Jill Ladwig
Auscultation in the Time of Covid-19
"I’ve been able to properly auscultate my COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients alike, with careful sterilization in between patients and very
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csmi61
- May 13, 2020
- 1 min
Design a Stunning Blog
When it comes to design, the Wix blog has everything you need to create beautiful posts that will grab your reader's attention. Check out...
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csmi61
- May 13, 2020
- 1 min
Grow Your Blog Community
With Wix Blog, you’re not only sharing your voice with the world, you can also grow an active online community. That’s why the Wix blog...
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Jill Ladwig, Thinklabs
- May 6, 2019
- 3 min
Nursing Runs in the Family
Curly hair, olive skin, a taste for cilantro...Some traits run in the family. But what about an affinity for care-giving? For Madeline...
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Jill Ladwig, Thinklabs
- Nov 7, 2018
- 4 min
Simon’s Heart Beats On: Foundation Screens Young Athletes for Sudden Cardiac Arrest
What makes a young heart stop beating? Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) takes the life of more than 2,000 babies in the United States...
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Jill Ladwig, Thinklabs
- Feb 27, 2017
- 3 min
Being the Ears for a Young ENT
In the age of equal opportunity, should hearing loss be a barrier to medical school? About 28 million people in the U.S., or about 20...
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Jill Ladwig, Thinklabs
- Oct 24, 2016
- 3 min
Therapist Uses Thinklabs One to Create Gifts for Grieving Families
The American naturalist Henry David Thoreau once wrote, “When I hear music, I fear no danger.” This sentiment is almost universally...
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Jill Ladwig, Thinklabs
- Aug 17, 2016
- 4 min
Thinklabs and SIU Connect Patients to Doctors in Rural Illinois
Residents of rural America have long grappled with a disportionately low number of physicians. According to the journal Health Affairs,...
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Reviewed by Jill Ladwig, Thinklabs
- Jun 20, 2016
- 5 min
The Finest Traditions of My Calling by Abraham Nussbaum
Seeing Wisely...in the Tradition of Hippocrates “May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long...
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Jill Ladwig, Thinklabs
- Apr 21, 2016
- 3 min
Recreating the Rhythms of the Womb
"We start our lives...with music. It's our first language. It's the rhythm of the womb. It's your mama's heartbeat inside your head."...
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Reviewed by Jill Ladwig, Thinklabs
- Mar 25, 2016
- 3 min
The Laws of Medicine By Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Laws of Medicine is a slim volume that eloquently reveals any “laws” that exist in medicine are dynamic, and that the field is ruled...
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Reviewed by Jill Ladwig
- Mar 25, 2016
- 2 min
When Doctors Don’t Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests
When Doctors Don’t Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests by Leana Wen, MD and Joshua Kosowski, MD When writer Leana...
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Reviewed by Jill Ladwig, Thinklabs
- Mar 18, 2016
- 3 min
When Breath Becomes Air
They say a doctor makes the worst patient, and like most cliches, it’s probably true. But a new book reveals the doctor-as-patient...
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Jill Ladwig, Thinklabs
- Mar 18, 2016
- 4 min
One for Medical Education
Learning to auscultate is a challenge for all aspiring doctors. A fundamental part of the physical examination and an important part of...
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Clive Smith
- Apr 21, 2015
- 1 min
Too much to blog, too little time
A lifelong friend in New York recently told me, "Clive, I don't call you because I don't want to talk, but because I really do want to...
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csmi61
- Oct 15, 2011
- 4 min
Computer Giant Passes Away
This week cannot pass by without observing the passing of a giant of the computer world. It is a rare thing for one person to touch the...
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csmi61
- Oct 3, 2011
- 1 min
Ironies and Cruelties
The Nobel Prize for Medicine was just announced and one of the winners, Dr. Ralph Steinman, died of Pancreatic Cancer 3 days ago. What...
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csmi61
- Oct 3, 2011
- 1 min
Apple Prediction
Apple has one of it's hyper-hyped announcements set for tomorrow morning. So I'll throw in my predictions of what Apple will, might, or...
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csmi61
- Aug 2, 2011
- 3 min
Remembering the Father of Critical Care Medicine
It is with great sadness, but fond memories, that we note the passing of Max Harry Weil, known as the "father of critical care medicine"....
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csmi61
- Mar 27, 2011
- 2 min
As I was Saying earlier ...
I mentioned in a recent posting on American manufacturing, that we might see a shift from the mass-produced product to the...
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