MARCO Grand Rounds for January 1, 2012

From Warren KD4GUA:

This Sunday, we will discuss the "hangover effect" on the G.I. tract.  That is the way food & alcohol is digested, all the enzymes starting with Ptylin in the saliva.  If we have time, we will indulge in gastro-esophageal diseases, burp....pardon me.  Since football doesn't start until later in the day we may have a few stations available for check-ins.   Remember over the holidays don't drink and drive, driving will spill your drinks. 

     (And by the way, on  a recent poll, 34% of holiday accidents are alcohol related.  That means, 66% of the accidents are caused by non-drinkers--so be wary of the sober drivers.)  burp.

NO Grand Rounds on Sunday, December 25, 2011

From Warren, KD4GUA:

 

There will be no net this Sunday as most of our members will be busy with family and religious services.  We will resume Jan. 1, 2012.  

 

Your CME certificate will be mailed with the February edition of Aether.  All those with over 5 hours CME will receive a certificate providing your dues are current. 

 

If you have any hot topics, submit.  In the meantime, eat cautiously because too much too fast gives you rapid transit time and GAS! !

 

 Keep the blue side up and Happy Holidays to all Marco hams.  Let's have another great year.   More later.

MARCO Grand Rounds for December 18, 2011

This Sunday we will discuss "GAS."    We will revue the passage of food and water, enzymes secreted, time en route etc.  We reported the estimated flatulence/day at 14 last Sunday but more recent studies show it averages about 17-21 X/daily and as high as 141 X in the elderly.  Most swallowed air is belched when standing and pushed into the duodenum when lying down, thus the need to burp babies vertically.   Public gas passage in ancient Rome resulted in imprisonment whereas Benj. Franklin invented a "flatulence sweetener" which was never patented.  What causes diverticulosis?  Tune in should be fun............      Warren KD4gua  Note:  This subject was chosen because no other subject was suggested.  Don't let this happen too often or ................

MARCO Grand Rounds for December 11, 2011

From Warren KD4GUA:

 

This Sunday we will discuss an important subject--antibiotic prophylaxis.  When should it be given.  Should bi-pass patients who have dental work have antibiotics?  What about joint replacement patients?  Yes, No?  Indications have changed--tune in and keep up to date.  

 

We didn't break the 53 station check-in record set two weeks ago, but we did have 45 stations on board the past Sunday--and the after hours rag chew was great.  It is not who is right it is what is right--

MARCO Grand Rounds for December 4, 2011

From Warren KD4GUA:

 

This Sunday we will continue the discussion on "Strokes."  Last Sunday we broke the all-time check-in record of 47 stations by adding six additional for a total of 53 .  Propagation was great and we had good group participation.  

 

Hope everyone has received their "Aether" as it was sent out on Monday. 

CME Category II certificates will be sent in the next issue to all those with their dues paid-up, so check your labels for your dues due date.

 

Let's break another record this Sunday!  Keep the blue side up.

MARCO Grand Rounds for November 27, 2011

From Warren, KD4GUA:

Last Sunday was a wash-out due to the contest...if you didn't hear them in the north we could hear them in Dixie and if Dixie couldn't hear them you heard them in the North.  So, the discussion was postponed until this Sunday.  The topic being:      ACUTE STROKE AT THE CROSSROADS (JAMA Nov. 9, 2011, page 2026). 

 

I hope Fred K0FS can be on board (our neurologist) but he has been operating on a thin wire lately.

 

The Newsletter should go out tomorrow, Nov. 25,  More later--keep the blue side up.

MARCO Grand Rounds fro November 20, 2011

From Warren KD4GUA:

This Sunday is scheduled for a "CONTEST."  However, we will attempt to have a discussion on VOX POX, not chicken pox, i.e., a variety of today's problems in medicine and radio.  If you have an interesting subject you would like discussed please advise.  

Otherwise the prime target will be "Acute Stroke Therapy at the Crossroads."  (JAMA Nov. 9, 2011 page 2026).

MARCO Grand Rounds for November 13, 2011

From Warren, KD4GUA:

We should have started Sunday's net with "reveille," as apparently some didn't "fall back" in time--we did harness 32 stations but propogation was good to start but then got inundated with noise...

     This coming Sunday we will discuss "Medical Marijuana."  Many of you live in states where it is illegal (like in Florida) yet it flourishes.  It is a fuzzy topic because apparently it is not enforceable with bad economies and limited jail space.  Some say it should be legalized and then penalize users when they break other laws like driving while under the influence--similar to alcohol.  Would it empty our jails and bring in more tax money?  Getting interesting isn't it?  Let us know what your state is doing.    Tune in, should be fun.

MARCO Grand Rounds for October 30, 2011

From Warren, KD4GUA:

This Sunday, providing we will not be drowned out by the World Wide Dx contest" we will discuss "Is This the End of Popping Vitamins."  Two recently published studies were written "up" in the Wall Street Journal of Oct. 25.   Results?  Tune in should be fun and educational.

MARCO Grand Rounds for October 22, 2011

From Warren, KD4GUA:

This Sunday we will wrap up the discussion on statin Drugs.  With time left over we will talk about the drop in hospital admissions for "heart failure" per article JAMA Oct. 19, 2011, pg. 1669.

MARCO Grand Rounds for October 16, 2011

From Warren KD4GUA:

This Sunday we will discuss the STATIN DRUGS.  We will show how deceptive statistical drug advertising fools most people--also, a general discussion is warranted for the best-ever selling drug--Lipitor--should it be sold over-the-counter?  Tune in should be fun. 

MARCO Grand Rounds for October 9, 2011

From Warren, KD4GUA:

This Sunday we will discuss "FACE TRANSPLANTS starting to gain acceptance" and if we have time, "Does Saw Palmetto really work in BPH." 

     Now is the time to get a  new face...just think of your xyl's reaction to the "new U!"   OR, maybe its time for both of you to change!  Then we can have another wedding.  Visceral objections to the surgery are fading in light of dramatic early successes.  Tune in, should be fun.

MARCO Grand Rounds for September 25, 2011

From Warren KD4GUA:

CORRECTION:  I mentioned on Sunday's Grand Rounds I will be out-of-town this Sunday.  I was wrong, it will be the following Sunday.  This Sunday we will discuss the out-going "ALPHA MALE,"  the fellow who takes over in any group as leader and is the fellow who makes big bucks for big industries and who is now a target.

     The "Alpha Male" is not necessarily a coronary prone energetic "Type A personality."  (Type B personality is the easy-going laid back guy).  Since most of us want to be ALPHA MALES without being Type A personalities we are asking all of you who have succeeded-- to be on board to tell us about it .  Should be fun.

MARCO Grand Rounds for September 18, 2011

From Warren, KD4GUA:

This Sunday, by request, we will discuss "Auricular Fibrillation." 

 

     Thought for the day...."A woman will always cherish the memory of the man who wanted to marry her.  A man cherishes the memory of the woman who he didn't' marry."

 

     We now have a classified section in Aether our newsletter.  If you have some items for sale why not list them--no charge.

MARCO Grand Rounds for September 11, 2011

From Warren, KD4GUA:

This Sunday we will continue the discussion of Omega-3, the "modern aspirin."

Danny W4DAN , Marco Secretary, told us last Sunday, there has been an upsurge in dues payments since he asked people to read their mailing labels.

Lou, our Treasurer, hasn't been heard from and there are rumors---he lost his boat back to the mainland--he spends the summer on a one acre island off the coast of Maine--also a possibility he got a little rain.

Our Prez apparently was on a cruise last Sunday--Labor Day weekend--but we did manage to get 34 check-ins.

Q. What State has the most MARCO members?

MARCO Grand Rounds for September 4, 2011

From Warren, KD4GUA:

This Sunday we will discuss "Omega-3 Fatty Acid."  Is this the modern-day aspirin to help prevent cardiovascular disease? 

     Did you know that if your mother's father has normal  hair you cannot inherit baldness from your father?

    Tune in and learn more...

WA2CBA, SK

Word came to MARCO of the passing of Doctor Alfred Greenwald, WA2CBA on August 25.

Alfred was a founding member of MARCO and long-time Treasurer of the organization, as well as an enthusiastic amateur radio operator, traveler and accomplished plastic surgeon.

Our condolences to his family and friends.

MARCO Grand Rounds for August 28, 2011

From Warren, KD4GUA:

This Sunday we will answer questions concerning hi hot helluva lot colonics left over from last week and then will, by request, discuss SALT. Besides its role as the major form of table salt in the diet, sodium chloride is responsible for the salinity of the ocean, and plays a role in the preservation of foods.

If you are a sailor, free admission, we may need your help.

MARCO Grand Rounds for August 21, 2011

From Warren, KD4GUA:

This Sunday we will discuss "The dangers of colon cleansing." Patients may look to colon cleansing as a way to "enhance their well-being," but in reality they may be doing themselves harm. Don't agree? Tune in should be fun.

There is an excellent article in the current "Family Practice" page 454 on this subject...enticing to say the least--but let's not.

MARCO Grand Rounds for August 14, 2011

From Warren, KD4GUA:

This Sunday we will discuss "The Effects of Alcohol." How many drinks does it take to make you vulnerable?

To make this cooperative, how about all 1 stations drinking one beer 30 minutes before net time; 2 stations drink 2 beers 30-45 minutes before net time; 3 stations, 3 beers; 4 stations one wine; 5 stations two wines; 6 stations 3 wines; 7 stations don't exist on Marco; 8-0 stations-NO alcohol. This will probably loosen you up! Then we can talk from experience.

Should be fun.