoulder clinic and a spine clinic. One out of 25 patients were identified wherein the…
January 2, 2014
“Who needs autologous blood donation in joint replacement?” by Parvizi, M.D., et al, Journal of Knee Surgery, 2011. Surgeons retrospectively reviewed 409 patients undergoing total knee and 513 patients undergoing total hip replacement to determine if patients donating their own blood before surgery were benefiting from doing so. This study…
September 30, 2013
Smoking Bans Have Reduced Heart Attacks and Strokes Internationally According to Circulation Magazine, 10/2012, with the rampant smoking bans occurring heart attack-related hospitalizations have fallen 15% in communities passing laws banning smoking in public establishments and workplaces. The analysis supposedly involved 45 studies covering 33 laws in the U.S. as…
