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Sun, sea, and sex—The mean number of sexual partners increases from 0.3 to 1.0 per four week period in young travellers to Australia from the United Kingdom. In a study in Sexually Transmitted Infections respondents were asked about sexual activity during their stay in Australia and in the year before leaving the UK (2009;85:477-82). Of the 1008 18-35 year olds questioned, 39.7% had multiple sexual partners in Australia and of those arriving single and having sex, 40.9% reported inco … Read this article >>
Eyespy
Eyespy: November 2009
Worry about Web 2.0—Medical school chiefs in the US are more worried about Web 2.0 than their students. A survey sent to medical deans and published in JAMA asking about unprofessional internet behaviour, found that 37% of deans are concerned about what their charges are posting on &hellip Read this article >>
Eyespy
Eyespy: October 2009
Firefighters are increasingly being used as paramedics in the US. The New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/us/04firehouse.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp) reports that as many as 80% of call outs for fire crews are for illness rather than fires, with emergencies ranging fr &hellip Read this article >>
Eyespy
Eyespy: September 2009
Swear away the pain—Scientists at Keele University have shown swearing to help reduce pain (NeuroReport 2009;20:1056-60, doi:10.1097/WNR.0b013e32832e64b1). A group of 64 patients were asked to immerse their hand in ice cold water, with half the group uttering expletives and the othe &hellip Read this article >>
Eyespy
Eyespy: July 2009
DIY brain surgery—A quick thinking doctor in rural Australia has saved a boy’s life by using a drill from the hospital maintenance cupboard to relieve the pressure from a haematoma. The boy, aged 13, from Maryborough, Queensland, hit his head when he fell from his bike and began hav &hellip Read this article >>
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