Grand Rounds (Volume 4, #26) – The Roundup

Grand Rounds

Welcome to Grand Rounds, the weekly roundup of the best medical blogging on the web. This week I present to you a score of posts and articles to entertain you, catch your attention, and get you thinking. Enjoy!
Anecdotes
Grand RoundsAn emergency room encounter between an inexperienced physician and a patient with chronic pain. (link: Dr. Val and the Voice of Reason)
Grand RoundsA couple of brief stories from an emergency room chaplain. (link: Rickety Contrivances of Doing Good)
Grand RoundsWhat can only be described as poor resuscitation technique (link: other things amanzi)
Grand RoundsThe title of the post sums it up nicely: The Nurse as Ogre. (link: Digital Doorway)
Politics
Grand RoundsA look at NIH funding (link: Highlight Health)
Grand RoundsA law to limit teen scents (not “teen sense”, as that would be an oxymoron) (link: Health Business Blog)
Grand RoundsThe failure of the single payer plan in the United States. (link: Insureblog)
Grand RoundsThe ethics of newborn screening and the collection of genetic material from newborns. (link: Junkfood Science)
Insurance
Grand RoundsComparing car insurance to health insurance. (link: Diabetes Mine)
Grand RoundsThe average retired couple should have $225,000 socked away to cover health care costs. (link: In Sickness and In Health)
Grand RoundsThoughts on health care reform at the state and federal levels. (link:HealthBlawg)
Fitness
Grand RoundsAbdominal muscles, a common cause of back pain with walking and running. (link: The Fitness Fixer)
Grand RoundsCan physical exercise help brain function, particularly over the long haul? (link: Sharp Brains)
Practice
Grand RoundsThe Health Concerns of Prostitutes (link: Healthline Connects)
Grand RoundsPain management in remote locations and other difficult situations. (link: Medicine for the Outdoors)
Grand RoundsWhich diet programs keep the weight off in the long term? (link: On The Wards)
Grand RoundsMaking thing’s easier for doctors and patients: Healthline’s new drug search tool. (link: Tech Medicine)
Grand RoundsChanges in CPR and minimally interrupted cardiac resuscitation (MICR) (link: Not Totally Rad)
Writing
Grand RoundsHow writing about chronic illness helps. (link: A Chronic Dose)
Grand RoundsA new book club about — and for — doctors who write. (link: Canadian Medicine)
cover, Cowboy Western Comics #31
cover, Western Adventure Comics #1
cover, Jonah Hex #67

22 Responses to “ Grand Rounds (Volume 4, #26) – The Roundup ”

  1. [...] Grand Rounds call for submission 18 03 2008 The latest Grand Rounds Volume 4 No. 26 is up at Polite Dissent. [...]

  2. Outstanding job, Scott!

    Thank you for hosting, and for including our post.
     

  3. Ooh, I love the Old West theme. Thanks for a great edition!

  4. *adds most to her Google Reader* Thanks for the list!!

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    This week’s Western-themed edition of Grand Rounds is up at Polite Dissent. — David Harlow…

  6. Very nice job on Grand Rounds. Thanks for including me

  7. Brain, Mind and Body Blogs…

    A couple of great blog carnival editions (collections of blog posts around specific topics):
    - Encephalon: neuroscience and psychology.
    - Grand Rounds: health and medicine. 
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  10. Grand Rounds 4.26…

    Grand Rounds 4.26 is up this week at Polite Dissent. Stop by for a sampling of the best of this week’s medical blogosphere….

  11. Forget Hex’s face, the real medical question here is: Is the Cross-Draw Kid dyslexic?

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  13. Grand Round is Up at Polite Dissent…

    Polite Dissent, a very cool blog about comics, politics, and medicine (an interesting combination), is hosting this week’s Grand Rounds. I am very pleased that my post about the cost of health care for couples retiring was included. Have a look….

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  15. I applaud your creativity in designing the theme for this week’s Grand Rounds and in finding medical themes in comic books. Polite Dissent provides a refreshing read of medicine and [comic] art.

  16. Thanks so much for including me! I enjoyed the theme and aesthetic. :)

  17. Great collection this week!

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    Welcome to Grand Rounds, the weekly roundup of the best medical blogging on the web. This week I present to you a score of posts and articles to enterta…

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  21. Very intresting. Thanq.

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