Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles related to healthcare social media (#HCSM) in the past 2-4 weeks:'Like' Facebook's 'Year in Review' function? Many don't http://buff.ly/1rrmFpS - Facebook "Year in Review" feature highlights a larger digital design problem: Algorithms and code aren't intelligent, they just do what they're told. Students distracted by electronic devices perform
Keeping HIV and AIDS in check - Deutsche Welle video
Keeping HIV and AIDS in check - Deutsche Welle video
Keeping HIV and AIDS in check: Dr. Keikawus Arastéh is an internist at the Center for Infectious Medicine and HIV of the Berlin-based Auguste-Viktoria-Klinikum. He explains how to recognize an HIV infection, how to avoid contracting it in the first place, and what therapies help keep it in check.
How to relax - DW video
How to relax - DW video
From Deutsche Welle (DW): Dr. Christian Kessler discussed stress and its harmful impact. What are some good ways to relieve stress and relax? And how can meditation help both body and mind cope with stress?
Healthcare social media #HCSM - top articles
Healthcare social media #HCSM - top articles
Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles related to healthcare social media (#HCSM) in the past 2-4 weeks:Social media and physicians: Exploring the benefits and challenges. http://buff.ly/1yNZ0iVAre You Tweeting Away Your Relationship? http://buff.ly/1mN0rqH -- Imagine you invested 50 min a day actively listening to your loved ones.Will the internet eat your brain? A neuroscientist warns Digital
What are those floaty things in your eye? Muscae volitantes
What are those floaty things in your eye? Muscae volitantes
Sometimes, against a uniform, bright background such as a clear sky or a blank computer screen, you might see things floating across your field of vision. What are these moving objects, and how are you seeing them? Michael Mauser explains the visual phenomenon that is floaters.Eye floaters are called muscae volitantes, Latin for “hovering flies". Floaters are visible
Walking While Texting - National Geographic video
Walking While Texting - National Geographic video
Texting shrinks peripheral vision to only 10%. "Cell phone use is on the rise and our eyes keep looking down. Try looking up and see what you've been missing."
The language of lying - TED-Ed video
The language of lying - TED-Ed video
From TED-Ed: We hear anywhere from 10 to 200 lies a day. And although we’ve spent much of our history coming up with ways to detect these lies by tracking physiological changes in their tellers, these methods have proved unreliable. Is there a more direct approach? Noah Zandan uses some famous examples of lying to illustrate how we
New way to lose weight - color everything blue to suppress appetite?
New way to lose weight - color everything blue to suppress appetite?
The color blue suppresses appetite more than any other color. Apart from blueberries and plums, which are mostly purple, there are few naturally blue foods. The hypothesis is that in the remote past, when humans foraged for food, blue was a warning of spoilage or danger.The Buffet Blues by National Geographic: Everyone loves an all you can eat
What we know (and don't know) about Ebola - TED-Ed video
What we know (and don't know) about Ebola - TED-Ed video
The highly virulent Ebola virus has seen a few major outbreaks since it first appeared in 1976 -- with the worst epidemic occurring in 2014. How does the virus spread, and what exactly does it do to the body? Alex Gendler details what Ebola is and why it's so hard to study.Lesson by Alex Gendler, animation by Andrew
How do lungs and liver work? TED-Ed videos
How do lungs and liver work? TED-Ed videos
How do the lungs work? TED-Ed videoWhen you breathe, you transport oxygen to the body’s cells to keep them working, while also clearing your system of the carbon dioxide that this work generates. How do we accomplish this crucial and complex task without even thinking about it? Emma Bryce takes us into the lungs to investigate how they
Fibromuscular Dysplasia - Cleveland Clinic video
Fibromuscular Dysplasia - Cleveland Clinic video
Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is an angiopathy that affects medium-sized arteries predominantly in young. Renal involvement occurs in 60-75%, cerebrovascular involvement in 25-30%, visceral involvement in 9%, and arteries of the limbs in about 5%. Cleveland Clinic physician, Dr. Gornik and Pam Mace from FMDSA answer questions about fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) on this spreecast video chat (6/2014).References:Fibromuscular Dysplasia (FMD):
Quality Improvement in Healthcare - DocMikeEvans video
Quality Improvement in Healthcare - DocMikeEvans video
Thanks to St. Michael's Hospital http://www.stmichaelshospital.com, Health Quality Ontario http://www.hqontario.ca, and Institute for Healthcare Improvement http://www.ihi.orgCheck out our new website http://www.evanshealthlab.com/Follow Dr. Mike for new videos: http://twitter.com/docmikeevans Dr. Mike Evans is a staff physician at St. Michael's Hospital and an Associate Professor of Family Medicine. He is a Scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and has
Reviving Penmanship: "Ink is forever"
Reviving Penmanship: "Ink is forever"
From DW: "Handwritten texts are experiencing a boom. A Berlin startup offers invitations, cards and love letters written by hand: it's more personal and original. And calligraphers who copy famous people's handwriting or important documents are more in demand than ever."
Leading causes of death in 2030, if we continue down the current path
Leading causes of death in 2030, if we continue down the current path
This CDC video provides information about the leading causes of death in the U.S. and where we may be in 2030, if we continue down the current path. It suggests small steps that providers can take now to make a difference in the future health of our nation.
Police officers’ risk of sudden cardiac death is 34-69 times higher during restraints or altercations
Police officers’ risk of sudden cardiac death is 34-69 times higher during restraints or altercations
This BMJ study found that police officers’ risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) was 34 to 69 times higher during restraints or altercations; 32 to 51 times higher during pursuits; 20 to 23 times higher during physical training; and 6 to 9 times higher during medical or rescue operations, as compared with routine or non-emergency activities. The researchers
Around the table - National Geographic video
Around the table - National Geographic video
Chefs and authors discuss the importance of the communal meal:The Future of Food. Chefs Jose Andres and Barton Seaver talk about the importance of food as a resource and how we can save it:
How to Teach Teens to Drive Safely - WSJ video
How to Teach Teens to Drive Safely - WSJ video
Along with parking and steering, parents also need to teach teenagers how to spot crash hazards. WSJ's Sue Shellenbarger and Tanya Rivero discuss some tips.
Why use Twitter - tips from Mayo Clinic's social media director
Why use Twitter - tips from Mayo Clinic's social media director
In this video, Dr. Timimi discusses the quiet revolution of Twitter in healthcare, including how it can be used in practice and in education. Of time spent online in the US, one in six minutes is spent in a social network. Of the popular social networks, Twitter is one of the best introductory platforms, with one in five
Understanding Drug Resistance - video by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Understanding Drug Resistance - video by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Resistance to antimicrobial drugs is a growing public health concern. Watch this NIAID video to learn more about how antimicrobial resistance develops and what scientists are doing to fight it.
Trying to Walk After the New York City Marathon (video)
Trying to Walk After the New York City Marathon (video)
After completing the 2014 New York City Marathon, participants fight through fatigue and physical exhaustion on the streets of Manhattan. Produced by: Deborah Acosta for The New York Times.
Which are the world's most highly-cited scientific papers of all time?
Which are the world's most highly-cited scientific papers of all time?
Fifty years ago, Eugene Garfield published the Science Citation Index (SCI), the first systematic effort to track citations in the scientific literature. Nature’s news team wondered which were the most highly-cited papers of all time, so asked Thomson Reuters and Google for their top 100. They are not what you might think. Watson and Crick on DNA structure
Is math discovered or invented? TED-Ed video
Is math discovered or invented? TED-Ed video
Would mathematics exist if people didn't? Did we create mathematical concepts to help us understand the world around us, or is math the native language of the universe itself? Jeff Dekofsky traces some famous arguments in this ancient and hotly debated question.
Multi-dose flu shot has only 25 mcg of mercury - most commercial fish contain 23 mcg of mercury per 8 ounces of fish
Multi-dose flu shot has only 25 mcg of mercury - most commercial fish contain 23 mcg of mercury per 8 ounces of fish
Multi-dose flu shot has only 25 mcg of mercury - most commercial fish contain 23 mcg of mercury per 8 ounces of fish http://buff.ly/11CTRPwAre multi-dose vials less expensive?Economics are a bit complicated due to wastage with multiple vials:Single versus multi-dose vaccine vials: an economic computational modelhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20566395Most of the Western world, apart from the US, has moved on to
How to Pick the Right Bedtime - select a wake up time, count back 7 hours and add 10 minutes to fall asleep
How to Pick the Right Bedtime - select a wake up time, count back 7 hours and add 10 minutes to fall asleep
Given the importance of a good night's sleep, how do you pick the best possible bedtime? WSJ's Heidi Mitchell and Stanford University's Dr. Rafael Pelayo discuss with Tanya Rivero.Related:What Makes A Great Bedtime? | Craig Canapari, MD http://bit.ly/1vstZzJShift workers and people who get jet lag may gain weight because they dusturb their "inside garden" (gut microbes) buff.ly/1vzaXci
65-yo patient received a standard-dose flu shot already this season. Should she get the high-dose shot too? Or get a second regular flu shot?
65-yo patient received a standard-dose flu shot already this season. Should she get the high-dose shot too? Or get a second regular flu shot?
A 65-yo female patient received a standard-dose flu shot already this season. Should he get the high-dose shot too? Or try to get a second regular flu shot?The simple answer is no. The patients should consider herself immunized. Studies show that getting a delayed second dose doesn't necessarily increase antibody response, and there's some concern that it might
How to get your research published: The BMJ's tips (video)
How to get your research published: The BMJ's tips (video)
In this video, the BMJ's research team discuss what they look for in a paper submitted for publication.They discuss some of the pitfalls authors fall into when writing up their research, and how to present some of the information that all journals will require.More BMJ-specific info here: http://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/resources-authors
Healthcare social media #HCSM - top articles
Healthcare social media #HCSM - top articles
Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles related to healthcare social media (#HCSM) in the past 2-4 weeks:15 Lessons from 15 Years of Blogging: Link to everything you create elsewhere on the web. And if possible, save a copy of it on your own blog. Things disappear so quickly, and even important work can slip
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