Video: Colonoscopy – MayoClinic.com
A short video, a rather large polyp.
Lifelong Learning
Barium Enema Video
Video: Barium enema – MayoClinic.com
A fun short video.
Alcohol and Suicide
Alcohol and Suicide Among Racial/Ethnic Populations — 17 States, 2005–2006
This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which indicated that the overall prevalence of alcohol intoxication (i.e., blood alcohol concentration [BAC] at or above the legal limit of 0.08 g/dL) was nearly 24% among suicide decedents tested for alcohol, with the highest percentage occurring among American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) (37%), followed by Hispanics (29%) and persons aged 20–49 years (28%).
¿Habla usted español? Lap Band?
Affordable Lap Band Surgery in Mexico – MedToGo
I was doing some morality research on Lap Band surgery and stumbled across this website. Due to the proximity of Mexico, surgical procedures have to be cheaper than India or Thailand.
Maybe we should start asking application questions like:
“Within the past five years have you had, or are you considering having, any form of surgery outside of the United States?”
Drug War Update – Nuevo Laredo is “Relatively Calm”
In Mexican City, Drug War Ills Slip Into Shadows – Series – NYTimes.com
Note section on journalists.
Lehman Blog May 31 2009
Meta-analysis – Aneurysm Mortality
HgbA1c New Standard Testing for DM
Rosiglitazone Doubles Risk of Heart Failure
Take Home Lesson:
Consider simply adding the usual recommended debits for CHF to the DM rate.
After all, the HF risk is doubled but not the mortality. And critics of this study question its statistical validity.
Actos Slows IMT
Thiazolidinediones such as pioglitazone have been shown to prevent or delay the onset of diabetes when given to patients at high risk of developing diabetes. But other studies have found that the drug class appears to inhibit the development of atherosclerosis.
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