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  1. You want more EMN? You've got more EMN! http://bit.ly/EMNdecenews! (Don't you wish everything were this easy?)
  2. Lots of good stuff in the last issue of the year: hypothermia, intravenous lipid emulsion, and naloxone. www.em-news.com
  3. 27.4 M people delayed med care in 2008 because of cost; 19.5 M did not receive care because they couldn’t afford it. http://bit.ly/CareDelay
  4. Public release of hospital report cards did not significantly improve process-of-care indicators for AMI or CHF. http://bit.ly/NoImprove
  5. Whether you like turkey or tofu on Thanksgiving, we hope yours is a good one. Need something to be thankful for? http://bit.ly/EMNthanks
  6. Goofy science jokes for a Monday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7DkeQ0roAM
  7. Have a clinical question? Need advice on a tough case? Write to EMN’s new online column, Ask the Expert! emn@lww.com
  8. Measuring midarm circumference and knee height can be used to calculate patient weight. http://bit.ly/circum
  9. Penn MDs file suit to preserve state's med liability fund after governor withdrew $100 million to balance state budget. http://bit.ly/MDsSue
  10. Have a clinical question? Need advice on a tough case? Write to EMN’s new online column, Ask the Expert! emn@lww.com
  11. EMN's own Dr. Brent King featured in front-page Houston Chronicle story about the H1N1 vaccine. http://bit.ly/2LEwRO RT @UTMedSchool
  12. ACC, AHA, and SCAI release new guidelines on emergency care for heart attack patients. http://bit.ly/EmerCare
  13. Emergency medicine’s own Arthur Kellermann, MD, has an editorial on health care reform in the New Engl J of Med. http://bit.ly/kellermann
  14. Central Line: TX Med Bd says ABPS-certified physicians can advertise themselves as board certified to the public. http://bit.ly/ABPSad
  15. Can hospitalists help crowding in the ED? Take our poll at www.EM-News.com.
  16. EPs: Think suicide risk when treating soldiers. Suicides among them topped 2008 record: 211 since January. http://bit.ly/SoldierSuicide
  17. Hospital quality report cards don’t appear to result in significant improvements in processes of care. JAMA study: http://bit.ly/RepCard
  18. Heart attack patients are exposed to a radiation dose equal to about 725 chest x-rays over their hospital stay! http://bit.ly/HeartXrays
  19. Revealing case of an emergency physician whose burnout resulted in illness, alcohol & drug abuse, and divorce. http://bit.ly/EPburnout
  20. New York hospital is opening a separate emergency department for patients with flu-like symptoms. http://bit.ly/SeparateED