From the American Academy of Pediatrics:
http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;108/3/790
" In 1999, an estimated 8800 children younger than 15 months were treated in hospital emergency departments in the United States for injuries associated with infant walkers. Thirty-four infant walker-related deaths were reported from 1973 through 1998.
The vast majority of injuries occur from falls down stairs, and head injuries are common. Walkers do not help a child learn to walk; indeed, they can delay normal motor and mental development."
HIV
HIV infecting a cell. The small blue dots are the HIV viruses attaching to the receptors on the cell (the cell is not really orange, but is colored that way for the picture).
Looking for things to do this summer?
The state of Alabama is promoting its small towns this year.
This website has clickable towns and their festivities (almost all of which are free) for people to discover.
(Another pretty cool aspect of the website is that it has copies of every historical marker in Alabama).
Try looking up your hometown! - The Great Alabama Homecoming
This website has clickable towns and their festivities (almost all of which are free) for people to discover.
(Another pretty cool aspect of the website is that it has copies of every historical marker in Alabama).
Try looking up your hometown! - The Great Alabama Homecoming
This could help you live longer... quick, try it out below
Healthfinder.gov is a great website. Bookmark it so you can always have a trust-worthy source of medical information. I recommend this site to my patients. It's non-profit and isn't bogged down with tacky looking ads or popups.
It also has free interactive tools to check your health, get personalized advice, and keep track of your progress.
It also has free interactive tools to check your health, get personalized advice, and keep track of your progress.
Guinea Pig
Death is a hard thing to cope with. Realizing that someone you love has only a limited time left to live is equally as hard.
People try to deal with it in many different ways, and Julie Staub chose to express her feelings through poetry.
I heard Garrison Keillor read this on the radio today. I've pasted the words below, but I suggest you listen to him read it. Come on-- do it. It won't take long.
Just click play below and scroll to the 3minute 57second mark.
On second thought, that might be a lot of work so I guess I'll let you get away with reading it on your own if you want...
As if your cancer weren't enough,
the guinea pig is dying.
The kids brought him to me
wrapped in a bath towel
‘Do something, Mom.
Save his life. '
I'm a good mom.
I took time from work,
drove him to the vet,
paid $77.00 for his antibiotics.
Now, after the kids rush off to school,
you and I sit on the bed.
I hold the guinea pig, since he bites.
You fill the syringe.
We administer the foul smelling medicine,
hoping the little fellow will live.
admitting to each other:
if he doesn't,
it'll be good practice.
"Guinea Pig" by Julie Cadwallader-Staub. Reprinted with permission of the poet.
People try to deal with it in many different ways, and Julie Staub chose to express her feelings through poetry.
I heard Garrison Keillor read this on the radio today. I've pasted the words below, but I suggest you listen to him read it. Come on-- do it. It won't take long.
Just click play below and scroll to the 3minute 57second mark.
On second thought, that might be a lot of work so I guess I'll let you get away with reading it on your own if you want...
As if your cancer weren't enough,
the guinea pig is dying.
The kids brought him to me
wrapped in a bath towel
‘Do something, Mom.
Save his life. '
I'm a good mom.
I took time from work,
drove him to the vet,
paid $77.00 for his antibiotics.
Now, after the kids rush off to school,
you and I sit on the bed.
I hold the guinea pig, since he bites.
You fill the syringe.
We administer the foul smelling medicine,
hoping the little fellow will live.
admitting to each other:
if he doesn't,
it'll be good practice.
"Guinea Pig" by Julie Cadwallader-Staub. Reprinted with permission of the poet.
Crashing Jets and Birthing Babies
I started OB today, and since the day was mostly spent filling out and receiving paperwork about the rotation, I haven't done much in the way of actual medicine. However, I did come across this really interesting nugget of wisdom from the OB textbook, page 1:
Maternal mortality has been an under-recognized issue worldwide despite an estimated 600,000 maternal deaths per year from pregnancy-related causes. Put in numeric perspective, this is equivalent to six jumbo jet crashes per day with the deaths of all 250 passengers on board, all of them women in the reproductive years of life.
