INOVA Health System ER Wait Times iPhone App

A reader informed me that INOVA Health System has developed a free iPhone app called InovaER that provides wait times of all 9 emergency rooms within its health system throughout Northern Virginia. The app was released Aug 4, 2010. Pretty cool! Hopefully other hospital systems including  Fauquier Hospital  will join with other regional hospitals (Culpeper, Warren, Prince William, Haymarket) to create a similar program. Download the app here .

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NYT: Tonsil Stones (aka Tonsilloliths)

The NYT published a story on tonsil stones on Aug 31, 2009. Tonsil stones , otherwise known as tonsilloliths, are "stones" that are found and ejected from tonsils that consist of mucus, dead cells and other debris that collect in the deep pockets of the tonsils and gradually condense into small, light-colored globs. Bacteria feed on this accumulated matter, giving rise to the odor. The only known cure for tonsilloliths is tonsillectomy , though more conservative measures are encou…

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