昨天，医院里来了一位约翰霍普金斯的心脏病专家为我们作报告，他引经据典，洋洋洒洒地讲了一个小时，是我近几年来听过的最好的冠心病讲座了。特别感兴趣的是冠状动脉钙化指数（coronaryarterycalciumscore,CACS）用于预测心脏病的最新进展。最有趣的他谈到了克林顿，小布什，和奥巴马的冠状动脉钙化指数。原来，每位美国总统在就任前都要做详细的健康检查，而冠状动脉钙[阅读全文]
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一个中国医学生(CMG)在美国的生活。。。
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(2010-11-06 10:16:44)
昨天，医院里来了一位约翰霍普金斯的心脏病专家为我们作报告，他引经据典，洋洋洒洒地讲了一个小时，是我近几年来听过的最好的冠心病讲座了。特别感兴趣的是冠状动脉钙化指数（coronaryarterycalciumscore,CACS）用于预测心脏病的最新进展。最有趣的他谈到了克林顿，小布什，和奥巴马的冠状动脉钙化指数。原来，每位美国总统在就任前都要做详细的健康检查，而冠状动脉钙[阅读全文]
(2010-11-05 17:30:31)
Propelledbythehigherrate,theAustraliandollarjumpedtonearparitywithitsU.S.counterpart.Whilethehigherratesshouldworktocurbinflationdomestically,thehigheryieldrelativetootherdevelopedeconomieswillattractcapitalfromabroad,andmaycauseothertypesofinflationarypressures,thus,Australiafacesadelicatebalancingchallengeahead.Still,thefactthattheU.S.iscontemplatingpumpingmoremoneyintoacrawlingeconomywhileAustr...[阅读全文]
(2010-11-04 20:06:09)
肺癌通常是由吸烟引起的，是美国的主要癌症死亡原因。2006年，美国有162,460人死于肺癌。螺旋电脑断层是一种在吸烟者和以前的吸烟者中进行肺癌筛选的新的试验性方法。有一些研究显示，电脑断层可以发现小肺癌。然而，到目前为止，这种新的方法作为常规筛选的好处和危险性还有待进一步的探讨。美国国立癌症研究所正在进行一个大型的研究，将会对螺旋电脑断层或胸片[阅读全文]
(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...[阅读全文]
(2010-11-02 08:50:44)
U.S.Debt/GDPhititshistoricalpeakofnearly130%in1946,attheendofWWII.Then,asnow,thegovernmenthadspenttheequivalentoftrillionsofdollars.However,themoneyspentinthe1940swasusedtocreateasolidfoundationforgrowth.TheU.S.emergedfromthewarwiththehighestindustrialcapacityofanydevelopednation.Ourexportssurgedbecausewecouldsupplyproductstheworldneededinabundance.Inturn,newindustriesprovidedahighnumberofwell-pay...[阅读全文]
(2010-10-30 08:59:09)
圣塔莫尼卡大道是洛杉矶和世界的一条著名的大道，90年代初有一首摇滚歌叫“AllIWannaDo”，是SherylCrow唱红的，里面有一句“untilthesuncomesdownoverSantaMonicaBoulevard”很著名。因为这首歌在调频广播里天天听几次，又因为那时住在一个几个留学生合租的apartment，离开SantaMonicaBoulevard只有几步路，听了那首歌就觉得自己象是生活在世界的中心了。那时可从来也没有想到这条大道和万圣[阅读全文]
(2010-10-29 17:24:50)
离开万圣节只有两天了，往年这个时候，每个科室都会有万圣节的室内装潢。万圣节那天，儿科病房的小病人们会到每个科室来讨糖（trick-or-treat）。节后会评奖，看哪个科室布置得最好，最受欢迎。今年经济不景气，每个科室的万圣节的室内装潢都取消了。我有点纳闷，难道今年的小病人们就不过万圣节了？今天吃午饭的时候，听到医院广播里有儿科病房万圣节庆典的消息，[阅读全文]
(2010-10-27 21:01:38)
Women'sHeartAttackSymptomsDifferentfromMen's
ResearchbytheNationalInstitutesofHealth(NIH)indicatesthatwomenoftenexperiencenewordifferentphysicalsymptomsaslongasamonthormorebeforeexperiencingheartattacks.Amongthe515womenstudied,95-percentsaidtheyknewtheirsymptomswerenewordifferentamonthormorebeforeexperiencingtheirheartattack,orAcuteMyocardialInfarction(AMI).Thesymptomsmostcommonlyreportedwereu...[阅读全文]
ResearchbytheNationalInstitutesofHealth(NIH)indicatesthatwomenoftenexperiencenewordifferentphysicalsymptomsaslongasamonthormorebeforeexperiencingheartattacks.Amongthe515womenstudied,95-percentsaidtheyknewtheirsymptomswerenewordifferentamonthormorebeforeexperiencingtheirheartattack,orAcuteMyocardialInfarction(AMI).Thesymptomsmostcommonlyreportedwereu...[阅读全文]
(2010-10-26 08:05:46)
HeavySmokingLinkedtoAlzheimer's,DementiaRisk
LookingtoloweryouroddsofdevelopingAlzheimer'sdiseaseanddementia?Stopsmokingifyoulightup.
Newresearchfindsthatheavysmokingduringmiddleagemorethandoublesaperson'sriskofthesebraindisorderslaterinlife.PeoplewhosmoketwopacksofcigarettesadayincreasetheirriskofAlzheimer'sby157percent,accordingtoastudypublishedMondayintheArchivesofInternalMedicine.Andth...[阅读全文]
LookingtoloweryouroddsofdevelopingAlzheimer'sdiseaseanddementia?Stopsmokingifyoulightup.
Newresearchfindsthatheavysmokingduringmiddleagemorethandoublesaperson'sriskofthesebraindisorderslaterinlife.PeoplewhosmoketwopacksofcigarettesadayincreasetheirriskofAlzheimer'sby157percent,accordingtoastudypublishedMondayintheArchivesofInternalMedicine.Andth...[阅读全文]
(2010-10-25 08:05:24)
2010IRARothConversion:ASecondChancePaytaxnoworlater?Convertingatax-deferredretirementplantoaRothIRAcanenableyoutobuildtax-freewealthoverthelonghaul.Doingsoin2010offersadvantages,buttherearemanyfactorstoexaminefirst.Thisyear’sanemicinvestmentresultsmeanyourtaxcostlikelywon’tbemuchmorethanitwouldhavebeenearlierin2010.Youmustpaytaxonyourtax-deductibleplancontributionsplusearnings.Butifyouconvert,yo...[阅读全文]
