Comments for Focus http://www.focushms.com News from Harvard Medical, Dental and Public Health Schools Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:28:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Metamorphosis of a Medical Student by Takyi Collins http://www.focushms.com/features/metamorphosis-of-a-medical-student/#comment-11419 Takyi Collins Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:28:18 +0000 http://www.focushms.com/?p=5896#comment-11419 I know very well that the medical school entails a lot and that makes me delight in it.I cherish it I am ready to live by its rules.I hope to join wonderful friends at Harvard Medical School this year. I know very well that the medical school entails a lot and that makes me delight in it.I cherish it I am ready to live by its rules.I hope to join wonderful friends at Harvard Medical School this year.

]]> Comment on Idea Lab: Unimaginable Discoveries by Alex Beaulier http://www.focushms.com/idealab/idea-lab-unimaginable-discoveries/#comment-11244 Alex Beaulier Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:18:43 +0000 http://www.focushms.com/?p=4292#comment-11244 To be honest in a future research project, why not clone a human in another country where it is legal and bring it back to the United States. Imagine the controversy over the clone as well as the religious judgement of this project. It would amass questioning of souls in the human body or what to verify the clone as. My second idea would be a prolonging life pump. Lets say there is an elderly fellow who is willing to donate his body to science before he dies. Why not create a pump that would keep his body in a further stasis by oxygenating his blood as well as trying to maintain other areas of the body that start to fail before the heart gives out. It would be a fun experience to see just how far we could push a body as well as oversee or monitor just what makes the cells die and give out in death. I think if we were to work on expanding the human life-span we could see even more amazing achievements of future generations due to prolonged activity they could perform as well as maybe trying to enhance the capabilities of our own thought process's in other experiments. To be honest in a future research project, why not clone a human in another country where it is legal and bring it back to the United States. Imagine the controversy over the clone as well as the religious judgement of this project. It would amass questioning of souls in the human body or what to verify the clone as.
My second idea would be a prolonging life pump. Lets say there is an elderly fellow who is willing to donate his body to science before he dies. Why not create a pump that would keep his body in a further stasis by oxygenating his blood as well as trying to maintain other areas of the body that start to fail before the heart gives out. It would be a fun experience to see just how far we could push a body as well as oversee or monitor just what makes the cells die and give out in death. I think if we were to work on expanding the human life-span we could see even more amazing achievements of future generations due to prolonged activity they could perform as well as maybe trying to enhance the capabilities of our own thought process’s in other experiments.

]]> Comment on After Residency, a New Outlook by Tony http://www.focushms.com/forum/after-residency-a-new-outlook/#comment-11186 Tony Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:17:51 +0000 http://www.focushms.com/?p=5105#comment-11186 Hi~i`m a traditional chinese medicen student~~i`m very intreasted in your stories~~hope more communications with you~,@ Hi~i`m a traditional chinese medicen student~~i`m very intreasted in your stories~~hope more communications with you~,@

]]> Comment on Physician Referrals on the Rise by Wanda Jones http://www.focushms.com/features/rate-of-physician-referrals-nearly-doubled/#comment-11076 Wanda Jones Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:05:48 +0000 http://www.focushms.com/?p=5794#comment-11076 An excellent point. Thank you for defining this trend. It makes it clear that attempts to save money only by reducing payments to providers is inadequate. Policy-makers do not look at the chain of patient care from deciding to find a physician, to the attempt to get an accurate diagnosis to the emergence of complications or addition chronic diseases, then chronicity, then the terminal phase. Everything that happens to the patient is not their concern. It's what doctors do that they can control. It also illustrates a fallacy abaout primary care; that they are an effective narrow gate to specialists when they actually want to move complicated patients out of their practices quickly, as you state. Good work. WJJ An excellent point. Thank you for defining this trend. It makes it clear that attempts to save money only by reducing payments to providers is inadequate. Policy-makers do not look at the chain of patient care from deciding to find a physician, to the attempt to get an accurate diagnosis to the emergence of complications or addition chronic diseases, then chronicity, then the terminal phase. Everything that happens to the patient is not their concern. It’s what doctors do that they can control. It also illustrates a fallacy abaout primary care; that they are an effective narrow gate to specialists when they actually want to move complicated patients out of their practices quickly, as you state.

Good work.

WJJ

]]> Comment on Physician Referrals on the Rise by Lucy Bradley http://www.focushms.com/features/rate-of-physician-referrals-nearly-doubled/#comment-11023 Lucy Bradley Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:55:09 +0000 http://www.focushms.com/?p=5794#comment-11023 This article underscores the crucial role of the Primary Care Physician in the management of patient care. In countries with universal health care, the GP(PCP) has long been the bulwark of the system, truly coordinating care for the patient. This role can be time-intensive which may explain why in the States where managed care is the predominant model and physician reimbursement rates can be low fee-for-service or capitated, many PCPs are unable or unwilling to apportion the necessary time to properly care for their patients. As the baby boomers age out, the role of the PCP will only increase in importance - a factor that health plans should address now when looking at financial and patient care models. This article underscores the crucial role of the Primary Care Physician in the management of patient care. In countries with universal health care, the GP(PCP) has long been the bulwark of the system, truly coordinating care for the patient. This role can be time-intensive which may explain why in the States where managed care is the predominant model and physician reimbursement rates can be low fee-for-service or capitated, many PCPs are unable or unwilling to apportion the necessary time to properly care for their patients. As the baby boomers age out, the role of the PCP will only increase in importance – a factor that health plans should address now when looking at financial and patient care models.

]]> Comment on Researchers Gather to Discuss Future of Translational Research Education by Action Physical Therapy http://www.focushms.com/features/researchers-gather-to-discuss-future-of-translational-research-education/#comment-10849 Action Physical Therapy Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:38:59 +0000 http://www.focushms.com/?p=5625#comment-10849 I agree with this article, I think we should be farther along when it comes to curing certain diseases. I agree with this article, I think we should be farther along when it comes to curing certain diseases.

]]> Comment on Population Genetics Reveals Shared Ancestries by Curious http://www.focushms.com/features/population-genetics-reveals-shared-ancestries/#comment-10801 Curious Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:03:34 +0000 http://www.focushms.com/?p=3700#comment-10801 If there was no trace in Northern European samples, does that mean that there was no common ancestor or that the fragments were too small to detect? Does this give any credence to the idea that Northern Europeans mixed with if not descended from Neandertal? If there was no trace in Northern European samples, does that mean that there was no common ancestor or that the fragments were too small to detect? Does this give any credence to the idea that Northern Europeans mixed with if not descended from Neandertal?

]]> Comment on Molecular Motor Struts Like Drunken Sailor by Tsunehiro Yasuda, M.D. http://www.focushms.com/research/molecular-motor-struts-like-drunken-sailor/#comment-10715 Tsunehiro Yasuda, M.D. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:51:48 +0000 http://www.focushms.com/?p=5646#comment-10715 It is a stunning movie of Dynein walk! The 3D-motion and spatial relation to specific areas would help to provide various creative concepts in the future. Words would be difficult to describe exactly how it moves and works. Thank you for this exciting movie. ty It is a stunning movie of Dynein walk! The 3D-motion and spatial relation to specific areas would help to provide various creative concepts in the future. Words would be difficult to describe exactly how it moves and works. Thank you for this exciting movie. ty

]]> Comment on Health Care Reform: The Moral Obligation by dennis byron http://www.focushms.com/features/health-care-reform-the-moral-obligation/#comment-10710 dennis byron Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:53:20 +0000 http://www.focushms.com/?p=5688#comment-10710 "During her lecture, Bigby acknowledged the impact of her then-professor... letting her know that she could truly “have it all.”" Summarizing in one simple statement all that is wrong with the goo goos running Massachusetts and national government. No, you can't have it all? No one can have it all. “During her lecture, Bigby acknowledged the impact of her then-professor… letting her know that she could truly “have it all.””

Summarizing in one simple statement all that is wrong with the goo goos running Massachusetts and national government.

No, you can’t have it all? No one can have it all.

]]> Comment on 72nd Annual Soma Weiss Student Research Day by USMLE Step 3 http://www.focushms.com/photos/72nd-annual-soma-weiss-student-research-day/#comment-10629 USMLE Step 3 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:32:51 +0000 http://www.focushms.com/?p=5719#comment-10629 Well what can i say about Weiss. This is really useful for all the medical students. And i will definitely appreciate to the Harvard medical students who presented that 100+ projects. Well what can i say about Weiss. This is really useful for all the medical students. And i will definitely appreciate to the Harvard medical students who presented that 100+ projects.

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