昨天，醫院裏來了一位約翰霍普金斯的心髒病專家為我們作報告，他引經據典，洋洋灑灑地講了一個小時，是我近幾年來聽過的最好的冠心病講座了。特別感興趣的是冠狀動脈鈣化指數（coronaryarterycalciumscore,CACS）用於預測心髒病的最新進展。最有趣的他談到了克林頓，小布什，和奧巴馬的冠狀動脈鈣化指數。原來，每位美國總統在就任前都要做詳細的健康檢查，而冠狀動脈鈣[閱讀全文]
華陀再世
一個中國醫學生(CMG)在美國的生活。。。
博文
(2010-11-06 10:16:44)
昨天，醫院裏來了一位約翰霍普金斯的心髒病專家為我們作報告，他引經據典，洋洋灑灑地講了一個小時，是我近幾年來聽過的最好的冠心病講座了。特別感興趣的是冠狀動脈鈣化指數（coronaryarterycalciumscore,CACS）用於預測心髒病的最新進展。最有趣的他談到了克林頓，小布什，和奧巴馬的冠狀動脈鈣化指數。原來，每位美國總統在就任前都要做詳細的健康檢查，而冠狀動脈鈣[閱讀全文]
(2010-11-05 17:30:31)
Propelledbythehigherrate,theAustraliandollarjumpedtonearparitywithitsU.S.counterpart.Whilethehigherratesshouldworktocurbinflationdomestically,thehigheryieldrelativetootherdevelopedeconomieswillattractcapitalfromabroad,andmaycauseothertypesofinflationarypressures,thus,Australiafacesadelicatebalancingchallengeahead.Still,thefactthattheU.S.iscontemplatingpumpingmoremoneyintoacrawlingeconomywhileAustr...[閱讀全文]
(2010-11-04 20:06:09)
肺癌通常是由吸煙引起的，是美國的主要癌症死亡原因。2006年，美國有162,460人死於肺癌。螺旋電腦斷層是一種在吸煙者和以前的吸煙者中進行肺癌篩選的新的試驗性方法。有一些研究顯示，電腦斷層可以發現小肺癌。然而，到目前為止，這種新的方法作為常規篩選的好處和危險性還有待進一步的探討。美國國立癌症研究所正在進行一個大型的研究，將會對螺旋電腦斷層或胸片[閱讀全文]
(2010-11-02 09:25:43)
Here'showthiswariswaged.1.Toboosttheireconomies,nationsseektoraisetheirexports.2.Toraiseexports,nationstrytomakethemcheaperforothernationstobuy.3.Tomaketheirexportscheaper,nationsdevaluetheircurrencies.4.Todevaluetheircurrencies,theyprintcashlikethere'snotomorrow.It'sasimpleformula,butithasafatalflaw.Itonlyworksifyou'retheonlyonedoingit.Ifeverynationdoesit,everynationloses.Noonegetsanadvantageover...[閱讀全文]
(2010-11-02 08:50:44)
U.S.Debt/GDPhititshistoricalpeakofnearly130%in1946,attheendofWWII.Then,asnow,thegovernmenthadspenttheequivalentoftrillionsofdollars.However,themoneyspentinthe1940swasusedtocreateasolidfoundationforgrowth.TheU.S.emergedfromthewarwiththehighestindustrialcapacityofanydevelopednation.Ourexportssurgedbecausewecouldsupplyproductstheworldneededinabundance.Inturn,newindustriesprovidedahighnumberofwell-pay...[閱讀全文]
(2010-10-30 08:59:09)
聖塔莫尼卡大道是洛杉磯和世界的一條著名的大道，90年代初有一首搖滾歌叫“AllIWannaDo”，是SherylCrow唱紅的，裏麵有一句“untilthesuncomesdownoverSantaMonicaBoulevard”很著名。因為這首歌在調頻廣播裏天天聽幾次，又因為那時住在一個幾個留學生合租的apartment，離開SantaMonicaBoulevard隻有幾步路，聽了那首歌就覺得自己象是生活在世界的中心了。那時可從來也沒有想到這條大道和萬聖[閱讀全文]
(2010-10-29 17:24:50)
離開萬聖節隻有兩天了，往年這個時候，每個科室都會有萬聖節的室內裝潢。萬聖節那天，兒科病房的小病人們會到每個科室來討糖（trick-or-treat）。節後會評獎，看哪個科室布置得最好，最受歡迎。今年經濟不景氣，每個科室的萬聖節的室內裝潢都取消了。我有點納悶，難道今年的小病人們就不過萬聖節了？今天吃午飯的時候，聽到醫院廣播裏有兒科病房萬聖節慶典的消息，[閱讀全文]
(2010-10-27 21:01:38)
Women'sHeartAttackSymptomsDifferentfromMen's
ResearchbytheNationalInstitutesofHealth(NIH)indicatesthatwomenoftenexperiencenewordifferentphysicalsymptomsaslongasamonthormorebeforeexperiencingheartattacks.Amongthe515womenstudied,95-percentsaidtheyknewtheirsymptomswerenewordifferentamonthormorebeforeexperiencingtheirheartattack,orAcuteMyocardialInfarction(AMI).Thesymptomsmostcommonlyreportedwereu...[閱讀全文]
ResearchbytheNationalInstitutesofHealth(NIH)indicatesthatwomenoftenexperiencenewordifferentphysicalsymptomsaslongasamonthormorebeforeexperiencingheartattacks.Amongthe515womenstudied,95-percentsaidtheyknewtheirsymptomswerenewordifferentamonthormorebeforeexperiencingtheirheartattack,orAcuteMyocardialInfarction(AMI).Thesymptomsmostcommonlyreportedwereu...[閱讀全文]
(2010-10-26 08:05:46)
HeavySmokingLinkedtoAlzheimer's,DementiaRisk
LookingtoloweryouroddsofdevelopingAlzheimer'sdiseaseanddementia?Stopsmokingifyoulightup.
Newresearchfindsthatheavysmokingduringmiddleagemorethandoublesaperson'sriskofthesebraindisorderslaterinlife.PeoplewhosmoketwopacksofcigarettesadayincreasetheirriskofAlzheimer'sby157percent,accordingtoastudypublishedMondayintheArchivesofInternalMedicine.Andth...[閱讀全文]
LookingtoloweryouroddsofdevelopingAlzheimer'sdiseaseanddementia?Stopsmokingifyoulightup.
Newresearchfindsthatheavysmokingduringmiddleagemorethandoublesaperson'sriskofthesebraindisorderslaterinlife.PeoplewhosmoketwopacksofcigarettesadayincreasetheirriskofAlzheimer'sby157percent,accordingtoastudypublishedMondayintheArchivesofInternalMedicine.Andth...[閱讀全文]
(2010-10-25 08:05:24)
2010IRARothConversion:ASecondChancePaytaxnoworlater?Convertingatax-deferredretirementplantoaRothIRAcanenableyoutobuildtax-freewealthoverthelonghaul.Doingsoin2010offersadvantages,buttherearemanyfactorstoexaminefirst.Thisyear’sanemicinvestmentresultsmeanyourtaxcostlikelywon’tbemuchmorethanitwouldhavebeenearlierin2010.Youmustpaytaxonyourtax-deductibleplancontributionsplusearnings.Butifyouconvert,yo...[閱讀全文]
