Top Content Last Week

Top content for the last week:

1. Double Hand Transplant!

2. Autism and the Amygdala

3. Jobs for Physicians with No Residency Experience

4. Face Transplant Photos

5. Non-Clinical Careers and Opportunities for Physicians

6. Face Transplant and Microsurgery

7. Hacked: Medical Data on 8 Million Virginia Residents

8. What if Some Medical Myths Were True?

Top Search Engine Keywords Last Week

Over the last week, here are the top search engine keywords that people typed to reach this site:

1. medicine and technology
2. blackberry storm medical
3. joe kim blog
4. technology in medicine
5. free emr
6. technology and medicine

I'm not surprised to see that people are still looking into free EMR solutions and medical software for the BlackBerry Storm.

BlackBerry Thumb to PDA Nail

• Look at my thumbs doc! I thought technology was supposed to improve health, not cause new medical problems! I've already had BlackBerry thumb because of Twitter. I think I'm going to sue RIM and Twitter because now, I'm getting PDA Nail!

Sound ridiculous? Well, BlackBerry thumb is a type of repetitive motion injury that is becoming more prevalent among working professionals who Twitter, I mean who use their BlackBerry for corporate e-mail. People who use their mobile smartphones for hours each day are even developing dystrophic nail changes that some clinical experts are calling PDA nail. The Am J Clin Dermatol. 2009;10(3):193-6. has a case study (two cases actually) titled, "The 'PDA Nail': Traumatic Nail Dystrophy in Habitual Users of Personal Digital Assistants."

Here's a snippet: "We describe two cases of traumatic thumb nail dystrophy associated with using a PDA keyboard for several hours per day... In conclusion, biomechanical stress resulting from overuse of PDAs may result in various types of nail dystrophy. We suggest the general term 'PDA nails' for these nail abnormalities."

So, what do your thumbs look like? Are your nails turning dystrophic? Image Source: Access Emergency Medicine I

National Women's Health Week

National Women's Health Week!

• National Women's Checkup Day will be Monday, May 11, 2009.
  
• The eight-week Woman Challenge, an online physical activity program, starts May 10, 2009.

National Women's Health Week is a weeklong health observance coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women's Health (OWH). The theme this year is "It's Your Time" and the focus is on taking simple steps that will lead to improved health. These steps are:

• Getting at least 2 ½ hours of moderate physical activity, 1 hour and 15 minutes of vigorous physical activity, or a combination of both each week
• Eating a nutritious diet.
• Visiting a health care professional for regular checkups and preventive screenings.
• Avoiding risky behaviors, like smoking and not wearing a seatbelt.
• Paying attention to mental health, including getting enough sleep and managing stress