Discovery Health

Bonus perk to OB and L&D, besides the happy-happy joy-joy stuff and everyone’s in a good mood and telling a patient “Congratulations” gains you instant rapport with them: some of the best ice to chew on can be found in the L&D and post-partum floors. As an avid ice cruncher, good ice makes all the difference.

Still first place ice in my heart: my grandmother’s old nursing home (but this will likely always be number one, as me getting my grandmother ice was one way I felt like I could make her feel better).

We just had a 5.6er here, felt by everyone in the hospital. Lacking any semblance of survival instincts, I randomly just start walking down the hall. Let’s hope there’s no aftershocks.

I’m enjoying KevinMD’s new sponsor, Insider Medicine, particularly the In the Clinic tips like this one about Diabetic Retinopathy. I’d love to see segments like this from specialists from every field, with info they’d like referring physicians to know for their top one or two diseases. Love the medical student focus as well (but I’d argue these are useful for everyone, not just med students).

I think it’d also be great to hear from specialists with key clinical pearls–so not just about diseases but tips and tricks from every specialty.

(And if you’re reading this, Insider Medicine, your website could really use a redesign, or at least some tweaking–it’s really hard to tell what page you’re on if you’re deep in the site. I have a couple ideas, if you’re curious.)

I was just working with Dr. Druzin yesterday in our perinatal diagnostic center, observing amniocenteses and interpreting fetal strips with him, and today I see him quoted in the WSJ Health Blog about fetal heart tracings. Pretty cool.

What’s better than dancing condoms singing about safer sex? Dancing condoms singing about safer sex with a Bhangra Bollywood theme!:

Hats off to the Nrityanjali Academy who created this video to educate Indians about safer sex, birth control, and preventing the spread of HIV and AIDS in both men and women. (via Best Week Ever)