Most Popular Medical Questions of 2016 by State

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2016 is complete, and we combed through the data at Google to find out what were the most popular medical questions asked by state...
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Tips for Patients: How to Use a Call Light

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Nurses are incredibly busy.  And by busy we mean doing endless charting.  So much so that they're contractually not allowed to eat or urinate....
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So You’re Paged While in a Bouncy House, What to Do Next

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There you are, jumping around happily in a bouncy house when the unthinkable happens: you get paged.  Well, maybe not unthinkable since you are...
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New Year’s Tips for an Unfulfilling, Short & Unhealthy Life

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The New Year is upon us so what better way to set ourselves up for disappointment than with New Year’s Resolutions.  As you lay...
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Avoiding Sexual Harassment Charges on the Job

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With the arrest of a prominent emergency medicine physician in Manhattan for the alleged sexual abuse of patients in his care, it’s more important...
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Physical Exam Tips: The Nervous System

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The physical exam of the brain and nervous system can be broken down into two parts: the lumbar puncture and everything else. Lumbar Puncture The lumbar...
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Tips for Interns: How to Respond to Your Attending’s Questions

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Here are a few short cases to help out our new interns! CASE 1 Your attending asks you during floor rounds: “What can you tell me about...
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Gomerblog’s Fail-Safe Tips for Beginning Runners

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Did you make a New Year's resolution to start running but haven't gotten to it yet?  We're here to help.  This guide is intended...
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Get Your Questions Ready, It’s Time to Ask Gomerfrog!

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Meet Gomerfrog, our new Gomerblog frog!  Gomerdog was getting lonely and asked that we even up the ratio of animals to humans.  The rest...
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Ten Spectacular Off-Label Uses of the Speculum

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You’re probably familiar with the traditional use of the speculum: visualization of the cervical os, blah blah blah.  We at Gomerblog are pleased to...