The medical intern started her presentation with an eye roll. "The patient in Room 3 had some blood in the toilet bowl this morning and is here with a pile of Internet printouts listing all the crazy things she thinks she might have."
The intern continued, "I think she has a hemorrhoid."
"Another case of cyberchondria," added the nurse behind me.
In the end, the patient did, indeed, have a hemorrhoid. She was safe to go home with a treatment plan and some reassurance. But I wasn't so sure if what doctors call the "Google stack" (the printouts listing all the potential and worrisome diagnoses) was really such a problem. After all, her symptoms were scary — she may very well have come to the ER regardless of her Web search. The real problem was with my team: we weren't well equipped to deal with her online homework — and it became a distraction. ...
Green Day have confirmed the tracklisting for their new live album, Awesome As Fuck.
The album was recorded during their 2009-2010 21st Century Breakdown world tour, which included appearances at Wembley Stadium, Manchester's Lancashire County Cricket Ground, Glasgow's SECC and Dublin's Marlay Park.
The tracklisting for Awesome As Fuck, which will be released on March 21, is as follows:...
There have been so many Linkin Park news the last days, so I thought I could do a little summary for you guys!
1. The video for Linkin Park's upcoming single "Burning in the Skies" was shot. Here is what director Joe Hahn and LP mastermind Mike Shinoda tweeted about that:
http://twitter.com/#!/joehahnLP/status/26774154636173312
http://twitter.com/#!/joehahnLP/status/27569268971278337
http://twitter.com/#!/m_shinoda/status/27570152237178881
Sounds very interesting. Explosions would definitely fit to the songtitle!
2. Mike Shinoda will be ...