http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/medical/accesssurgery/blog The official blog for McGraw-Hill's Access Surgery online reference. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:33:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With the end of October, the breast cancer campaign has proven to be one of the best-run and most successful health campaigns of all time. Soft drinks, clothing, walks, runs, almost every commodity and activity bought and sold over the course of the month was pink ( ... http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/medical/accesssurgery/blog/?p=366 The shock over the recent discovery of kidneys for sale in the US is just another example of how we may often choose to remain oblivious to those things, those actions that threaten or challenge the ethical constructs of how we view the life and the ... http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/medical/accesssurgery/blog/?p=338 The healthcare debate has become manifestly vociferous over the past weeks as Americans decidedly flex their democratic muscle in a debate that is increasingly dividing the lines. The Obama administration have given us scant details about what to really expect and the angst is growing as contrived and misinformed ... http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/medical/accesssurgery/blog/?p=327 Michael Jackson's death dominated the world press and also seemingly eclipsed Farah Fawcett's untimely demise too. The lack of information, the right information about why she may have died offered an opportunity for a public health focus on anal cancer - how it is prevented and how ... http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/medical/accesssurgery/blog/?p=318 SAGES has invited you all to submit paper and video abstracts to the Scientific Session Congress, to be held during the 12th World of Endoscopic Surgery, jointly hosted by SAGES & CAGS. The meeting will be held April 14-17, 2010 in National Harbor, MD at ... http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/medical/accesssurgery/blog/?p=317 The 5th Annual Academic Surgical Congress will be held on February 3-5, 2010 at San Antonio Marriott River Center, San Antonio, Texas DEADLINE August 24, 2009 http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/medical/accesssurgery/blog/?p=315 I suspect that access is a more complex notion than we give it credit for. There are very intricate reasons why some Americans are denied access - some of which were predictably engineered in the 1940s by established custodians of American social and urban planning. Now ... http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/medical/accesssurgery/blog/?p=297 The 50th Annual Meeting at Digestive Disease Week, May 30 to June 3, 2009, Chicago, Illinois. AND The 5th Annual ASC/AAS/SUS from February 3- 5, 2010 at the Marriott River Center in San Antonio, Texas. http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/medical/accesssurgery/blog/?p=287 In order to expand coverage to the estimated 40 million Americans without healthcare, the Obama healthcare plan is likely to require the assistance of all Americans. The mere availability of an increased budget beyond the current 640 billion dollars will likely be insufficient and instead require a more judicious approach in how care is rendered ... http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/medical/accesssurgery/blog/?p=274 After what seems a lifetime of tight glycemic control and a seeming fixation of the adequacy of a glucose of 110 mg/dl, new evidence has emerged that tight glycemic control may increase mortality. The results, published by the NICE-SUGAR Study Investigators from a large international randomized trial was published ... http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/medical/accesssurgery/blog/?p=268