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DoctorsHangout.com Mission

1. To provide a online platform for doctors to develop professional and personal relationships.

2. To provide online infrastructure for doctors to create, manage and expand their social network in the field of Medicine.

3. To provide online technical infrastructure for doctors to share their clinical cases, images, videos and medical knowledge.

4. To be the leading source of educational and scientific research information for doctors, allowing them to advance their skills and stay current with new innovations in the field.

5. To provide a technical infrastructure that can be shared by medical organizations to support information exchange, collaboration, and administration.

6. To provide an optimal and richly interlinked platform for the major online journals.

7. To provide a resource through which companies can inform and gain feedback from doctors regarding products and services.

8. To be the global leader in providing online education in medicine and in promoting competence of doctors to enable the highest possible levels of safety and quality of care.

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CORRECTED: FDA: more changes coming on drug safety (Reuters)

Reuters - Recent new powers have helped the U.S. Food and Drug Administration combat contaminated medications, counterfeit pills and other safety woes, but more work is needed to address lingering concerns about drug risks, FDA officials said on Wednesday.

Vaginal birth after cesarean underused: panel (Reuters)

Reuters - If you're pregnant and have had a cesarean section before, chances are you'll have one again. In at least one-third of US hospitals, a repeat cesarean is the only option, and nine in 10 women end up getting one -- a fact that had experts worried at a national conference this week on vaginal birth after cesarean, or VBAC.

Panel: Women need chance to avoid repeat C-section (AP)

AP - Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a government panel that urged doctors to rethink litigation-spurred policies that have swung the pendulum back toward the days of "once a C-section, always a C-section."

U.S. herpes rates remain high: CDC (Reuters)

Reuters - About 16 percent of Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 are infected with genital herpes, making it one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday.

Health Tip: What's Behind Childhood Obesity (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Obesity is a major problem in the United States, and children are no exception. Today's kids are spending more hours watching TV, sitting at the computer or playing video games, and less time being active.
 

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DoctorsHangout.com is an exclusive next generation social networking service for Medical Students, Residents and Doctors. DoctorsHangout social network can help you maintain existing personal and professional relationships and establish new ones by reaching out to Doctors you've never met before. Doctors Hangout makes it easy to find people who share your hobbies and interests, look for long lasting connections or establish new professional contacts. At DoctorsHangout.com, Doctors exchange clinical experiences, review their cases and share clinical knowledge. Join Now!

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Palpitations and Near Syncope in a 37-Year-Old Woman 3 Replies

A 37-year-old woman with a history of anxiety disorder presents to the emergency department (ED) with concern for panic attack. She describes a sensation of chest-pounding palpitations, racing heart…

Started by Doctors Hangout Team in Internal Medicine. Last reply by MitRa_AmYGdALa 11 hours ago.

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It Must Be Cardiac! 1 Reply

An 81-year-old woman presents to the emergency department (ED) with an altered mental status. The patient was in her usual state of health until she vomited several times earlier today. Her family at…

Started by Doctors Hangout Team in Internal Medicine. Last reply by Dr. Manohar Joshi 13 hours ago.

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head trauma in a child 4 Replies

Hi, would love feedback on this case... an 11 yr old boy came in 12 hrs after being assaulted at school, mulitple blows to the head, child doesn't remember much, no reliable witnesses. seen by a jnr…

Started by lotsajets in Emergency Medicine. Last reply by Dr. Manohar Joshi 13 hours ago.

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An Unusual Presentation of Recurrent Iron-Deficiency Anemia 2 Replies

A 24-year-old Caribbean man who is currently incarcerated presents with symptomatic anemia. He is primarily complaining of exertional dyspnea, generalized fatigue, and some mild chronic nausea. He ha…

Started by Doctors Hangout Team in Internal Medicine. Last reply by Dr. Manohar Joshi 13 hours ago.

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Interpret this X-ray 11 Replies

tis is te xray of 40 yr m who had a fall on his elbow. oe localised tenderness on radial head. mvt at elbow restrictes to 40deg. xxray taken 40 min after te fall. is the arrow shown a #. couldnt c a…

Tagged: fracture

Started by anuraj ms in Orthopedics. Last reply by arun 14 hours ago.

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Are you an IMG trying to get into Residency in the US? 11 Replies

My name is Tony Saba and i represent Americlerkships Medical Society. We provide complete US medical residency entry guidance for International Medical graduates and Students. We offer hands on insur…

Tagged: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, IMG, Clerkships, Residency

Started by Tony Saba in USMLE. Last reply by Tony Saba 21 hours ago.

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hello everyone, this is dr.bsagar here. i am doing dissertation in virtual reality therapy. so i am in search of the software abt it. if anyone of u hav idea abt it plzzz send me the link. i ll be very thankfull to u...............

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Protein: A Guide to Maximum Muscle

If you want to build muscle or loose weight, there's nothing more important you can add to your diet than protein. But the concept of "protein" can be confusing, even to me, and I'm a
nutritionist. Between all those pro and con news reports, the

protein-boosting supplements, and the myths you hear at the gym, it's

tough to figure out the truth. That's why we're stepping into the ring:

to help you separate protein fact from protein fiction, once and for

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Posted by Doctors Hangout Team on March 9, 2010 at 5:30pm

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10 Harmful Health Myths

By now you're savvy enough to raise an eyebrow at a suspicious health

“fact” when you hear one. Tampons contain asbestos? Drinking lemonade

will make you lose 10 pounds in five days? You’re just not buying it.

Unfortunately, some misinformation is only slightly off from the truth,

so it’s a little trickier to spot. Watch out for these easy-to-fall-for

myths.

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Homeopathy: hard to swallow?

MPs have argued that spending money on homeopathy is a waste of NHS money and that the money should go to other areas. The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee have said using public money on the highly-diluted remedies could not be justified.

Homeopathy is a 200-year-old system of treatment that uses highly diluted substances - sometimes so none of the original product is left - that are given orally in the belief that it will stimulate the body's
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