Kat- I have never seen that, but I will check it out.

Regarding HIPAA, there seems to be some controversy here about whether professors can use pictures of patients in their powerpoints to students. WHich seems a little nutty, and probably a case of nurses taking rule following too far.

The funniest thing about that presentation was that it was just a generic wound presentation, so there really could have been more a variety of body parts pictured. But it was butts every time!

Regarding HIPAA, there seems to be some controversy here about whether professors can use pictures of patients in their powerpoints to students. WHich seems a little nutty, and probably a case of nurses taking rule following too far.

In the JAMA journals, we have a really strict rule about pictures or videos of patients -- if the person could be recognized from the picture (if it shows their face, obviously, or if it isn't a face photo, if there's a tattoo or a scar that could be recognized on a body part, etc.), we have to have a signed permission form from the patient saying we can use the photo. We won't even get too descriptive in the text. (For instance, instead of saying "A 27-year-old patient," we say "A patient in her 20s." Seriously.)

But it was butts every time!

So if the butt had a tattoo or scar, we seriously would need a signed permission form from the patient before we could use the photo. The AMA is hardcore about privacy.

Next thing you know you'll be lolling about on furs, letting oiled, semi-clad young athletes feed you foreign chocolates

Ooo, the ones with the yummy shoulders.

WTF is wrong with white men in their early twenties?

My 20 something sons say the same thing!

We use lots of real patient charts and so forth in training materials, but either change or pixelate the recognizable stuff for HIPAA and politeness reasons. More often the patient info changed or hidden by us, or the practices, is out of concern for identity theft. It is a huge issue for the practices.

So if the butt had a tattoo or scar, we seriously would need a signed permission form from the patient before we could use the photo.

Maybe that is why she was using butts- less identifiable?

It seems funny to me that they can't use the photo in class, but it seems like they could troop the whole class into the office to look at the patient live. At least that is my experience as a patient.

If they still made Chevy Cobalts I'd recommend one for a crash-prone driver. They ride low, have deceptively heavy frames (3100+ lbs.), and mine got me through spinning off an icy highway into a ditch and fence at 45 mph without a bruise.

They also stay in good operating order for a long time; mine recently did 35.5 mpg on an hour-long drive, which is better than it was getting when it was new ten years ago.

For Teppy from The A.V. Club: Noelle Stevenson invigorates YA comics with Lumberjanes and more

News is reporting they captured the suspect in SC.

When I was buying my first brand-new car in 2009, the Fit was #3 on my list, behind Mazda and Hyundai hatchbacks. I bought the Hyundai, and I now kinda wish I'd given the other two another look. The Hyundai has lots of room, but it isn't as quick as I'd like, even given that it's a 4-cylinder, and it's pretty unhappy going more than 70 mph too. I think I'd have been happier with the Mazda.

The news from Charleston made me sad and sick.

I've almost entirely stopped watching the news. I was watching the 24/7 news cycle and it was making me depressed and angry. Had to go cold turkey. Now I get breaking news from Twitter and commentary from Jon Stewart, and that's it. I don't even watch Rachel Maddow anymore, though I'll probably start again once the 2016 election really gets going.