The LA Times has a series on healthcare for the wounded in Iraq.

is up ! All health policy, all day long!

Update: Please, everyone: this is a joke. You cannot do LASIK at home.

Even if this was a real product… I wouldn’t recommend it. Good spoof, though.

Buzz is big about the “near-universal” coverage Massachusetts bill that just passed, but as always, follow the money: Lobbyists Took In $7.5 Million on the bill . Kevin MD has a blogger roundup on the bill . PNHP’s take .

How To Not Be Totally Awkward Using a Computer During a Patient Visit .

Here is where we will be recommending things to you. There will be many different kinds of things, from films to hairstyles, all of which have been researched, tested, and submitted to a month-long stay at a resort for people who appreciate the finer things in life, before finally being voted on in a democratic manner resembling that of our forefathers. We will add new recommendations as such time allows, and there will be no accounting for personal taste.

Unconventional times? Meet unconventional measures. LA and SF are using technology and websites to fight STD spread . Frankly, I don’t care how it gets done, as long as it’s effective.

Really intense model. The joints look great.

We’ve spent $200 million for 142 clinics in Iraq, but we only have 20 . It’s hard for me to understand how we are somehow able to come up with the money to build and fund Iraqi clinics, yet a bill for US community health centers and better funding probably wouldn’t even make it through committee.

If you have New England Journal access, check out these worms (enterobius) crawling through this guy’s intestines . Nasty.