Clinical Evidence has an update on the management of Crohn's disease. A very useful read considering the fact that it is a disease with rising number of cases. Here is a list of the recommendations which underwent changes: Aminosalicylates to maintain remission: Categorization changed from likely to be ineffective/harmful to likely to ber beneficial Fish Oil: … Continue reading Crohn’s Disease on Clinical Evidence, BMJ
Month: November 2010
WAD 2010: Speak Out for Sexual Freedom
Greg Laden's Blog talks about "Panic among Kenya's gays" following the passing of a UN resolution which makes it tantamount to the fact that killing gays is OK. In a measure on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, the African and Arab nations managed to edge out three words in the final resolution which would have … Continue reading WAD 2010: Speak Out for Sexual Freedom
In A Lighter Vein
Action Potential, an Australian Medical Student Blogger, speaks of her first blood draw and the North Korea-South Korea standoff (with USA in the fray: where there is war, there is USA!) in her post There will be blood. Reading this reminded my of my first IV Cannulation. Now, in my hospital, there is no phlebotomist … Continue reading In A Lighter Vein
WAD 2010: What Are YOU Doing?
1st December is widely celebrated as the World AIDS Day: to raise funds, awareness and support and acceptance of this killer disease and its sufferers. On that particular day, I am supposed to attend a workshop right from early morning to late in the night. However, I have pledged my support to this cause and … Continue reading WAD 2010: What Are YOU Doing?
Joining the Cargo Cult
In the South Seas there is a cargo cult of people. During the war they saw airplanes land with lots of good materials, and they want the same thing to happen now. So they've arranged to imitate things like runways, to put fires along the sides of the runways, to make a wooden hut for … Continue reading Joining the Cargo Cult
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