Cochlear Implants and MRI: Growth Trend Leads to Design Revolution
By Darla Franz, MA, & Rebecca Novak Tibbitt, MPH MED-EL
Cochlear implants (CIs) are an increasingly common option for people with severe to profound hearing loss. Approximately 324,200 people worldwide had received implants as of December 2012, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In the United States, an estimated 58,000 adults and 38,000 children have received cochlear implants (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; bit.ly/NIDCD-CI). Recent research has shown that the number of older adults in the United States who are potential candidates for cochlear implantation ...
Source: R&D Blog - May 4, 2015 Category: ENT & OMF Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Cochlear Implants and MRI: Growth Trend Leads to Design Revolution
By Darla Franz, MA, & Rebecca Novak Tibbitt, MPH MED-EL
Cochlear implants (CIs) are an increasingly common option for people with severe to profound hearing loss. Approximately 324,200 people worldwide had received implants as of December 2012, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In the United States, an estimated 58,000 adults and 38,000 children have received cochlear implants (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; bit.ly/NIDCD-CI). Recent research has shown that the number of older adults in the United States who are potential candidates for cochlear implantatio...
Source: R&D Blog - May 4, 2015 Category: ENT & OMF Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Does Tamiflu work and what are the side effects?
The flu season has really gotten into gear now with 46 of our 50 states reporting widespread influenza activity as of January 3, 2015. Influenza is a virus that infects the respiratory tract, causing sore throat, runny nose, fever, and cough. Rarely people with the flu will have nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, but this is not “stomach flu” which is a term some of us use to describe any one of a number of viruses that give us intestinal symptoms. Influenza is the one where you hurt all over, you have a high fever and cold symptoms, then you start coughing and you can barely get out of bed for days. Sometimes it&#...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 20, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Janice Boughton, MD Tags: Meds Infectious disease Source Type: blogs
NYU Researchers Develop New Assessment Tool to Combat Oral-Systemic Disease Across the Lifespan
The Interprofessional Oral Health Grant Team Challenges the Medical Profession to “Put the Mouth Back in the Head” in the American Journal of Public HealthImproving oral health is a leading population health goal; however, curricula preparing health professionals have a dearth of oral health content and clinical experiences. Funded by a grant from the Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA), New York University College of Nursing’s (NYUCN) Teaching Oral-Systemic Health (TOSH) Program is working to build interprofessional oral health workforce capacity which addresses a significant public health i...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - January 26, 2015 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs
What Doctors are Thinking
Ever wonder what your doctor is thinking while taking your history? If we’re doing it right, we’re looking at you instead of a computer. We’re making appropriate eye contact while displaying welcoming body language. And we’re letting you tell your story with as few interruptions as possible. Clearly we are listening intently, but did you ever wonder what’s going through our minds while you’re speaking?
I’ve been thinking about this lately in the context of teaching medical students about history-taking. They’re being taught all the right questions to ask and how to ask them (...
Source: Musings of a Dinosaur - December 31, 2014 Category: Primary Care Authors: notdeaddinosaur Tags: Medical Source Type: blogs
Start-up pitches high-tech glue for surgical leaks
TEL AVIV — An Israeli medical-device start-up is tackling one of the most dangerous occurrences in surgery — and it's doing it with glue.LifeSeal is a glue-like substance that augments and, in some surgeries like hernias, replaces the traditional and painful sealing procedures of staples, tacks and sutures.The privately-owned Israeli company behind the high-tech glue, LifeBond, says it should help in the treatment of post-operative leaks in closures of gastrointestinal and other surgical wounds. Patients get back up to speed more quickly and are more comfortable as they do.Orahn Preiss-Bloom, one of LifeBond's co-found...
Source: Medical Hemostat - November 16, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hemostatguy at gmail.com (hemostat guy) Source Type: blogs
Joan Rivers’ death: What went wrong?
The ear, nose and throat specialist who treated comedian Joan Rivers on August 28 has been identified as Dr. Gwen Korovin, a prominent New York physician who is known as a voice doctor to many entertainers and Broadway stars including Hugh Jackman and Julie Andrews.
With a physician who is an expert in airway anatomy at her side, and all the technologic advantages of a modern clinic in Manhattan’s upper east side, the 81-year-old Ms. Rivers must have anticipated an uneventful procedure. Instead, she stopped breathing and suffered cardiac arrest. The question remains: What went wrong?
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Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 29, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Karen S. Sibert, MD Tags: Physician Surgery Source Type: blogs
What Happened at Yorkville Endoscopy?
KAREN SIBERT, MD The ear, nose and throat specialist who treated comedian Joan Rivers on August 28 has been identified as Dr. Gwen Korovin, a prominent New York physician who is known as a voice doctor to many entertainers and Broadway stars including Hugh Jackman and Julie Andrews. With a physician who is an expert in airway anatomy at her […] (Source: The Health Care Blog)
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 23, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: THCB Accreditation Association For Ambulatory Health Care Ambulatory Surgery Center Class A Joan Rivers Laryngospam Office Based Surgery Law Propofol Succinycholine VIP Syndrome Yorkville Endoscopy Source Type: blogs
Once more, I had learned my lesson about pain and vulnerability
The nasogastric tube was killing me. It had been in place for twelve hours now, threading its way up my nose and down my throat, past my esophagus, into my stomach. Try as I might, I couldn’t swallow away the nasty lump stuck to the back of my throat. And every time I tried, it hurt.
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Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 6, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: H. Lee Kagan, MD Tags: Physician GI Hospital Source Type: blogs
I can't decide
No this isn't about cancer. It does say 'breast cancer blog' but my life isn't all about cancer - which is a good thing.My problem/decision today is - allergies or a cold. I flew back from DC last week and was exposed to all sorts of people. As I blogged on Saturday, I am not feeling that great. But after sitting on my butt for two days instead of getting exercise and not feeling better, I have decided I need to go to plan B. Ignore it.I can't decide if its a cold or allergies so I am going to ignore it. I have too much to do this week to be sick so I am going to pretend I am not sick. If I get sicker, maybe I'll do someth...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - August 4, 2014 Category: Cancer Tags: allergens cold germs Source Type: blogs
Marble Dinosaur Egg: “What’s Your Concern?”
Another in a continuing series of the Dinosaur version of “clinical pearls”. Okay, so the series consists of three other posts, all in 2007:
Medication adherence
Biliary symptoms
Extending your scale
But hey. Here’s another.
One of the most important things we teach medical students is to elicit any specific concerns patients may have about their conditions. Many of them get pretty good at it, though by the time they get through the rest of their training, perilously few of them — now that they’re called “attendings” — are still doing it. Yet I maintain it’s still one...
Source: Musings of a Dinosaur - August 4, 2014 Category: Primary Care Authors: notdeaddinosaur Tags: Medical Source Type: blogs
Randolph Hospital Is The Biggest " Non-Profit " In Randolph County, North Carolina . . . And The Courier Tribune Must Protect It . . . At All Costs (Subtitled: What Does A Million Healthcare Dollars Buy In Asheboro?)
I ' ve not blogged regularly since early 2013 - having moved my online activities over to Facebook . . . and, until fairly recently, curbed the time I spent there. & nbsp;I have enjoyed the time away from blogging, and have only put something up when the stars aligned and begged for commentary. < br / > < br / > < strike > Over the next week or so, I ' m going to put up at least three posts < /strike > *. . . all inspired by what passes for newspaper " coverage " of local healthcare these days. < br / > < br / > (* < i > I never got around to it.) < /i > < br / > < br / > < b > It ' s only gotten worse since I began blogg...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - July 20, 2014 Category: American Health Tags: 501 (c)(3) Asheboro Bob Morrison Chip Womick Cone Hospital Courier Tribune IRS National Health Service Corps NHSC Non-profit Pediatrics Randolph Hospital Randolph Medical Associates Steve Eblin Source Type: blogs
Randolph Hospital Is The Biggest "Non-Profit" In Randolph County, North Carolina . . . And The Courier Tribune Must Protect It . . . At All Costs (Subtitled: What Does A Million Healthcare Dollars Buy In Asheboro?)
I've not blogged regularly since early 2013 - having moved my online activities over to Facebook . . . and, until fairly recently, curbed the time I spent there. I have enjoyed the time away from blogging, and have only put something up when the stars aligned and begged for commentary.Over the next week or so, I'm going to put up at least three posts . . . all inspired by what passes for newspaper "coverage" of local healthcare these days. It's only gotten worse since I began blogging in 2005. The world prefers "sound bites" (except when legislators are writing healthcare "reform" - then it's a 2000 page pile-o...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - July 20, 2014 Category: Pediatricians Tags: 501 (c)(3) Asheboro Bob Morrison Chip Womick Cone Hospital Courier Tribune IRS National Health Service Corps NHSC Non-profit Pediatrics Randolph Hospital Randolph Medical Associates Steve Eblin Source Type: blogs
Stop Expecting Antibiotics to Be Handed Out Routinely: Here’s Why
For years, my colleagues on the Prepared Patient site have preached the importance of being an advocate for your own care. And they’ve noted that at times it is necessary to push back against doctors’ recommendations if a suggested treatment does not seem right. I just returned from a visit to the U.K., which drove home the importance of that advice. Coming down with a common cold gave me a chance to experience differences in how British and American doctors approach the nasty symptoms of an all-too-common medical problem.
Let’s face it. Most of us have been given too many antibiotics for sore throats, co...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - June 16, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Access Consumer Health Care Policy Source Type: blogs
From routine dental visit to oral cancer…
CALIFORNIA MOM OF TWO HAS HALF OF HER TONGUE REMOVED AND A NEW ONE RECONSTRUCTED WITH FOREARMSomeone dies from oral cancer every hour of every day in the United States aloneEarly DETECTION – early cure: Oral Cancer Awareness Month in AprilLos Angeles, CA, February 11, 2014… A routine trip to the dentist saved the life of a California mom of two. The American Dental Association estimates that “60% of the US population visits a dentist every year, however less than 15% of them report having received an oral cancer screening.” Although the number of deaths each year from oral cancer is astoundingly large, it is hi...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - February 17, 2014 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs
