The Most Telling Sign that CDC is Protecting Illicit Marijuana Drug Dealers While Doing Everything it Can to Pin this Outbreak on Traditional E-Cigarettes
It is clear to me that in its investigation of more than 400 cases of acute respiratory failure tied to the vaping of certain products, the CDC is doing everything it can to undermine the proven connection between most of these cases and illicit marijuana vape carts, while exaggerating a potential, but completely unproven connection with traditional electronic cigarettes.This was highlighted last Friday with the complete split between the FDA and CDC with respect to their public communications and warnings regarding the disease outbreak.The CDC is undermining the observed connection between black market THC/CBD oils and th...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - September 8, 2019 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs
Why the wheelchair? Could it be gout?
When Paul Manafort appeared in court for sentencing recently, he was in a wheelchair and pleaded for leniency, in part because “his confinement had taken a toll on his physical and mental health.” He reportedly had symptoms of depression and anxiety — but what was the health problem that put him in a wheelchair? According to multiple news reports, the answer is gout. Yes, that ancient disease you may have thought didn’t exist anymore has stricken Mr. Manafort. He joins the rising number of people in the country diagnosed with this common disease.
What is gout?
Gout is a cause of severe joint pain and inflammation....
Source: Harvard Health Blog - March 29, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Arthritis Bones and joints Health Inflammation Source Type: blogs
Immunotherapy: What you need to know
Not all that long ago, chemotherapy was the only option to treat most advanced (metastatic) cancers. Because these drugs work by destroying rapidly dividing cells, they harm some healthy cells — such as hair follicles — as well as cancer cells. In the past two decades, cancer treatment has been transformed by targeted drugs and the emergence of chemotherapy. Targeted drugs are designed to home in on specific genes or proteins that are altered or overexpressed on cancer cells. Immunotherapy has been very successful for certain types of advanced cancers, such as lung, bladder, and skin cancers.
One form of immunotherapy ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - January 22, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Guru P. Sonpavde, MD Tags: Cancer Immunotherapy Managing your health care Source Type: blogs
Pre admission oral corticosteroids and the risk of ARDS in septic patients
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Source: Notes from Dr. RW - January 19, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: critical care endocrinology infectious disease pulmonary Source Type: blogs
Perioperative steroid management in patients taking chronic corticosteroids
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Source: Notes from Dr. RW - December 16, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: endocrinology hospital medicine Source Type: blogs
AAP Bronchiolitis Guidelines a Mismatch with Clinical Practice
I recently met with a group from our children's hospital to standardize the hospital management of bronchiolitis according to the latest American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines. (Pediatrics 2014;134[5]:e1474; http://bit.ly/2QIGbMX.) Unfortunately, these guidelines seem to cause confusion for experienced and inexperienced emergency physicians alike.This confusion comes from the guidelines raising unaddressed issues and new questions, most importantly not tackling important aspects of frontline clinical practice. These guidelines were developed with the best evidence currently available, and their application mo...
Source: M2E Too! Mellick's Multimedia EduBlog - December 4, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 27th 2018
Fight Aging! provides a weekly digest of news and commentary for thousands of subscribers interested in the latest longevity science: progress towards the medical control of aging in order to prevent age-related frailty, suffering, and disease, as well as improvements in the present understanding of what works and what doesn't work when it comes to extending healthy life. Expect to see summaries of recent advances in medical research, news from the scientific community, advocacy and fundraising initiatives to help speed work on the repair and reversal of aging, links to online resources, and much more.
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Source: Fight Aging! - August 26, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
The Many Successes in Mice that Fail to Translate to Human Medicine
There are many failures on the path from early study in cells to successful medical technology applied to humans. A success in cell cultures often turns out to be infeasible in animals, as cells in culture are not a part of a larger tissue and organism and thus not subject to the same signals, stresses, and influences. Work in organoids, tiny sections of living tissue, can certainly help to bridge this gap, but even an organoid that accurately reflects the structure and function of an organ is still not subject to the real ebb and flow of a living animal, all of the interactions with other tissues and systems.
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Source: Fight Aging! - August 24, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Managing All Manner of Bursitis Cases
A bursa, a fluid-filled synovial sack, serves in the body as either a pulley or a cushion, and bursitis, of course, is an inflammatory response that can occur to a bursa. The causes of the inflammatory response can be trauma (direct or overuse), infection, or rheumatologic or crystal-induced disease.Whether a bursa is deep or superficial ultimately determines the most likely pathophysiology and dictates the most appropriate treatment. Superficial bursae are those closest to the skin, and they are most vulnerable to direct trauma and infection—the prepatellar, infrapatellar, and olecranon bursae. Deep bursae include...
Source: M2E Too! Mellick's Multimedia EduBlog - August 6, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Guidelines, multiple specialists, and the science versus the art of medicine
My 80-year-old patient presented with symptoms and signs of kidney failure. I hospitalized him and asked for the assistance of a kidney specialist. We notified his heart specialist as a courtesy. A complicated evaluation led to a diagnosis of an unusual vasculitis with the patient’s immune system attacking his kidney as if it was a foreign toxic invader.
Treatment, post kidney biopsy, involved administering large doses of corticosteroids followed by a chemotherapy agent called Cytoxan. Six days later it was clear that dialysis was required at least until the patient’s kidneys responded to the therapy and began working ...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 16, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/steven-reznick" rel="tag" > Steven Reznick, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Cardiology Hospital-Based Medicine Source Type: blogs
New Research Reveals That Stress Kills More People Than A Car Accident
Conclusion
Stress can be a deadly agent to the body causing several serious health issues. But the good news is, “the earlier you start controlling stress the better your health status will become.” You've read New Research Reveals That Stress Kills More People Than A Car Accident, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you've enjoyed this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. (Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement)
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - July 11, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Daniel Moayanda Tags: featured health and fitness self improvement avoid stress emotional balance productivity tips ship your car Source Type: blogs
FDA Approves Zephyr Endobronchial Valve, a Minimally Invasive Implant for Severe Emphysema
The FDA approved a new medical device for patients suffering from severe emphysema. The Pulmonx Zephyr Endobronchial Valve is a one-way valve system to be implanted through the airways using a traditional bronchoscope. The valve is integrated into a stent that expands against a bronchiole to block off air flowing in and only allow it to flow out. As the trapped air flows out, ventilation/perfusion mismatch is improved, and the device relieves pressure on the healthy lung to allow for better breathing.
The available data is from a multi-center study of 190 patients with severe emphysema (the LIBERATE trial), comparing Zephy...
Source: Medgadget - July 2, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Ben Ouyang Tags: Medicine Thoracic Surgery Source Type: blogs
Tropical Travel Trouble 008 Total TB Extravaganza
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Peer Reviewer Dr McBride ID physician, Wisconsin
TB affects 1/3rd of the population and one patient dies every 20 seconds from TB. Without treatment 50% of pulmonary TB patients will be dead in 5 years. In low to middle income countries both TB and HIV can be ubiquitous, poor compliance can lead to drug resistance and malnourished infants are highly susceptible. TB can be very complex and this post will hopefully give you the backbone to TB m...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - June 16, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Clinical Cases Tropical Medicine Genexpert meningitis TB TB meningitis Tuberculosis Source Type: blogs
Might Depression Be Linked to One of These Popular Medications?
If you’re taking beta blockers, certain kinds of anxiety drugs, certain types of painkillers (including ibuprofen), proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) (used to treat acid reflux), ACE inhibitors (used to treat high blood pressure), or anti-convulsant drugs, you may be at greater risk for depression. That’s according to a new, large-scale study published earlier this week in JAMA.
However, this was a correlational study, so it can’t say that these medications actually cause depression or not. It may be that people with greater health problems are more likely to take one of these medications and be depressed abo...
Source: World of Psychology - June 15, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: Depression General Medications Psychiatry Research Drugs cause depression popular medications Source Type: blogs
SINUVA, a Corticosteroid Releasing Sinus Implant, Now Available for Nasal Polyps
Intersect ENT, based in Menlo Park, California, is releasing in the U.S. its SINUVA sinus implant for treating nasal polyp disease in adults that underwent previous surgical sinus procedures. The device elutes mometasone furoate, a corticosteroid, to reduce inflammation directly at the polyps. The drug is released for approximately 90 days after the SINUVA is implanted in an in-office procedure.
“After years of development and multiple clinical studies, we are thrilled to provide physicians with SINUVA to treat patients with nasal polyps. SINUVA offers an alternative to patients who have exhausted routine medical m...
Source: Medgadget - April 9, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: ENT Source Type: blogs
