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	<description>A fairly flippant take on all things medical. Got a tip off? email synapse@stewy6.com</description>
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		<title>Not so Bleeding Obvious&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://stewy6.com/synapse/?p=402</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ecallantide]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cubist Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase 2 Trial In Europe For Therapy To Reduce Blood Loss During Surgery In High Risk Patients (MedicalNewsToday.com, 8Jul09)

Must admit I had never heard of this before. Ecallantide, as the generic drug is known, is an inhibitor of kallikreins (wiki), which, for those who intimately memorised the clotting cascade in med school, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Little about Lumps</title>
		<link>http://stewy6.com/synapse/?p=399</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Surgery]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[de garangeot hernia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[femoral hernia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[hernia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[inguinal hernia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A common presentation, and a perennial short-case favourite in surgery, is the groin lump, which in all probability allows a platform for the distinction, specifically, of the inguinal hernia, from the femoral hernia. This subject allows for an exploration of the anatomy from a clinical, surgical, or somewhat theoretical level, and as such will serve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Cure for AIDS?</title>
		<link>http://stewy6.com/synapse/?p=396</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[World News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[infectious disease]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[AIDS]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[berlin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[charite]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cure for aids]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[family guy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[haart]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[HIV]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[retrovirus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[1. Local physician: HIV/AIDS cure getting little publicity (BaldwinCountyNow.com, 27May09)

Sensationalism aside, this title basically sums up the subject material:  Dr. Awadhesh K. Gupta, reported a patient who, after receiving 4 years of conventional HAART (wiki) treatment, developed a leukaemia, prompting the performance of a bone marrow transplant.
The donor identified as suitable for the transplant was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out of Remission&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://stewy6.com/synapse/?p=394</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[blog]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[intern year]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[introduction]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[journalism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[retrospective]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rural medicine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After an inexcusable absence of more that two months duration, it is with great pleasure that i announce the return of Synapse.
While citing no single reason as to why I have been unresponsive for a period, which, in the time scale of the internet is tantamount to an eon, it should perhaps be mentioned that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Computers in Healthcare</title>
		<link>http://stewy6.com/synapse/?p=391</link>
		<comments>http://stewy6.com/synapse/?p=391#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[computers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[emr]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fastcompany]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Healing Yourself Via YouTube: The Amazing and Frightening Future of Health Care (FastCompany, 22Apr09)

FaceBook-Like Medical Platform (FastCompany, 22Apr09)

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		<title>a Tablet for all Conditions&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://stewy6.com/synapse/?p=387</link>
		<comments>http://stewy6.com/synapse/?p=387#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Other Blogs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[apple]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[emr]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[iphone]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mac]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[medical record]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[steve jobs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Macophiles amongst us will appreciate the implications that iPhone Software 3.0 will have, not only in relation to the iPhone itself, but also because it perhaps alludes to the next generation of products from our friends at Apple. 
My last rant that rather tenously connected Apple and medicine, by discussing Steve Jobs, can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>28.8 strikes back</title>
		<link>http://stewy6.com/synapse/?p=384</link>
		<comments>http://stewy6.com/synapse/?p=384#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[1995 lives on, through my current slower-than-dial-up internet access. How b-grade.
So, that&#8217;s my excuse for a decided lack of blog recently, will endevour to get a heap up as soon as my access is restored. In the interim, check out the ones in my blogroll (to the right), and I will try and throw some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intern-al Medicine</title>
		<link>http://stewy6.com/synapse/?p=381</link>
		<comments>http://stewy6.com/synapse/?p=381#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Australian News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Other Blogs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[hospital]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[intern]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[medicine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Came across a great new blog from a fellow first year intern.
http://juniormedico.blogspot.com/
Check it out.
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		<title>More Fudging</title>
		<link>http://stewy6.com/synapse/?p=379</link>
		<comments>http://stewy6.com/synapse/?p=379#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Australian News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[daniel andrews]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[hospital data]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[key performance indicators]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[royal womens hospital]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Minister Orders Hospital Audits After Dud Figures (TheAge, 1Apr09)
Losing Patients (TheAge, 2Apr09)
Audit Slams Phantom Wards Scam (TheAge, 2Apr09)
More scandal pertaining to the latest string of questionable data collection and intepretation in the Victoriam Public Health System. We already saw The Age&#8217;s series on the Royal Women&#8217;s Hospital (Synapse, 31Mar09).
So, hospitals are exploiting clear loopholes in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modality of Choice</title>
		<link>http://stewy6.com/synapse/?p=377</link>
		<comments>http://stewy6.com/synapse/?p=377#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Other Blogs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Radiology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[World News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pediatrics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[appendicitis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ct]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dutch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mri]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ultrasound]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dutch doctors tout ultrasound for appendicitis in children, caution against CT overuse (RadRounds, 30Mar09)
&#8220;differences that exist between, for example, a neonate of 4 kg with congenital problems or a 14-year-old transplantee weighing 80 kg&#8221;
Nice piece on the risks posed by CT scans to children, and the ultrasound examination as choice for diagnosing appendicitis. Interesting points [...]]]></description>
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