Tag: healthcare
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Return to emergency nursing?
The short answer is thanks but no thanks. Yesterday I received an email from my old emergency department (where I worked for a little over 35 years before retiring) offering full and part-time positions. I think they must be super short-staffed* and struggling to cope with the winter workloads right now and looking to re-recruit […]
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Podcast: How to stretch.
Another informative offering from the Huberman Lab. This time Dr Huberman presents way too much evidence-based information on the importance of regular stretching. As well as how to go about incorporating stretching into your existing health routine. In a nutshell: To gain maximum benefits maintaining existing range of movement and improving flexibility you will need […]
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On the wall.
Visited Canberra Hospital today for the first time in a long, long while (to get a flu vaccination). My ego was appropriately chuffed to find a photo of me (a small part of a larger promotional mural) is still there in the hospitals main foyer. Lots of memories there of my time working in the […]
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The big problem with Big Pharma.
A fascinating and disturbing discussion between Lex and Dr John Abramson around the manipulative and arguably deceptive practices of Big Pharma in the US. Evidence-based medicine is only as veridical as the quality of evidence it is built on. Peer-reviewed studies & practice guidelines relied on by healthcare providers are only as useful as the […]
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