August 26th, 2008
Have you heard of the Food Matters documentary?
It’s been called the ‘food equivalent’ of The Inconvenient Truth.
This independently funded film looks at the trillion dollar worldwide ’sickness industry’ and ask why ‘despite the billions of dollars of funding and research into new so-called cures we continue to suffer from a raft of chronic ills and […]
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August 25th, 2008
Have you heard about Damaged Care: The Musical Comedy about Health Care in America?
This medical musical comedy, written and performed by physicians Greg LaGana, M.D. and Barry Levy, M.D. has been performed in 27 states over the past 13 years.
Here’s just one of the many songs performed by this duo…
If you like these […]
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August 19th, 2008
Meet The Laryngospasms, a group of nurse anesthetists who obviously have way too much time on their hands…
And for those who want to know more about The Laryngospasms, here’s an recent interview…
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August 17th, 2008
The Next Big Thing
Wondering what’s on the medical horizon? Here’s some thoughts on what’s in store. From male birth control to HIV vaccine, this list of future medical breakthroughs look promising.
Holiday help for the CrackBerry crowd
Addicted to electronics? Can’t seem to leave your blackberry, laptop, PDA, etc at home? You’re not the only one. […]
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July 30th, 2008
Personally, I’m not much of a reality TV show fan. The only ones I watch are The Amazing Race and The Apprentice. The Amazing Race because, well, it’s all about travel and relationships. And The Apprentice, because, well, because whatever else you think about ‘the Donald’, he does have some business savvy. On the other […]
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July 26th, 2008
Randy Pausch
(October 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008)
Randy Pausch, the inspiring Carnegie Mellon Professor who talked so passionately and eloquently about living life to the fullest in a speech known as ‘The Last Lecture’, died friday of pancreatic cancer.
His inspiring words and thoughts will live on.
Here’s just a few of the great points Randy made…
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July 15th, 2008
One of my New Year’s resolutions was to ‘dance like no one is watching’.
Turns out it’s not such a bad idea. Dancing, it seems, has many health benefits. Besides the obvious - it is exercise and therefore should help you keep fit - dancing is also good for lowering the risk of dementia, helping […]
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July 6th, 2008
Ain’t technology amazing?
Check out this video where neuroscientist and inventor Christopher deCharms talks about and demonstrates a new way to use fMRI to show brain activity — thoughts, emotions, pain — in real time….
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June 23rd, 2008
Newborn twins tip scales at 23 pounds (Boy weighed 10 pounds, 14 ounces and his sister was 12 pounds, 3 ounces)
Man Drops 80 pounds on McDonald’s Diet
The All-In-One Bathroom
glumbert - The All-In-One Bathroom!
The Model of a Psychopharmacologist
AMATEUR TRANSPLANTS: Anaesthetists Hymn LIVE
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June 15th, 2008
Wait. I’m Not Dead!
This guy in France has created renewed debate about when is a person really dead. Seems that his heart stopped for an hour and a half, giving doctors cause to believe he was dead. But just before they started the prep to remove his organs for transplants, his breathing and heartbeat resumed […]
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