eye surgery is mentioned in the story, and i know a few ophthalmologists that take a drop of timolol (a beta blocker for treating high eye pressure) under their ongue before cataract surgery to suppress their tremor.
i'm coming up on a month where i will be on call every 3rd night overnight (this means 6 am to 11 am the next day or so, go home, regular day, then the next day is overnight again) and i must say this sounds like a blessing. i will definitely be trying this out. you don't know pain until you've admitted a crackhead with end-stage AIDS with changes in mental status at 4 am after you've been up since yesterday at 5 am, being kept barely awake with cup after cup of horrible coffee.
it was briefly available on newegg for 1,349. my guess is they picked up 1,000 units at 999 a piece, marked up 1/3, and promptly sold out. they still have most of the new woodcrest xeons, including the 3.0 ghz part.
wasn't the "net neutrality bill" actually -against- the principle of net neutrality? and thus, by the bill not passing, hasn't net neutrality scored a victory?
"[Maurice Kottelat] said the record of finding the world's smallest fish was not important, preferring to focus on what he said was "scientifically significant." "What's important is finding a complete vertebrae in a body so small," he said."
Are grasping fins not scientifically significant enough to be included in what's important? This guy sounds like a true nerd.
I don't think it's such a bad analogy. There are plenty of antiestrogrens that are extremely close in structure to estrogen, and in vivo have effects on some types of estrogen receptors that are antiestrogen and proestrogen effects on other estrogen receptor subtypes.
well, looks like the only difference between this and our SimMan is the pupillary response and the blinking. A favorite of our CCM profs is to press a button and have the larynx clamp down right after extubation:)
and on that page you linked to, there's a description of the surgical simulation, which is just for endoscopy. i played with that about 10 years ago at a science center. fun and useful, but certainly nothing new.
The article is, of course, extremely light on details. The only difference between this and "SimMan" which has been in use for years and years seems to be the inclusion "artificial blood," whatever that means.
Also, this is pretty funny: "I would feel nervous if this was (a) real patient," said Mendoza after drawing blood from a plastic arm.
"With this (dummy patient) I can practice many times."
Because jabbing a needle into plastic is just like jabbing a needle into human flesh.
The sorts of simulators are very useful for simulating emergency situations, but aren't really suitable for things like surgery. It's nice to have the motions of checking pulses, barking commands for IVs and epinephrine, and setting up a defibrillator down pat for when a patient is crashing before your very eyes. Since there is very little actual manipulation of the patient, this is exactly for what we use SimMan (cardiac arrhythmias, emergency intubations, and the like). The monitor values (projected on a screen for all to see) are changed by a preceptor as you do things like move from nonrebreathing masks to bag mask ventilation or add a second IV. I just don't see how this would be used to do surgical simulation at all.
"What do you call the worst student graduating from med school?"
Doctor that loses his liscence.
Doctor that has a shitty job in an HMO in Bumfuck, Idaho.
Doctor that doesn't get into the specialty they wanted to get into and is miserable for the rest of their lives doing something they hate (imagine someone that wanted to be a transplant surgeon fixing hernias and removing breast lumps for the rest of their lives).
have you taken medical boards? i have, and they are pretty trivial. board scores do, however, get you into competetive specialties. they are often used as a screening tool by residency programs: applicants with board scores under a cut off aren't even looked at. the thinking appears to be that a high board score reflects an ability to rapidly absorb a large amount of information, which is what happens with postgraduate medical training. 3 years to learn enough dermatology or ophthalmology to be an independent physician? that is the reality, no matter how silly it sounds.
actually this is the pupil, and it's not really a body "part" per se, at least not any more than the space inside your mouth or any other hollow viscus. the iris, of course, is smaller in the dark.
No, you don't understand at all. You don't plug the 30" into both DVI connectors on the new nvidia card. The DVI connectors are "Dual Layer" DVI connectors, like a dual layer dvd (the have twice the data of DVI). You can drive two 30" monitors with the new card.
I think it's more likely to be the mp3 scene itself. And by mp3 scene I mean the releasing groups, couriers, and ftp site ops. They don't like their work getting to P2P networks; they rip music to have something to offer to sites they upload to, in exchange for whatever they want, be it wares or porn or whatever. If their product is not exclusive (e.g. available on P2P), they lose leverage. Ask any "scener" and they'll tell you they think P2P is bad for business.
first post!!! you lame assholes... I can post first because my XBox is a american product and my pride in my great country and my great XBox accelerate everything...
If only they would make games for that bitch... IAve played Metroid Prime and it ruled... I hope M$ will buy those japanese bastards and port Metroid to my great american console system!!!
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eye surgery is mentioned in the story, and i know a few ophthalmologists that take a drop of timolol (a beta blocker for treating high eye pressure) under their ongue before cataract surgery to suppress their tremor.
i'm coming up on a month where i will be on call every 3rd night overnight (this means 6 am to 11 am the next day or so, go home, regular day, then the next day is overnight again) and i must say this sounds like a blessing. i will definitely be trying this out. you don't know pain until you've admitted a crackhead with end-stage AIDS with changes in mental status at 4 am after you've been up since yesterday at 5 am, being kept barely awake with cup after cup of horrible coffee.
1. where would i move to? switzerland as well
2. what's keeping me from doing it? still in residency training.
what's the market like for young doctors?
it was briefly available on newegg for 1,349. my guess is they picked up 1,000 units at 999 a piece, marked up 1/3, and promptly sold out. they still have most of the new woodcrest xeons, including the 3.0 ghz part.
wasn't the "net neutrality bill" actually -against- the principle of net neutrality? and thus, by the bill not passing, hasn't net neutrality scored a victory?
enjoy your TWO YEAR WAIT for cataract surgery... hahahahahhaha
"[Maurice Kottelat] said the record of finding the world's smallest fish was not important, preferring to focus on what he said was "scientifically significant." "What's important is finding a complete vertebrae in a body so small," he said."
Are grasping fins not scientifically significant enough to be included in what's important? This guy sounds like a true nerd.
cocaine (4% solution) is also used in ophthalmology for diagnosing Horner syndrome. man, the hoops you have to jump through to get it though.
I don't think it's such a bad analogy. There are plenty of antiestrogrens that are extremely close in structure to estrogen, and in vivo have effects on some types of estrogen receptors that are antiestrogen and proestrogen effects on other estrogen receptor subtypes.
well, looks like the only difference between this and our SimMan is the pupillary response and the blinking. A favorite of our CCM profs is to press a button and have the larynx clamp down right after extubation :)
and on that page you linked to, there's a description of the surgical simulation, which is just for endoscopy. i played with that about 10 years ago at a science center. fun and useful, but certainly nothing new.
The article is, of course, extremely light on details. The only difference between this and "SimMan" which has been in use for years and years seems to be the inclusion "artificial blood," whatever that means.
Also, this is pretty funny: "I would feel nervous if this was (a) real patient," said Mendoza after drawing blood from a plastic arm.
"With this (dummy patient) I can practice many times."
Because jabbing a needle into plastic is just like jabbing a needle into human flesh.
The sorts of simulators are very useful for simulating emergency situations, but aren't really suitable for things like surgery. It's nice to have the motions of checking pulses, barking commands for IVs and epinephrine, and setting up a defibrillator down pat for when a patient is crashing before your very eyes. Since there is very little actual manipulation of the patient, this is exactly for what we use SimMan (cardiac arrhythmias, emergency intubations, and the like). The monitor values (projected on a screen for all to see) are changed by a preceptor as you do things like move from nonrebreathing masks to bag mask ventilation or add a second IV. I just don't see how this would be used to do surgical simulation at all.
"What do you call the worst student graduating from med school?"
:P
Doctor that loses his liscence.
Doctor that has a shitty job in an HMO in Bumfuck, Idaho.
Doctor that doesn't get into the specialty they wanted to get into and is miserable for the rest of their lives doing something they hate (imagine someone that wanted to be a transplant surgeon fixing hernias and removing breast lumps for the rest of their lives).
The list goes on and on
have you taken medical boards? i have, and they are pretty trivial. board scores do, however, get you into competetive specialties. they are often used as a screening tool by residency programs: applicants with board scores under a cut off aren't even looked at. the thinking appears to be that a high board score reflects an ability to rapidly absorb a large amount of information, which is what happens with postgraduate medical training. 3 years to learn enough dermatology or ophthalmology to be an independent physician? that is the reality, no matter how silly it sounds.
you see retinal changes long, long before any iris changes. diabetic retinopathy is much more common than diabetic iridopathy, or rubeosis iridis.
actually this is the pupil, and it's not really a body "part" per se, at least not any more than the space inside your mouth or any other hollow viscus. the iris, of course, is smaller in the dark.
er, scanning the retina is a hell of a lot harder than an iris. when was the last time you saw a person's retina?
The title I submitted this with was "de Raadt Blasts Lunix in Forbes Interview"... Blame Zonk for the "Lunix For Losers" title.
No, you don't understand at all. You don't plug the 30" into both DVI connectors on the new nvidia card. The DVI connectors are "Dual Layer" DVI connectors, like a dual layer dvd (the have twice the data of DVI). You can drive two 30" monitors with the new card.
How about paying those vigilant individuals? maybe yahoo or hotmail could pay them?
But you see, the groups take care to remove watermarks.
I think it's more likely to be the mp3 scene itself. And by mp3 scene I mean the releasing groups, couriers, and ftp site ops. They don't like their work getting to P2P networks; they rip music to have something to offer to sites they upload to, in exchange for whatever they want, be it wares or porn or whatever. If their product is not exclusive (e.g. available on P2P), they lose leverage. Ask any "scener" and they'll tell you they think P2P is bad for business.
Not just "can" be a treatment, it is the gold standard for treating refractory major depressive disorder.
i bet darde was in that one percent, right? good job darde.
That's the human-originating form of mad cow disease. Kuru is Crueztfeldt-Jacob disease.
first post!!! you lame assholes... I can post first because my XBox is a american product and my pride in my great country and my great XBox accelerate everything...
If only they would make games for that bitch... IAve played Metroid Prime and it ruled... I hope M$ will buy those japanese bastards and port Metroid to my great american console system!!!