Why it's safe to take medications after your embryo transfer
A lot of IVF patients are very worried about taking any medication at all during the 2ww( two week wait).For example, if they get a cough or a cold or a diarrhea, they're not sure whether it's safe to take medicines to treat this.The reason is they're worried that these medicines will have an adverse effect on the embryo which is in their uterus. They know that some medications are dangerous during pregnancy , and are worried that these will harm their embryo.The truth is that it's safe to take any medicine you need to during your 2ww, until your HCG test is positive.This is because even though your embryo's inside y...
Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog - December 28, 2019 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: blogs
Trail desk at the Davis Wetlands
So I am just finally coming out of a rough patch of about three weeks with an infection or series of infections. Still have a bad cough and my brain is in a fuzz. But I felt physically a bit better today. As I did not want to risk spreading my cooties to people at work, I stayed away from the office and ended up scheduling four phone calls / video chats today. Two of them were this AM and so, since I did not feel horribly bad, I decided to do the AM calls while at one of my trail desks.My "trail desk" is the term I use to refer to doing calls while outdoors. Today I went to the Davis Wetlands since ...
Source: The Tree of Life - December 16, 2019 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs
One Step Forward …
I picked up particular respirator masks so that I can go outdoors again. I ’ve apparently developed asthma due to the pollution in Salt Lake Valley and the California forest fires. It’s why I’ve been so horribly sick since September. I’ve been a near complete shut-in. Alas, I overdid things yesterday. I looked like a dork in my mask, but I happily ran errands all over town. I also worked out on my treadmill, exercise bike, and did twenty minutes of aerobic activity. Unfortunately, I forgot to use both my inhaler& nebulizer. My lungs are burning again, and the cough has returned. 🙄 I feel so feeble. I ki...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - December 14, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ADHD Depression Journaling Writing Source Type: blogs
One Step Forward …
I picked up particulate respirator masks so that I can go outdoors again. I ’ve apparently developed asthma due to the pollution in Salt Lake Valley and the California forest fires. It’s why I’ve been so horribly sick since September. I’ve been a near complete shut-in. Alas, I overdid things yesterday. I looked like a dork in my mask, but I happily ran errands all over town. I also worked out on my treadmill, exercise bike, and did twenty minutes of aerobic activity. Unfortunately, I forgot to use both my inhaler& nebulizer. My lungs are burning again, and the cough has returned. 🙄 I feel so feeble. I k...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - December 13, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ADHD Depression Journaling Writing Source Type: blogs
Monk fruit –More than a healthy sweetener?
Because I wanted a benign and healthy way for followers of the Wheat Belly lifestyle to recreate dishes such as chocolate chip cookies, cheesecake, and pies with none of the health problems of grains or sugars, I helped Wheat-Free Market develop its Virtue Sweetener product.
Yes, you could do without such sweeteners. But I learned long ago when I introduced Wheat Belly concepts to patients in my cardiology practice that having options while entertaining friends, during holidays, and pleasing kids was important for staying on course on this lifestyle. Before I understood how to use such natural sweeteners, patients would ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - December 12, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Open blood sugar diabetes Dr. Davis Inflammation insulin low-carb monk fruit natural sweeteners undoctored virtue sweetener Weight Loss wheat Wheat Belly Total Health Source Type: blogs
Teenager with chest pain and slightly elevated troponin. What happens then?
This is a previously healthy male teenager who was awoken by chest pain. He was seen at another hospital and found to have a slightly elevated troponin, then underwent a CT pulmonary angiogram (PE) protocol which revealed a right sided pneumonia. He was treated with Ceftriaxone and azithromycin.p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri; background-color: #fefefe}The pain is described as located in the midsternal area, radiating to the right arm, described as 8-9/10 and worse with deep inspirations. He endorsed cough, fever, and body aches in the previous day...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - December 9, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
Artificial Intelligence vs. Tuberculosis, Part 1
By SAURABH JHA, MD
Slumdog TB
No one knows who gave Rahul Roy
tuberculosis. Roy’s charmed life as a successful trader involved traveling in his
Mercedes C class between his apartment on the plush Nepean Sea Road in South
Mumbai and offices in Bombay Stock Exchange. He cared little for Mumbai’s weather.
He seldom rolled down his car windows – his ambient atmosphere, optimized for
his comfort, rarely changed.
Historically TB, or
“consumption” as it was known, was a Bohemian malady; the chronic suffering produced
a rhapsody which produced fine art. TB was fashionable in Victorian Britain, in
part, because c...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 5, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Artificial Intelligence Health Tech Saurabh Jha TB tuberculosis Source Type: blogs
Poem
GrimHow do we show courage in a time of laughter?The same way we snicker before the doctordelivers his grim practiced monologue.Before we cough blood there is a rasp of a laugh.Before we speak ill of the dead there is a tickle in the back of your throat.I know how to make her laugh;Under her arms, between her rib slats,A pantomime of my own unenviable decline.Falling face down.Everything is funny and just fine.The first wave of the army is hardened by rows of wry grins,Belying whites of eyes the enemy always mistakes for fear.12/2/19 (Source: Buckeye Surgeon)
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - December 2, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
The Numbered Pediatric Rashes Revisited
I have been seeing a lot of second disease and fifth disease—it's that time of year. School is back in session, and winter is just around the corner.The rash-numbering system for these diseases is now a historical footnote, but fifth disease is still commonly used by physicians to refer to erythema infectiosum, a parvovirus. I suspect that this system was created as a memory device for similar names and the obscure Latin terms used for these diseases. Erythema infectiosum is also easy to confuse with the many other erythema rashes such as erythema migrans, erythema marginatum, erythema toxicum, and erythema multiforme...
Source: M2E Too! Mellick's Multimedia EduBlog - December 2, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
MKSAP: 38-year-old man with dyspnea on exertion
Test your medicine knowledge with the MKSAP challenge, in partnership with the American College of Physicians. A 38-year-old man is evaluated for a 6-month history of dyspnea on exertion. He has gastroesophageal reflux disease and Raynaud phenomenon. He does not smoke and has no cough or wheezing. Current medications are lansoprazole and amlodipine. On physical examination, vital […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 30, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/mksap" rel="tag" > mksap < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Pulmonology Source Type: blogs
Voice to text solutions could turn EHR-burdened medical professionals into doctors again
Just imagine the following: your assistant invites in Ms. Nichols, who has a migraine, a bad cough, and feels nauseated. You sit down, start talking about the symptoms, see her throat, measure her temperature, pulse rate, inquire more about the headache. In the end, you set up a diagnosis, you write a prescription for some […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 25, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/bertalan-mesko" rel="tag" > Bertalan Mesko, MD, PhD < /a > < /span > Tags: Tech Health IT Source Type: blogs
MKSAP: 19-year-old man with lightheadedness and nightly fevers
Test your medicine knowledge with the MKSAP challenge, in partnership with the American College of Physicians. A 19-year-old man is hospitalized with a 6-day history of lightheadedness and nightly fevers. He also reports sore throat, headache, joint and muscle aches, and a dry cough. He recalls a blotchy rash on his trunk and arms, w hich has resolved. […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 9, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/mksap" rel="tag" > mksap < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
“I Did Not Have Sexual Relations with That Woman”
Recently, I sat across from an accomplished high school athlete who had just told me that he did not smoke and had not used any drugs. But when I asked directly about whether he vaped he openly said, “Of course!” He went on to explain that vaping isn’t smoking, isn’t unhealthy, and that THC is natural, not a drug.
Teen Vaping
By some reports, as many as 20 percent of high school students vape. And they often begin in middle school.
Juul is the top-selling e-cigarette brand (and very cuul among kids). A single Juul pod can contain as much nicotine as a pack of 20 regular cigarettes. Nicotine harms the developing ado...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - November 7, 2019 Category: Child Development Authors: Dr. Alan Greene Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog vaping Source Type: blogs
Teen Vaping: “I Did Not Have Sexual Relations with That Woman”
By some reports, as many as 20 percent of high school students vape. And they often begin in middle school.
Juul is the top-selling e-cigarette brand (and very cuul among kids). A single Juul pod can contain as much nicotine as a pack of 20 regular cigarettes. Nicotine harms the developing adolescent brain. Moreover, e-cigarette aerosol is not harmless water vapor. It’s a chemical cocktail that’s inhaled deep into the delicate lungs. We don’t yet know the long-term effects.
The Tip of the Teen Vaping Iceberg
CDC is in the process of investigating multiple cases of severe pulmonary disease in people who use e-cigarett...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - November 7, 2019 Category: Child Development Authors: Alan Greene MD Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Teen Behavior vaping Source Type: blogs
