Monday, July 9, 2007

Melanoma or a Benign Mole?

The biggest malpractice risk for physicians is "failure to diagnose". If a patient shows up with a skin growth, most physicians will reach for the scalpel and remove it or biopsy it rather than take the risk of missing a cancer. But only 3-10% of suspicious moles are melanomas so that means a lot of unnecessary surgeries and costs are incurred.A pilot study has shown that applying a simple tape

Sunday, July 8, 2007

It's not raging rapids - but I'm back

Although this photo doesn't look like raging rapids, it was a beautiful hike near Cataract Canyon, Utah, on the Colorado River. I couldn't risk my camera during the rapid runs so no photos of the dangerous level 5 rapids! You'll just have to believe me.Did you notice that last week was a major heat wave across the entire United States? The map in USA Today showed every state was red or orange..