Primum non nocere.
First do no harm.
This wise teaching by the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates was drilled into us during medical school. We made this implicit pact with society when we entered medical school. We took this oath at our graduation ceremony.
. In this study, Dr. Vineet M. Arora and colleagues at University of Chicago and Northwestern University surveyed incoming interns at three training sites, anonymously evaluating these Read the rest of this entry »
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‘BIG bunga (men) politics” describes the endemic pattern of lateral violence that plagues Aboriginal family and community life, especially – though not exclusively – in remote Australia.
It also encapsulates the dysfunctional response of mainstream Australian political institutions to the accelerating crisis in the Aboriginal world.
Many remember the big bunga politics that brought the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission into disrepute Read the rest of this entry »
But few smokers realize the health risk to animals, said the authors of a new study published Tuesday in the journal Tobacco Control — even though when people were asked if they would give up smoking if it brought harm to their pets, many said they would.
The researchers, from the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, conducted an online survey of 3,300 people, 1 in 5 of whom were smokers Read the rest of this entry »
Sofia.
Number of the medical institutions for out-of-hospital medical assistance that have been checked for the third quarter of 2008 in the country is 15 442. The amount of the sanctions is little more than BGN 2 700 000, director of “negotiating, methodology and control of the out-of-hospital medical assistance” directorate Dr. Galia Yordanova said to
. It includes the entire out-of-hospital medical care – primary, special, dental and Read the rest of this entry »
12:00 AM CST on Friday, January 2, 2009
By MICHAEL A. LINDENBERGER / The Dallas Morning News
Vanesa D. Salinas contributed to this report.
Jordyn Grace Myers is so far an only child, but she already has a big family. Dallas County’s first baby of 2009 arrived at 12:09 a.m., weighing 8 pounds, 5 ounces, according to Methodist Charlton Medical Center near Duncanville. Her mother, Kelly Houk, 26, said Jordyn “already has plenty of fans.” Read the rest of this entry »
Explosion at Ind. furniture plant injures 8
JASPER, Ind. (AP) — An explosion at a southern Indiana wood laminate plant Friday sent eight workers to a hospital with injuries, collapsed walls and set dust on fire, authorities said.
The injuries were not considered life-threatening, and all eight workers were expected to be released later Friday, said Rita Howell, a spokeswoman for Jasper Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center.
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Neighbors of Physicians Medical Center Carraway are mourning
the loss of a pillar of their community.
“It’s going to be devastating for the
neighborhood,” Robert Gilmore, president of the Norwood
Neighborhood Association, said of the 100-year-old
hospital’s plans to cease operations by Oct. 31.
“I think it’s going to be devastating for the
whole city of Birmingham.”
On Birmingham’s north side, the rotating blue star on
the hospital’s roof was Read the rest of this entry »
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the statements made in the presentation may constitute forward-looking
statements contemplated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, that involve a number of risks
and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are based on
management’s analysis, judgment, belief and
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President-elect Barack Obama started his vacation day again with a trip to the Semper Fit Center at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe this morning.
Obama was joined by Chicago friends Eric Whitaker and Marty Nesbitt for his workout.
Obama and his motorcade left the vacation rental home in Kailua at 7:11 a.m. and arrived at the Marine Corpse Base at 7:20 a.m.
Obama, wearing a gray T-shirt and black warm-up pants, left the fitness center at Read the rest of this entry »