Russ Palmeri's Blog
Russ Palmeri
- Location
- Asheville, North Carolina, USA
- Birthday
- January 20
- Title
- Instructor, Biology Department
- Company
- AB Tech Community College
- Bio
- Retired OB GYN, now teaching full time at Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College
MY RECENT POSTS
- Haiku, Three Great Masters
April 04, 2009 08:19PM - PSA Screening
March 25, 2009 09:23AM - Welcome
March 21, 2009 11:04AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “[SNIP]
We need to
take responsibility upon
ourselves, both provider
and
patient.…”
April 01, 2009 01:22PM - “As a provider, or a
former provider, I find your
comments
very interesting, but
n…”
March 25, 2009 10:25PM - “@sickofstupid See my
blog post for references to
the stats I
mentioned.
http://op…”
March 25, 2009 10:14PM - “I'm a physician that
recently had a PSA that lead
to a
biopsy. Fortunately, it
wa…”
March 21, 2009 03:46AM
Russ Palmeri's Links
- New list
- Japanese Bush Warbler
- Haiku Handbook
Haiku, Three Great Masters
Haiku
1. An unrhymed Japanese poem recording the essence of a moment keenly perceived, in which nature is linked to human nature. It usually consists of seventeen onji. (sounds)
A foreign adaptation of 1, usually written in three lines totaling less that seventeen syllables.[1] &… Read full post »
PSA Screening
Two highly anticipated studies on using the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) blood test to screen for prostate cancer have been published in the last week. 1,2 The studies have shown little benefit and much risk for the widely used screening test. The picture for prostate cancer is clouded by th… Read full post »
Welcome
Welcome to my blog!
I will be posting comments on current events, religion, politics, science- especially medicine, education, birding, chess, technology, animal rights, vegetarianism, haiku poetry and anything else that crosses my mind. Feel free to comment!
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