Friday, October 30, 2009
QD: News Every Day--the Halloween edition
Doctors who are ghostwriting has recently come to the fore recently, so now we're writing about ghosts for our doctors. Enjoy ACP Internist's Halloween edition of QD: News Every Day.
First, physicians are looking at near-death experiences and trying to come up with answers about them--the bright light at the end of the tunnel, for example. It may have a neurological cause, but why do so many people all report a common experience? If a near-death experience has left you terrified, then it's not entirely a myth that your hair could turn white overnight.
For those of you trying to stave off death one more day through exercise, here's one fitness trainer's fun idea: use pumpkins for your workout instead of for pies. This one is worth the click-through just for the photos (putrid pushups, devilish diagonal chops and more).
Next on this haunted tour, Dr. Justina Ford, the first black woman to practice west of the Mississippi, is said to still haunt her office and home. Further west and further back in time comes this folklore about a physician who gets help from beyond the grave in making the correct diagnosis.
Coming back into a more modern concern, A Happy Hospitalist writes about spooky contact lenses being commonly available, even though they require a prescription. Finally, hospitalist Jamie Newman, FACP, tells his tale of working the graveyard shift at locum tenens facility that's off the beaten path.
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