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Prevention of Diabetes
"Diabetes care is a poster child for much of what’s wrong with our health-care system, which is good at handling acute crises but bad at preventing them." This is the opening quote of an article about...
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Quick Post - No PT...
Interesting article about HGH... good to see Evidence-Based Medicine getting out there.Video of me playing paintball this weekend, fun stuff, amazing editing:
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Reimbursement
I haven't gotten too much into the entire headache that is reimbursement. I got into PT to treat patients. I chose this profession over most other medical professions because we get to really be one on...
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Another Wii Story
The Wii story is in the last 3 or so minutes of this video. The most interesting part of that news piece for me was actually the USC PT introducing herself as Dr. (a whole 'nother bag of worms in PT)....
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John Iams/CAM
I wanted to publicly respond to an e-mail I received inquiring about my opinion of John Iams.Here is YouTube video of Mr. Iams discussing the changing times. Other than the circles in which he talks,...
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Another Wii Bites The Dust
Dang it, another Wii article... problem is worth repeating: This is going to become attached to us...Random person: oh, you are a PT, you have people play Wii to rehabilitate them, that's...
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Reimbursement 2
As a follow up to my recent post on reimbursement, there is a new story of insurance companies providing reimbursement for online consultations... interesting that we still have all these battles in PT...
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Physician shortage? Turn to PT's
Recently there has been much talk in the health blogosphere about the shortage of primary care physicians.Is there a primary care crisis?The trends from recent years largely held true in different...
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Drugs, Surgery, PT
In the continued debate between these three options for numerous diagnoses, here's a real basic article about drugs with some startling numbers, especially the amount of deaths caused by acetaminophen...
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CPR Standards
As a former EMT and a proponent for everyone in the world being CPR certified, this recent article caught my attention. You may have even become certified in CPR or First Aid but the standards are...
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Links
New strength training advice for kidsInteresting post and comment about the relationship between nursing and PT in hospitals. Interdisciplinary care is an amazing aspect of health care that can...
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Marketing
Always fascinated by interdisciplinary issues, especially when they are shared... one such issue is apparently marketing.Here the generalists find it to be a problem.I won't even link to a specific EIM...
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Loans
Fewer options open to pay for costs of college.Not a good sign for future students, so plan accordingly.Other than those fortunate enough to receive scholarships, loans are generally the way of the PT...
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Health Tip of the Day - Pain in Side
The appendix is a tube-like organ, with no known purpose, attached to the large intestine. Appendicitis describes when the appendix becomes inflamed, making it prone to rupturing, which is a serious...
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Meat & Potatoes
I have veered a little from the original intent of this site, which was to share my experiences as a student. It is often easier to simply share interesting news stories, and I plead guilty.So as of...
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Valid Effort from SA-APTA
How can we make things better? By asking questions... following e-mail received from the APTA Student Assembly President Nate Thomas... TAKE THE SURVEY IF YOU QUALIFY!:Greetings from your Student...
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NY to Philly Bloggin'
Tomorrow begins my last week of clinical affiliation and boy am I excited. Even though I am very much just starting to get into a good groove here, it is time to move forward and culminate the 3 year...
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Aggressive Rehab for SCI
http://www.sci-therapies.info/Rehabilitation.htmcould be my laziest post yet... yay
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Tumors
May 4-10 is brain tumor action week.Checkout this video I put together with the help of some of my brain tumor friends.Please pass this on to your contacts and ask them to pass it on to their contacts…...
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