The Friday Post #33: Online Journalism, Cartoons and the Prison Bus

Sorry for the considerable absence of blogging lately – it’s the end of the academic year and things have been piling up. Here’s the Friday Post #33 for May 29, 2009.  And if it doesn’t stop raining every day here in Connecticut (and soon), more than a few of us are going to start to [...]

Patient Counseling, End of Life Care, Medical Communications: When Delivering Bad News, Speak Carefully

” The life of a sick person can be shortened not only by the acts, but also by the words or the manner, of a physician.  It is therefore a sacred duty to guard himself carefully in this respect. ” —American Medical Association, Code of Medical Ethics, 1847 ________________________________ Physicians are trained to seek a [...]

Congratulations to Our Graduates: UCHC Class of 2009

Congratulations and Best Wishes to the UCHC Medical, Dental and PhD Students Class of 2009 You’ve worked hard. Graduation Day is Sunday, May 17, 2009! _________________________________________ . Here is what one medical student did to get rid of his short white coat:

The Friday Post #32: Let’s Dance!

Here’s the Friday Post #32 for May 8 2009. Sunday, May 3rd marked the birthday of an American original: musician, songwriter and dancer James Brown (1933-2006). WoW… that man could dance.  Here is the proof: . ______________________________ Snowball is a sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita eleonora) who lives in Indiana with his bird rescuer Irena Schulz.  [...]

Public Health, Epidemiology, Medical History: Swine Flu? Over-Hype for Some, A Dress Rehearsal for Others

” The alarm around this particular strain [A-H1N1] has a couple of roots. First is, it’s new… it’s novel. And new is always cause for some amount of concern. Second, it does appear to have just recently jumped from one species, pigs, to another, humans. And very commonly, in the whole world of viruses – [...]

News, Public Health, Emerging Technologies: Delivering the News… Online We Are

It’s been a big news week.  Global health developments have occurred with such rapidity that reporting the news of this week  gives additional meaning to the use of the term “viral” as in… tracking the global spread of a novel virus:  A/H1N1 – swine influenza. After writing this post, I then noticed that only one [...]