Send a Disabled Child to Summer Camp!
We are selling jambalaya lunches to help raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Summer Camp. Tickets are $7 and all profits will go to the MDA. Lunches will be distributed on November 20, 2009, between 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., in front of the main [...]
Study Finds 52 Percent Lower Chance Of Dying At Top-rated Hospitals.
ScienceDaily (Oct. 15, 2009) — The largest annual study of patient outcomes at each of the nation’s 5,000 nonfederal hospitals found a wide gap in quality between the nation’s best hospitals and all others. According to the study, issued today by HealthGrades, the leading independent [...]
“In several trials of older individuals at risk for vitamin D deficiency, vitamin D supplementation improved strength, function, and balance in a dose-related pattern,” write H.A. Bischoff-Ferrari, MD, MPH, from the University of Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland, and colleagues. “Most importantly, these benefits translated into a reduction in falls. Overall, however, results have been mixed for fall prevention with vitamin D; for example, several trials of vitamin D have had non-significant results.”
September 23, 2009 — It is not uncommon for medical students to post unprofessional and even illegal information on social networking sites like Facebook and media-sharing sites like YouTube, a survey of medical schools shows.
In an anonymous poll of student affairs administrators from schools across the country, 60% said they were aware of incidents in [...]
Shriners Hospitals for Children
We have recently been given an opportunity to develop a long-term volunteering relationship with Shriners Children’s hospital.
On Thursday, Oct. 8, at 5:30pm, they will be offering a tour and orientation for anyone in OSIG that is interested in helping out throughout the year. If you want to attend, please send me an [...]
It’s time for fourth year students to get serious about choosing their specialty area. Some of you are lucky, and everything lines up: you know which clinical area interests you most, your board scores and grades/letters are all in the correct range, and you have helpful professors on your side. For you, it’s just a [...]
