If only health care were all about economics
Economic considerations are necessarily a huge part of the health care debate. But should they be the only ones?
Archive for October, 2009
Take lymphedema-prevention instructions with a grain of salt
If you have had breast cancer surgery that involved the removal of lymph nodes (i.e., axillary [armpit] lymph node dissection), you have almost certainly been given an advice sheet something like the one posted at breastcancer.org (excerpts below):
• Do moisturize your skin frequently and regularly. Use lotions such as Moisturel, Eucerin, Vaseline Intensive Care, or your [...]
Pathogen Art
Just art and biology, not music, but this is to cool to ignore. An artist, Luke Jerram, has produced beautiful glass models of viruses, with help from the virologist Andrew Davidson. He has so far represented small pox, HIV, H1N1 and SARS, among other viruses, and one bacterium, E. coli.:
These are spectacular works, [...]
