Ask a Drug Seeker

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Dear Drug Seeker, I’m really concerned about the Zika virus and the Summer Olympics going on as scheduled. Do you think this is a good idea? - Nervous in Nashville Dear Nervous, In order to score some strong...
psychiatry resident

Due to Late Consult, Psychiatrist Leaves Hospital After 3 PM

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Psychiatry resident Dr. David Smith left the hospital around 3:30pm today, after arriving at about 11 am.  At press time Dr. Smith could not recall exactly when he pulled into the parking structure, finished...
new medical app

New Duty Hours Generator to Help Residents Fudge Logs

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In an effort to help streamline the duty hour lying process, a medical student who goes by the name, Hack-a-Spleen, has created a “random hours generator” that will automatically fill in resident work hours...
post call texting

New Study: Clinical Decision-Making Impaired After 30-Hour Calls Based on Post-Call Spikes in Texts...

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ANN ARBOR, MI - The past few years have witnessed several efforts to categorically study the effects of extended calls on residents’ satisfaction, performance, and clinical decision-making ability.  But a novel trial published recently in...

Headlines from the Week in Medical News

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ROCHESTER, NY - After two-year grant-writing process, associate professor of medicine’s submission to JAMA’s “funny cartoon caption contest” fails peer review process. AKRON, OH - Patient with Kluver-Bucy Syndrome made NPO except for meals. BOSTON, MA...

Medcomic: Pen the Doctor Borrowed

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Pen the Doctor Borrowed (PTDB) is a condition that occurs when a student loans their pen to a preceptor and never sees it returned.  Common signs and symptoms include anxiety, diaphoresis, and decreased funds...

Local ER Offering Pain Meds Freebased, or Heated on a Spoon and Injected

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NORFOLK, VA – Local ER is now offering patients the option of their pain medication freebased or heated on a spoon and injected.  “We already start IVs and give narcotics for 10/10 pain, then...
rectum

Poll: What Do You Hope to Find in Your Patient’s Rectum?

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In this month's GomerBlog poll, we asked over 10,000,000 health care providers who were about to perform a rectal exam what they were hoping to find in their patient's rectum in an ideal scenario....

Scrubs Teaches Us That “Everything Comes Down to Poo”

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In the "My Musical" episode of Scrubs, we learn that no matter, whatever a patient suffers from, EVERYTHING comes down to poo!  Watch this clip and we dare you not to sing along! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsVgi8hoFFc  
Landau

Lab Coats Now Available in Brand New Colors

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MEMPHIS, TN - Like the stethoscope, the white lab coat has not only been a magnet for bodily fluids and random food products, but also a steady symbol of medicine as an institution.  But...