Dr. A Show 94: Face Transplant

Thursday, May 7th, 2009 at 9pm Eastern Time

We're talking medicine & health news stories on this week's Doctor Anonymous Show. Probably the most interesting medical news story this week has to do with Connie Culp who revealed herself during a press conference that she was the recipient of the first face transplant in the US which occurred almost 6 months ago. Our good friend Ramona also wrote a post about this event this week.

In other news, there was also a story about a double hand transplant in Georgia. I'll also share an interesting story about the swine/H1N1 flu and even share an interesting blog post about medical apps on the iPhone. If there is any time left, I'll also share some more thoughts on my recent trip to Chicago. Have you seen the latest videos? They are over on my Facebook Fan Page. (Also check out the fabulous new promo for the show above)

Thanks to all of you who checked out last week's show talking about the swine flu. As you can see from the graphic below, the show was the third most popular show in the health category last week - Thanks to all of you! I really appreciate it.



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