Super Docs
Guest post by Tane Eunson – A student of the game (5th year M.B.B.S.)
As a typical kiwi bloke, I’m a dyed-in-the-wool rugby fanatic (pardon the sheep reference). So when opportunities with two Super Rugby franchises arose for me in the past year, I picked the ball up and sprinted for the posts.
As an ‘intern’ with the franchises, I was part of the ‘athletic performance’ teams. The hierarchical structures differed subtly within each team, but they both comprised the team doctor, two physiotherapists, two strength and conditioning coaches and a number of other interns in the varying disciplines. With regards ...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - June 19, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Mike Cadogan Tags: Medical Specialty Sports Medicine rugby Super Docs Super XV Tane Eunson Source Type: blogs
Trochanteric Bursitis-Radiology
Trochanteric bursitis is characterized by painful inflammation of the bursa located just superficial to the greater trochanter of the femur. Patients typically complain of lateral hip pain, though the hip joint itself is not involved.Radiology Teaching Points Plain radiographs of the hip and femur may be performed to assess for possible fracture, underlying degenerative arthritis, calcium deposition in soft tissue in the region of the greater trochanteric bursa, or bony lesions. Bone and computed tomography scanning can also be used to exclude underlying diseases. Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging ar...
Source: Sumer's Radiology Site - January 22, 2015 Category: Radiologists Authors: Sumer Sethi Source Type: blogs
Special to Going Global Blog: The 'Why' of Ultrasound
By Christine Butts, MD
I typically write my columns about the “how” of ultrasound, but it's also important to think about the “why.” Ultrasound to me is a tool that can be shared across cultures and barriers to broaden education and to improve patient care.
So when a colleague approached me about teaching ultrasound in Kurdistan, Iraq, I was intrigued. Nervous but intrigued. I have been teaching ultrasound to residents, students, and other faculty here in the States for almost seven years, but have always harbored a desire to teach internationally.
I spent two months as a medical student working in a hospi...
Source: Going Global - January 9, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Special to Going Global Blog: The 'Why' of Ultrasound
By Christine Butts, MD
I typically write my columns about the “how” of ultrasound, but it's also important to think about the “why.” Ultrasound to me is a tool that can be shared across cultures and barriers to broaden education and to improve patient care.
So when a colleague approached me about teaching ultrasound in Kurdistan, Iraq, I was intrigued. Nervous but intrigued. I have been teaching ultrasound to residents, students, and other faculty here in the States for almost seven years, but have always harbored a desire to teach internationally.
I spent two months as a medical student working in a...
Source: Going Global - January 9, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Battle of the Bulge: Olecranon Bursitis
Olecranon bursitis, also called baker’s or Popeye elbow, can be a painless or an irritating condition involving the bursa located near the proximal end of the ulna in the elbow over the olecranon. Normal bursae sacs generally are filled with a small amount of fluid, which helps the joint remain mobile. The sac can swell under the soft tissue from overuse or when the area sustains an injury from a bump or fall.
Normal bursae are usually small, but they can grow to be quite large, swollen, and occasionally even infected when they become irritated or inflamed. The swelling is obvious because the space in this area is l...
Source: The Procedural Pause - May 6, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Battle of the Bulge: Olecranon Bursitis
Olecranon bursitis, also called baker’s or Popeye elbow, can be a painless or an irritating condition involving the bursa located near the proximal end of the ulna in the elbow over the olecranon. Normal bursae sacs generally are filled with a small amount of fluid, which helps the joint remain mobile. The sac can swell under the soft tissue from overuse or when the area sustains an injury from a bump or fall.
Normal bursae are usually small, but they can grow to be quite large, swollen, and occasionally even infected when they become irritated or inflamed. The swelling is obvious because the space in this area is lim...
Source: The Procedural Pause - May 6, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
My weight loss project – 7 – what is most difficult?
Gimmicks can help one lose weight, but most gimmick losers gain the weight back. Lasting weight loss really requires serious self reflection and lasting behavior changes. Behavior changes require work.
Weight loss really has a simple formula – take in less calories and burn more calories.
Learning to take in fewer calories for me is the bigger challenge. I do like eating, especially when the food is delicious. Over the past 4 months I have worked on training myself to work on portion sizes, eating a bit more slowly, I have changed my food choices. I have not adopted any fad diets, rather working with the same ...
Source: DB's Medical Rants - October 3, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: rcentor Tags: Medical Rants Source Type: blogs
Go Water Your Eggs or Something
Monday - Entry 36:Not sure where to begin. Let’s try this: And then I was depressed.There. I can work with a beginning like that. It’s spells out the problem and hints that something happened before I made my realization.This day has been a hard one to get through. The sickness lingers, sapping me of energy & strength. Each cough is a gagging experience. My lungs burn. My head throbs. I’ve been sick like this since August 21st. I know. I know. I promised not to count the days. I haven’t. I just remember acutely the day my life ended. You’ll have to forgive me. I don’t consider lying on the couch being produ...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - September 24, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Journaling Writing Depression Therapizing Source Type: blogs
Snap, Crackle and Pop: The Mystery of My Shoulders
I fear turning into the Exorcist. I have sought medical advice for a painful, and have been told that I have an extra bone in my neck, that I have bursitis in my shoulder, that my neck is almost straight, and a myriad of other diagnoses.Contributor: Vita VilariPublished: Jun 06, 2013 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - June 6, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs
Assessing damage from chemotherapy
To refuse chemotherapy for breast cancer is tantamount to suicide. Very few people who have been diagnosed with stage 2 or greater have survived the disease without aggressive treatment. Having said that however, I am well aware of the lasting and detrimental effects of chemotherapy drugs. Every day I feel those effects; my joints hurt, my brain dysfunctions and my eyesight waivers. What else has been done to my organs and other bodily systems I can only guess.
While my oncologist continues to monitor me for recurrence or metastasis from the original breast cancer, blood tests will alert us to changes in my blood or mar...
Source: Life with Breast Cancer - May 9, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Kathy-Ellen Kups Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: blogs
