It’s hard to think of a medical concept (let alone any concept!) from the last quarter century that has achieved as much penetration into our culture than CHOLESTEROL. Every patient I can think of, whether rich or poor, old or young, educated or not knows that “cholesterol is bad for you,” and that you should strive [...]
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Posted in health & wellness, medication, patient experience, research
Tagged cholesterol, laboratory tests, pharmaceutical advertising
Tagged cholesterol, laboratory tests, pharmaceutical advertising
4Apr10
Bloodletting, Vol. 1
I’ve just finished a month “on-service” as a teaching attending for a general medicine team here at GlassHospital. This means I served as the physician of record for every patient admitted to the team. You might find it interesting to know that patients admitted to the hospital’s general medicine service get assigned to their teams [...]
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Posted in health care finance, hospital care, patient experience
Tagged laboratory tests, medical tradition
Tagged laboratory tests, medical tradition
