November 2011
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October 2011
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things i have learned this week
opportunities to practice public speaking are good for you
according to outside in, the proportion of the general portland-area population who is LGBTQ is somewhere around 5%, but 40% of the homeless population is LGBTQ. talk about health disparities…
my 60something parents have a more active social life than i do
getting reminded twice in one week about why you like a particular career...
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“…Presenting the ideas of science to society is more than just fun and...”
– Marcelo Gleiser on why the U.S. needs to learn more science.
http://m.npr.org/story/141465224?url=/blogs/13.7/2011/10/18/141465224/why-people-need-to-learn-science&sc=tw&cc=share
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The New Yorker: A Child In Time →
Fascinating and evocative article in this week’s New Yorker about the lingering uncertainties in neonatology. Jerome Groopman did a fantastic job discussing new research frontiers, the ethics of intensive care, and the physician-patient relationship in this essay.
(Also, a good impetus to get off the interwebz and start studying the lungs, but that’s neither here nor there…)
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“As you make your way don’t lose that idealism that kept you going. Honor it.”
– Dr. Edward J. Volpintesta, in an inspiring letter to new primary care physicians. This week was National Primary Care Week, and there were thought-provoking talks every day at school about the current state and future of primary care (I’m actually speaking on a panel today about primary care...
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Watchabraham verghese: a doctor’s touch.
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