Ärtze Zeitung, the German newspaper for doctors, has a loving, long appreciation of the Ig Nobel Prizes. It begins [here translated into English]: Winking and improving the world The research results, for which the Ig Nobel Prize is awarded annually, often tease the laughing muscles – and then make you think. Many results are now available in […]
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The further self-rejuvenation of Dr. Takasu, surgeon
Dr. Katsuya Takasu M.D., Ph.D is an aesthetic surgeon at the Takasu Clinic, Nagoya, Japan. He has embarked on a personal journey to demonstrate commitment to aesthetic surgery ideals – by having ‘rejuvenative’ facial plastic surgery himself. To document the project, Dr. Takasu, who is now 69, (see right hand top picture) has created three […]
Emotional intelligence does but does not predict success in med school
The conclusion reached in this study seems to rather contradict the study’s headline: “Emotional Intelligence Predicts Success in Medical School,” Nele Libbrecht, Filip Lievens [pictured here], Bernd Carette, Stéphane Côté,” Emotion, epub Nov 11 , 2013. The authors, at Ghent University and the University of Toronto, explain that: “Emotional intelligence did not predict performance on […]
Handy microbe-hunters on the other side of the world
Anemona Hartocollis reports in the The New York Times: “At North Shore University Hospital [pictured below] on Long Island, motion sensors, like those used for burglar alarms, go off every time someone enters an intensive care room. The sensor triggers a video camera, which transmits its images halfway around the world to India, where workers are […]
Dr. Altschuler on … Applied Ice Cream Headaches
Cluster Headaches are said to affect around 0.1% of the population and are characterised by very intense pain, usually on just one side of the head. The discomfort is so extreme that even the most experienced physicians might struggle to comprehend degree of suffering of the patient – unless, that is, they were also experiencing […]
Medical Mistakes in Medical-Themed Romance Novels
How realistic are the medical practices in medical-themed romance novels? Dr. Cornelis H. (Kees) Langeveld investigated. Dr. Langeveld chose to publish his results in a medical journal, rather than in a romance novel. His study is: “Medical Mistakes in Doctors Novels,” Cornelis H. (Kees) Langeveld, Nederlands Tijdschrift Geneeskunde, 2011;155:A4372. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether doctors novels give […]
Gluteus maximus reminds docs of Popeye
Doctors at James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK were apparently so amused at treating a particular injury that they made it the butt of a joke, naming it after a cartoon character. This one can infer even from the title of their newly published study: “Popeye gluteus: Gluteus maximus avulsion following a road traffic collision,” […]
The original planetary medical stars
Behold an all-star team of physicians with planetary family names (thanks to investigator Adrianne Appel for suggesting the idea), announced in the May 2010 issue of mini-AIR: Joseph Venus, MD, Concord, New Hampshire, USA P.G. Earth, MD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Audrey Mars, MD, Flemington, New Jersey Jesse B. Jupiter, MD, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Selman Uranus, […]
Freely paid speech
The doctor cannot be as mercenarily driven as he appears in this Boston Globe article — can he? The article says: Doctor quits Brigham to speak for pay Boston physician Lawrence M. DuBuske was given a choice: Either stop moonlighting as a paid speaker for pharmaceutical companies or quit his job at a top Harvard […]