Science Based Medicine
MARCH 8, 2025
Will new studies cause large numbers of anti-vaxxers to say "Wow. It turns our vaccines don't cause autism after all. I've been wrong the whole time."? The post Dr. Edward Livingston On Vaccines & Autism: Because of Public Skepticism, it is Not Settled Science first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
MARCH 8, 2025
Reference: Pessano S, et al. Positioning for lumbar puncture in newborn infants. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. December 2023 Date: February 7, 2025 Dr. Lauren Rosenfeld Guest Skeptic: Dr. Lauren Rosenfeld is a PGY-3 emergency medicine resident at George Washington University. She is also a new podcast host for Emergency Medicine Residents Association (EMRA) Cast Series.
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Sensible Medicine
MARCH 8, 2025
This week the CDC did something unprecedented. It made easily available the conflicts of interest for the panelists on the ACIP— that's the committee that decides what vaccines to recommend to American adults and children. The new web-tool is quick, easy and revealing. Make no mistake: the ACIP has made tremendous errors. They recommended that the covid-19 booster be added to the children's immunization schedule.
JournalFeed
MARCH 8, 2025
New! Download the JournalFeed iPhone app ! The JournalFeed podcast for the week of March 3-7, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed : Guidelines recommended low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) for most patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE), but we often choose unfractionated heparin (UFH).
Maria Yang, MD
MARCH 8, 2025
Five years ago I was working as the medical director at the largest homelessness services agency in Seattle. My dad, who skimmed headlines from major newspapers in the US and China every morning, had been tracking news about a respiratory illness spreading in China. It sounds bad, he said in January. On February 29th, 2020, the first death from Covid happened in the US.
Ken Grauer, MD
MARCH 8, 2025
The ECG in Figure-1 was obtained from a middle-aged man who presents to the ED ( E mergency D epartment ) with 6 hours of chest pain. He is hemodynamically stable. QUESTION: As per the title of this blog post How many important findings can you identify? Figure-1: The initial ECG in today's case obtained from a middle-aged man with 6 hours of chest pain. ( To improve visualization I've digitized the original ECG using PMcardio ).
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MARCH 8, 2025
Written by Willy Frick Disclaimer at the outset: Some aspects of this case are not completely clear to me, and approach being unknowable. I've presented the case as best I understand it, but I can see good arguments for other interpretations. A woman in her late 60s presented after a car crash. Her husband was driving and she was a passenger. They were hit at high speed.
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