Univ of CA CMCR – Evidence Cannabis Is A Promising Treatment
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The Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research: Report to the California Legislature (2010) – pdf reports:
“The CMCR has successfully conducted the first clinical trials of smoked cannabis in the United States in more than 20 years. As a result of this program of systematic research, we now have reasonable evidence that cannabis is a promising [...]
Before the Earthquake
With all the coverage of recent relief in Haiti, we sometimes forget that US caregivers often went before the earthquake and gave their time, energy and money for medical services for children there. Ruth Adomunes and Marianne Mcauliffe are exceptional PACU nurses here at BIDMC. This is a YouTube video with [...]
The Year of the Tiger
The BIDMC Employee Involvement Committee decided that we should have a Lunar New Year celebration in honor of the Year of the Tiger. Our staff came together for a great event, featuring Lion Dances and Ethereal Dancers from the Massachusetts Vietnamese Scouts Association, and Chinese dulcimer players and dancers from Boston’s Kwong Kow Chinese [...]
As Brent James has taught us . . .
Several months ago, the New York Times Magazine featured an article about Brent James, from Intermountain Health. I have written about him here, too, as one of the experts in improving quality and safety and other processes in hospitals.
Today, one of our doctors was giving a report about the activities of one of our [...]
FDA – 8 Free Tips For Effective 483 Responses
OK, now that you’ve gotten that darn 483, now what?!
Here are 8 free tips on how to effectively respond to a 483 (pdf) , and these tips come from the FDA.
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Caring
A note from nurse Judi:
Sometimes we get so bogged down with every day life we forget about the little things that we do which can mean so much to our patients. Yesterday, I had such an experience. Several months ago I got a panicked call from a lovely gentleman who had emigrated [...]
In the dunes
Amongst the dunes near High Head on Cape Cod, you find microclimates and evidence of fauna and flora at various stages in their lives and deaths — cranberries, lichen, rodents, bayberries, and birds.
Dietary Supplement Fact Sheets by NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
Nice source of information about dietary supplements, National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements Fact Sheets.
According to the NIH ODS:
The Office of Dietary Supplements, a part of the National Institutes of Health, works to strengthen knowledge and understanding of dietary supplements by evaluating scientific information, stimulating and supporting research, disseminating research results, and educating [...]
A New England character
New England is home to many interesting people who have contributed in their own ways to the vibrancy of its economy and culture. I am going to try to capture, in a few word and pictures, one such person, a friend, Ira Molay, who died over ten years ago.
I am prompted to do this [...]
To disclose or not disclose
Fellow blogger Dan Kennedy, over at Media Nation, raises a thoughtful question. I’ll pose it to you for your advice.
Dan says that in a post like the one I wrote yesterday, which criticizes a proposal by the Governor, I should disclose that I am supporting another candidate (Charlie Baker) in the next gubernatorial race. [...]