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I have officially buggered up my site layout. Gawd I hope I don’t have to reinstall, but will be tackling this tonight, weather permitting. *sigh* And to think I was getting caught up on life’s busy work.

via The Wall Street Journal
January 30, 2008, 11:53 am
Double Dipping: The Costanza Debate Continues

They found that thousands more bacteria per milliliter in the “bite before dip treatments,” according to a summary of the paper Dawson sent the Health Blog. (The paper’s been accepted by the Journal of Food Safety, but hasn’t been published yet, Dawson said.) Bottom line, according to a report in this morning’s NYT: “Sporadic double dipping in a cup of dip would transfer at least 50 to 100 bacteria from one mouth to another with every bite.”

But what does that really tell us? It doesn’t mean that double dipping is “like putting your whole mouth right in the dip,” as Costanza’s antagonist, Timmy, argued.

Makes me think twice about that Moe’s Queso—sorry Gwen! (yeah, I know, pour first)

Ian over at ImpactEDnurse.com is running a contest to see who has the best resus room in their ER.

Sweet idea!

Hmmmm…..*goes in search of camera*

B.J., this one is for you—–

As the running joke regarding the hypothalamus is carried on, I found a link at Medgadget to this post at The Independent:

Scientists discover way to reverse loss of memory

The accidental breakthrough came during an experiment originally intended to suppress the obese man’s appetite, using the increasingly successful technique of deep-brain stimulation. Electrodes were pushed into the man’s brain and stimulated with an electric current. Instead of losing appetite, the patient instead had an intense experience of déjà vu. He recalled, in intricate detail, a scene from 30 years earlier. More tests showed his ability to learn was dramatically improved when the current was switched on and his brain stimulated.

Apparently, it isn’t just the origin of desire!

Kim at Emergiblog did another great job with Grand Rounds!

While bouncing ideas off of Dr. Mark today, he showed me the site EM:RAP and I was instantly intrigued:

EM:RAP is a truly unique monthly audio program designed to give listeners an in-depth review of a specific EM-related topic in a format especially designed for easy listening.

And they have video.

The great part is that the producers of this vlog/CEU/CME site are humorous, and raw in a, what you see is what you get, manner. Very worth watching. Here is the main link.

Just a reminder that the 2007 Medgadget Medblog Awards will be the live broadcast soup of the day over at Doctor Anonymous.  Hopefully I won’t be logging in late tonight and will hopefully see you all there!

Okay, I have absolutely zero to write today. Have been looking for something that floats my boat and it just ain’t happenin’.

Maybe tomorrow my brain will be back into this. *sigh*

I’m a day behind, but Grand Rounds is up over at Sharpbrains. Impressive collection of what the medical/nursing blogosphere would like the next PODUS (president of the United States) to know.

A follow up to this post on cathing a female, is another awesome post on how to cath a male over at ImpactEDnurse.

I am so an Ian groupie!