And I’d have to agree; I always forget to submit, as it’s a weird Monday deadline, but the sites that are restricting posting to a topic of their choosing is the wrong way to go. (It probably started as people—myself included—started putting the posts together with a “style” to make them more fun/interesting—but only listing posts related to a specific field isn’t in the spirit of showing off the Best of the Medblogosphere.
Found this “Guide to Being an Intern” online—it’s for UMich residents, but has some good little tips that I’ll definitely be referring back to when I hit my SubI and finally graduate.
If you’re not aware of it, just like everything else, the poor get disproportionately screwed in the health insurance world—as well as the health care one. (”The rich get richer, the poor get sick.” )
One organization, Opportunity Agenda, has put together a Google Maps mashup showing hospital closures in New York over time—and no surprise, they’re mostly in poorer neighborhoods. (Even if you somehow don’t care, it’s pretty impressive to see how many hospitals there are just in Manhattan and the surrounding burrows.)
If you get squeamish from popping zits, you probably won’t like this. (On my surgery rotation, we incised and drained a gigantic abscess in this guy’s calf, and it flowed out just as well. Disgusting, but fun.)
Dr. Sid takes on direct to consumer advertising, which apparently is now advertising implantable defibrillators. I don’t blame him. All of it should be banned—only the US and New Zealand allow it—to our detriment.