Exercising for Medical Conditions

Google Calendar for Patients: Monitor Your Medical Condition

LifeHacker reports that some patients are using Google Calendar to track the daily or weekly variations of their medical condition, for example, depression or insomnia. The color-coded approach looks complicated to me but some people find it helpful. Google Calendar can potentially be useful for monitoring the progress of patients with[...]

“America has fallen in love with the stamp of medical authority”

More on the controversy, and possible motivations, of the obsession with psychiatric labels: And parents who in the past might have fought ferociously against giving their children labels — particularly for once-stigmatized conditions such as learning disorders — sometimes actually seek such diagnoses for their children to get them extra time[...]

HIPAA vs the public good

Some states are requiring physicians to report poor drivers, or treating illegal immigrants: While there is overwhelming support for reporting child abuse, physicians are less comfortable turning in patients who might lose their driver’s licenses due to medical conditions, and they oppose efforts to document immigrants who come for treatment. Some physicians[...]

Plastic Limb Splint Could Provide Instant Treatment for Broken Bones

Industrial design students from Sheffield Hallam University have just won an international competition for their novel orthopedic splint that is designed to stabilize fractured bones when medical treatment is not readily available. Extreme sports fans could soon have instant medical treatment for broken limbs that occur in remote[...]

Lobbying for Lyme Disease

Dr Crippen has touched on Lyme Disease from time to time. It is one of those conditions that attracts controversy. Acute Lyme Disease is well recognised by the medical profession, but Chronic Lyme Disease is often ignored and sometimes it’s existence is even denied. Dr Crippen lives close to a park[...]