Tag Archives: medicine

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We can win.

Another medicine-related post, this time dealing a little less with the abstract numbers that go into medical decisions. Did you know that Norway represents the most MRSA-free country in the world? Neither did I. When you read the article, though, it becomes immediately clear why: … Read More

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Mind-Boggling (and fun!)

Being a physician, grasping the difference between sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value was paramount in many of my medical school lectures.

Kyle

Driven

As I have moved further into my career as a physician, I have asked myself a question over and over: what drives people? What is the essence of motivation? While the answer can be made simple and obvious (pleasure, gratification, happiness, reward), motivation is something … Read More

Negotiate

Medicare Part D, which passed as part of the "Medicare Modernization Act":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_Prescription_Drug%2C_Improvement%2C_and_Modernization_Act in 2003, gives seniors better access to life-saving medications.