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October Show Preview
2008-10-08 09:01:00
After taking a week off, The Doctor Anonymous Show returns this week with a four week run of great shows coming up. Dr. Val Jones (pictured above) makes a return as a guest on the show. She is formerly of Revolution Health and lately, she has been everywhere in new media medicine - namely guest posting on a bunch of medblogs lately. You have to join us for Show number 51 which will be Thursday, October 9th, 2008 at 9pm Eastern Time.Where has Dr. Val been? Well, this has been documented pretty well on Suture for a Living - by our pal Ramona. Her post named "Dr. Val Sightings" chronicles more than a dozen blogs where Dr. Val has shared her talents. It's been really fun playing, "Where in the blogosphere is Dr. Val?"In addition to that, we'll talk about her recent conference experiences - especially at BlogWorld Expo (especially her interview with blogtalkradio). And, we'll talk about a conference she'll be attending later this month called The Health 2.0 Conference in San Francisc...
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Phone bill woes
2008-10-03 18:54:00
I was making the rounds over on Viddler and saw this interesting video posted by our pal Enrico. Apparently, he could not find is bill using that lame thing he calls a blackberry (hehe). Epic FAIL! Maybe it's time to switch to the iPhone , buddy. Just kidding. Great video!
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Show Update
2008-10-02 09:01:00
If you didn't already know, I'm not going to have a blogtalkradio show this week. I know that I mentioned this previously, but I'm the team physician for our boys high school soccer team. We have an away game on show night. So, rather than be stressed out about being home on time for the show, I just cancelled the show. As you may remember, I ended up being late for a show a few weeks ago, and I still feel bad about that (especially for the scheduled guest).Anyway, there will not be a BTR show, but I may go live with my Ustream channel when I get home from the game. It's just that I don't know exactly when I will be home. I'm thinking that I will be home between 9:30-10pm eastern time. If people are going to be around, leave a comment below or send me a twitter. Keep track of if/when I go live by subscribing to my twitter feed.I also wanted to highlight some links for this week. First, I did want to mention again GruntDoc's caption contest. He even has newly designed graphics...
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Kevin, MD: USA Today Op-Ed
2008-10-01 14:32:00
One of New Media Medicine's leading voices, Kevin Pho, has another op-ed piece in USA Today . It is entitled, "Why Doctors Still Balk At Electronic Medical Records." Here is an excerpt:Despite the advantages of computerized records ? including reduction of errors, improved preventive care and potential health care cost savings ? adoption of the technology remains distressingly low. In addition, the learning curve for these programs is steep, increasing the amount of time a physician spends per patient.Furthermore, today's electronic record systems are riddled with problems. Many programs boil the patient encounter down to a series of "yes" or "no" questions that are then entered into the software. The resulting computer-generated notes are almost devoid of useful clinical information.I could not agree more. I am a primary care physician myself and our physician group has been dragging our feet on getting an electronic medical records system. The reasons above are among our rational...

PixelRN: First Video Post
2008-09-30 14:41:00
Congrats on PixelRN on creating her first video post. Here, she updates us on what's been happening and how she's been feeling since her blog was "delisted" by Google. What? Really? Yes, that's right. For more information, check out Part One and Part Two and she goes into more detail there.So, another person from the New Media Medicine community journeying into the area of video blogging. YAY! Are you next? I know that you are. It's easy. And, it's fun. I know most of you out there have a web cam on your laptop now. So, check it out! You'll be glad you did!
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GruntDoc Caption Contest
2008-09-29 11:58:00
This is pretty self-explanatory. Leave your comments over there, and be creative!
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Show 50 Wrap-up
2008-09-26 05:39:00
Thanks so much to Dr. Jeffrey Parks from the Buckeye Surgeon blog. Missed the show? Well, you can always catch the archive of The Doctor Anonymous Show 50 (don't forget to rate the show). In addition to surgical topics, we talked about how he started out as an anonymous blogger. And, in the past few months, he decided to use his real name and picture up on his blog. (See video post above)Thanks also go out to those who called into the show including Bongi (a surgeon from South Africa where it was 3:30am when he called in), Vijay (a radiologist from India where it was about 8am local time when he called in), Ramona, Enrico, and Mother Jones who called in at the end of the show. I admit that I had a little difficult time hearing Bongi live. So, I'll have to listen to the archived show again.At the end of the show, I talked about a possible Doctor Anonymous Halloween Show at the end of October. I'm thinking that would be fun, but not sure exactly how the show would be structured. Ma...
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Dr. A Show 50: Buckeye Surgeon
2008-09-25 09:01:00
Thursday, September 25th, 2008 at 9:00pm Eastern TimeJoin us tonight for The Doctor Anonymous Show number 50. Our guest will be Dr. Jeffrey Parks and his blog is called Buckeye Surgeon.If you do listen live, you can even take part in the chat room. It is truly "The show within the show." You can even call in and say hello. A great opportunity to interact with medbloggers you've only read about. And, you will be able to see me on the live webcam during the show! See you tonight!For first time Blog Talk Radio listeners:*Although it is not required to listen to the show, I encourage you to register on the BlogTalkRadio site prior to the show. I think it will make the process easier.*To get to my show site, click here. As show time gets closer, keep hitting "refresh" on your browser until you see the "Click to Listen" button. Then, of course, press the "Click to Listen" button.*You can also participate in the live chat room before, during, and after the show. Look for the "Chat Availa...

The Buckeye Surgeon interview
2008-09-24 09:01:00
This week, The Doctor Anonymous Show is honored to welcome Dr. Jeffrey Parks to the show. His blog is called Buckeye Surgeon and he works in the Cleveland, Ohio area. This probably doesn't mean much to some people out there, but, to me, I think this is great because this is a guy who is close to me. And, someone I may actually refer patients to at some point in the future.Not only does this guy have great clinical posts (with added images from CT scans and other pics), he has excellent non-clinical posts as well whether it comes to Cleveland sports or whatever. I really enjoyed the first paragraph that he ever wrote on a blog - in a post simply entitled, "Begin"An initial salvo into the world of unfettered spilling of soul into the public domain. The concept is revolutionary, as far as Im concerned. Whatever happened to locked leather journals, stashed under the bedframe? Away with private thoughts. This is me! I exist! Although reeking of narcissism and existential angst, you have...
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BlogWorld 2009 starts NOW
2008-09-22 12:45:00
As this blog reported yesterday, Blog World Expo 2009 will have an entire medblogger program track devoted to it (YAY!). There were more details from the initial planning meeting posted on Emergiblog just last night. Apparently, there will be eight sessions on the program.In their initial brainstorming session, they came up with eleven potential topics including the following: Health Care Blogger Code of Ethics, HIPPA, Pharmaceutical companies, Writer's Block, "Bloggin for a livin," Medical corporate america in blogging, Health Policy Issues, Networking inside and out of the medblogosphere, something called "Skeptics Circle," and health advocacy.Of course, I paraphrased all the topics above (rather badly, I think). To get the more detailed version, I suggest you head on over to the Emergiblog, take a read of the list, and leave comments. I'm going to turn off comments over here in an effort to concentrate all the comments in one place. Put on your thinking caps, boys and girls! Ev...

New Media Medicine at BlogWorld
2008-09-22 04:01:00
It was really great seeing the twitters and blog posts from my pals out there at Blog World Expo this past weekend. Big shout out to Emergiblog for the blog update and to Dr. Val for the twitter updates. That's a great pic above. According to Kim, here are the people above, "From left to right: Rob Halper, our friend from Johnson & Johnson, Beth (PixelRN), Me (when I?m not doubling as my Lego alter-ego), and Dr. Val. In the back, the one and only Shane and Dr. Val?s friend John (Mr. Dr. Val was taking the picture!)."Did you know that Dr. Val was interviewed by BlogTalkRadio while at the expo? And, that she is going to have her own BlogTalkRadio show soon? Yeesh, I fear that I will be blown away by the Dr. Val tsunami when she starts on BTR. Oh well. Thanks, though, for mentioning my show during your BTR interview. Want to listen? Click here and check it out.Mark your calenders now - all of you who are friends of New Media Medicine . The dates for next year are October 15-17, 2009 fo...
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The Differential Podcast: Episode 1
2008-09-21 21:29:00
I just got the e-mail today that the first episode of The Differential podcast is now available for your review and download. As you know, this is a podcast about the TV show "House, MD." We talked to two of the co-hosts on The Doctor Anonymous Show number 48 a couple of weeks ago.I did a little 3 minute commentary about the relevant medical plotlines of this week's episode called "Dying Changes Everything." This analysis is not intended to be all inclusive like the analysis seen on other sites like polite dissent, but only a quick opinion about what I think is interesting. So, I hope, if anything else, listeners find it entertaining.Anyway, you can get to the Episode One by clicking here. I turned the comments off here, because I hope if you check out the episode, that you leave comments over there on The Differential podcast site. Enjoy!
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Show 49 Wrap-up
2008-09-19 07:01:00
Thanks to everyone who joined The Doctor Anonymous Show 49 tonight! Thanks to Kim from Emergiblog who is going out to Blog World Expo in Las Vegas this weekend. We talked about a luncheon that's going to take place out there centered on new media medicine and medical blogging. (See video post above)There has also been talk that there will be a specific new media medicine and medblogger programming track at Blog World Expo 2009. So, we talked about potential topics including The Health Care Blogger Code of Ethics. Also, in kind of a fun way, we were "volunteering" people to do sessions next year. Thanks so much to the people who called into the show (and makes my job a lot easier so I don't have to talk to myself): Emily, Mother Jones, Enrico.Also, thanks to everyone who listened live! I had to start the show 45 minutes late tonight because I was stuck at the hospital. But, as soon as I sent the twitter out that the show was starting - BOOM - about 20 people magically appeared in m...
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Dr. A Show 49: Blog World Expo
2008-09-18 07:01:00
Thursday, September 18th, 2008 at 9:00pm Eastern TimeJoin us tonight for The Doctor Anonymous Show number 49 (see video above). Our scheduled guest will be the famous nurse blogger Kim from the famous blog called Emergiblog. She's going to be participating at the Blog World Expo which will be in Las Vegas this weekend. Through Kim's efforts, new media medicine is getting set up to make a presence at BlogWorld Expo not only this year but in years to come. Dr. Val will also be attending this gathering this weekend in Vegas. Are you in new media medicine and attending Blog World? Call in and tell us about it!If you do listen live, you can even take part in the chat room. It is truly "The show within the show." You can even call in and say hello. A great opportunity to interact with medbloggers you've only read about. And, you will be able to see me on the live webcam during the show! See you tonight!For first time Blog Talk Radio listeners:*Although it is not required to listen to t...

House Season 5
2008-09-16 09:01:00
As I talked about last week on The Doctor Anonymous Show, I'm joining a podcast talking about House , MD. The season 5 premiere is on Tuesday night and I'm really looking forward to it. In the video clip above, there is a preview of the premiere show. Of course, there doesn't seem to be a lot of clues of what's going to happen.The Differential Podcast is the fan podcast talking about House, MD. If you haven't checked it out yet, I encourage you to check out their website. They have bios on all the co-hosts. And, I will be giving a "medical consult" every week on the relevant medical plotlines in the weekly show. So, if you haven't already, remember to check out the TV show, and then check out the podcast when it's released (if for anything else to listen to me - hehe).
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MedPiano now video posting!
2008-09-16 02:42:00
For those of you who follow me on Twitter, you already know that I'm very excited that another member of the new media medicine family is now trying out video posting. Above, you see our friend MedPiano and not only is be back blogging after a little break, he is trying out video posting. Great job with this! I encourage everyone (yes you!) to at least try out a video posting site. Of course, you know my preference is viddler, but try out anyone that you would like. It'll be fun!
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Night Without Power
2008-09-15 18:20:00
Finally finished with my weekend on call. It's not that it was too, too busy. Just happy to get another weekend on call out of the way. As you can see in the video above, Sunday night was kind of an adventure, because the power went out last night. Now, don't get me wrong, around here, we did not even get the damage that occurred down south from hurricane ike. However, for around here, this is the highest sustained wind gusts that we have had in a while.Before the power went out at home last night, I was reading some twitters which said that thousands of people on Ohio were without power. And, still this morning, throughout the Buckeye state, many people are still without power, and thoughts that things may not be up and running for as long as seven days - yeesh.Anyway, when the power was flickering on and off last night - and then subsequently stayed off, what was the first thing that I thought of. That's right - Why not make a video to share with all of my new media friends. An...
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Show 48 Wrap-up
2008-09-12 05:07:00
Thanks so much to my guests Travis and Rae on The Doctor Anonymous Show 48. They are co-hosts on The Differential podcast which is a fan podcast about the TV show House, MD. We talked about possible spoilers for the Season 5 Premiere which will be Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 at 8pm eastern time on the Fox television network.We also talked about the website which has discussion forums, sign-up for a newsletter, and a poll asking who is your favorite character on the show. They also have a my space page. Rae also said that this is the only podcast out there whose main purpose is a House, MD fan podcast (that's exciting). Thanks again for being on the show, and I'm excited to be a part of this project.I closed out the show by sharing thoughts concerning September 11, 2001. I told myself that if I ever was able to have a blog and possibly a show - that I would talk about things important to me - like that day. I talked about The National Anthem in a post back on September 6th, 2006....
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Dr. A Show 48
2008-09-11 09:02:00
Thursday, September 11th, 2008 at 9:30pm Eastern Time(Note the different starting time)Join us tonight for The Doctor Anonymous Show number 48. Our scheduled guest will be Travis from The Differential podcast which is a fan podcast for the TV show "House, MD." If you haven't heard already, I have been asked to be a medical consultant to the fan podcast (which I am very excited about). Later on tonight's show, I may share thoughts about 9/11/2001.If you do listen live, you can even take part in the chat room. It is truly "The show within the show." You can even call in and say hello. A great opportunity to interact with medbloggers you've only read about. And, you will be able to see me on the live webcam during the show! See you tonight!For first time Blog Talk Radio listeners:*Although it is not required to listen to the show, I encourage you to register on the BlogTalkRadio site prior to the show. I think it will make the process easier.*To get to my show site, click here. As ...

Busy Week
2008-09-11 05:18:00
Ever feel like everything is closing in around you? Ever feel like you're barely treading water? Well, that explains my life over the past week or so. I apologize in advance for any whininess that may come out in this post. It's just that I have not been very good with the time management this week.Why is that? Well, my schedule has just been overbooked. Almost each morning this week, I have a 7am meeting at the hospital for one reason or another. These morning meetings always go over time, and then, I'm not able to round on my patients at the hospital. So, what I do is already run late a little bit for the morning patients, and then try to get back to the hospital during my "lunch break" to try to get to see some people.And, then, get back to the office by 1pm to try to start my afternoon on time. If I didn't finish my rounds, then I have to try to budget some time after the office to head back to the hospital to finish up. The tricky thing this week is that I've had an evenin...
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Thanks Facebook
2008-09-07 16:10:00
So, I tried to log into my Facebook account this morning. And, when I tried to do that, I learned that my "Docteur Incognito" account was disabled and deleted. When I tried to find out more information, I obtained the following message.Why was my account disabled?Your account was disabled because you violated Facebook?s Terms of Use, to which you agreed when you first registered for an account on the site. Accounts can either be disabled for repeat offenses or for one, particularly egregious violation.Facebook does not allow users to register with fake names, to impersonate any person or entity, or to falsely state or otherwise misrepresent themselves or their affiliations.We do not allow users to send unsolicited or harassing messages to people they don?t know, and we remove posts that advertise a product, service, website, or opportunity.Our Code of Conduct outlines the types of content we do not allow on the site. This includes any obscene, pornographic, or sexually explicit phot...

New Video Posts: SixUntilMe & Crzegrl
2008-09-06 10:04:00
As all of you know, I enjoy seeing more and more medbloggers utilize video. We Talked about SixUntilMe last week. Well, now she has a new video post entitled "Diabetes and Old School Support." As usual, a lot of great comments over there. I encourage you to check it out. (Also check out the video post below)Then, I was pleasantly surprised to find that our most recent guest on The Doctor Anonymous Show, Crzegrl, also has ventured into the area of video posting. She alluded to it on her appearance on Show 47 this past week. Great job with this! I'm looking forward to seeing more vidposts in the future! (Check out the video post below)
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Show 47 Wrap-up
2008-09-05 09:01:00
Thanks so much to Emily McGee from Crzegrl, Flight Nurse for being on the Show Number 47 (Don't forget to rate the show and to make it a "favorite").If you missed this show live, you definitely missed a good one (no kidding!). Emily is a very passionate person and driven person - and that's why she has been successful at just about anything that she does. We talked about her blog and about blogging in general -especially in the areas of nursing blogging and military blogging. (See the video post above)We also talked about some of her hobbies including her motorcycle and skydiving. These topics really lit up the chat room. She enlisted in the army and I cannot thank her and her colleagues in the armed forces enough for their service to this country. It's because of brave people like these that a shmuck like me can have a radio show. Have you thanked a soldier today?Thanks also to Enrico and to Marq for calling into the show, asking questions, and sharing comments. I really appreci...
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Dr. A Show Tonight!
2008-09-04 09:01:00
Thursday, September 4th, 2008 at 9pm Eastern TimeJoin us tonight for The Doctor Anonymous Show number 47. Our guest will be Emily McGee from the blog called "crzegrl, flight nurse." In addition to our guest, I'll be having a major announcement (can I hype it up anymore?) Don't worry, it's not anything bad. Actually, I think it's going to be something kind of fun. What's it about? Well, check out the video above were I give a little hint of what I'm going to be talking about.If you do listen live, you can even take part in the chat room. It is truly "The show within the show." You can even call in and say hello. A great opportunity to interact with medbloggers you've only read about. And, you will be able to see me on the live webcam during the show! See you tonight!For first time Blog Talk Radio listeners:*Although it is not required to listen to the show, I encourage you to register on the BlogTalkRadio site prior to the show. I think it will make the process easier.*To get...
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Blogger Reading List
2008-09-04 03:11:00
So, as I was going to write another post this evening, I found this new and interesting function here on Blogger . I guess it's a different way to designate yourself as a supporter of your favorite blogs. Here is some info from the Blogger help desk:Blogger Reading List , you can read all of the latest posts from your favorite blogs right on your Blogger Dashboard! Your Blogger Reading List, conveniently located under your list of blogs on your dashboard, enables you to subscribe to any blog with a feed. It will update instantly each time a new post is published on any blog in your Reading List. Additionally, you can check out our latest Blogger Buzz posts from the "Blogger Buzz" tab, and the latest Blogs of Note from the "Blogs of Note" tab.It looks kind of interesting to me. I'll be definitely be reading more about this. So, if you're on Blogger, please, please, please put me on your reading list and I'll have your cool logo or avatar in my sidebar (Isn't that special?). And, i...

The Crzegrl Interview
2008-09-03 02:18:00
The Doctor Anonymous Show is proud to welcome Crzegrl, Flight Nurse to Show 47 on Thursday, September 4th, 2008 at 9pm Eastern Time. She is otherwise known as Emily McGee (pictured above), and I won't even try to recite all that she has done profesionally other than to say that presently she is a flight nurse (cool), is a Captain in the US Army Reserves (really cool), and is a new media medicine maven (extra cool!).In addition to her blog, in encourage you to check out a podcast is called "Frontlines of Freedom." The show from June 29, 2008 is where our guest was highlighted (start listening at 4:20 into the show). The host starts with this quote, "Captain Emily McGee has done in more to her life to date than most have done in three lifetimes." Quite a compliment. The second show she was on was just on August 24, 2008 where she was part of an panel (start listening at 4:25 into the show).Also, for those of you who remember, she was part of the panel on the Valentine's Day show whe...
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Labor Day Weekend
2008-08-31 02:58:00
Not having to work on the weekend. What a concept! I fully took advantage by being a slacker and started by day by sleeping in (Ah, yes!). When I finally rolled out of bed, I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was opening day for the Ohio State Buckeyes (Go Bucks!) and caught the first part of the football game.Then, actually went out of the place for a little while. For those of you who follow me on twitter, you know the places that I went today, because like a good little social networker, I checked in where I was at. It was kind of funny, too, because I was getting requests for some "personal shopping" at each of the stores I visited. Gotta love the power of interactive twitter.After picking up some take out (Wings from my favorite place, yum!), I went home and turned on the webcam and went live on my ustream channel for what seemed like a few minutes. But, it was actually ended up being a few hours. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to chat. I played some music and talked ...
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Six Until Me on Video
2008-08-30 16:56:00
On this holiday weekend, I've been catching up on my blog posts. I was happy to learn that another medblogger out there is trying video posting. Above, you'll find Kerri Morrone Sparling from the blog Six Until Me. In her post above, she talks about what it's like to have a low blood sugar. You can check out her other video posts here.What I enjoy about video is that it brings an entirely new dimension to the blogger who you only knew in the past with the written word. Plus, usually with video, it's usually a "one take" situation where you see less editing verses a blog post - which I think is a good thing because you see a little more into the personality of the person as opposed to an edited blog post. (That was a really long rambling on sentence, wasn't it).Great job Kerri! I'm looking forward to more video posts (Aren't they fun? And, BTW, thanks again for listening live to my one year anniversary show this week!). And, I want to encourage all of my friends out there in n...
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Show 46 Wrap-up
2008-08-29 09:01:00
The one year anniversary show, otherwise known as Doctor Anonymous Show 46 (don't forget to rate the show), was a huge success. (See video post above) Even before the show, I had a little pre show over on my ustream site. Thanks to the dozen or show people who showed up for that. We had a great discussion even before the show started.As far as the show itself, a good time was had by all. Thanks to all those who called into the show including RockDog, MarQ, Carrie, MJ RN, Annie & Burl, and finally Enrico called into save me from myself. The show went a little too long. Maybe I should shift back to a 60 minute show in the future.During the show I shared a little about the origins of The Doctor Anonymous franchise including the blog, the show, the video blogs, and other stuff. I also tried a bit called "Ask Doctor Anonymous," which didn't work out how I thought and that idea will be tossed away. Finally, I covered some news stories and the closed up the show.But, the evening was not ...
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Dr. A Show Tonight!
2008-08-28 09:01:00
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 at 9pm Eastern TimeJoin us tonight for The Doctor Anonymous Show number 46. We are celebrating one year of the show! Can you believe it? I know that I can't. We'll be looking back at the past 12 months and looking forward to the future.I'm also going to try two new things on the show tonight. First, I've been trying to find a way to share some of the news stories I read during the week and talk about on the show. I've seen other show utilize the delicious site for social bookmarking. So, there's a Dr. A Show Delicious Site where I have gathered some new stories. So, check that out. Secondly, I'm going to try a segment called "Ask Doctor Anonymous." What is that going to be about? Well, you'll just have to tune in to find out.If you do listen live, you can even take part in the chat room. It is truly "The show within the show." You can even call in and say hello. A great opportunity to interact with medbloggers you've only read about. And, you wi...
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