Meet the doctor who had a colonoscopy without anesthesia [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “If you did not have a colonoscopy, I would still recommend that you do it in a conventional way and get that IV sedation. But if you are an adventurer as I am, I would highly recommend that you do a colonoscopy the same
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Meet the doctor who had a colonoscopy without anesthesia [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 19, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Podcast by KevinMD Tags: Podcast Gastroenterology Source Type: blogs
Rapid Diagnosis: Vomiting Blood
The dispatcher reports that the patient is vomiting blood. Hemataemesis if you want to be technical about it. It could be a whole bunch of things right? … Well yes it could. Before you e-mail me to say that you can’t believe I missed Bolivian Hemorrhagic Fever, here’s one web site that lists 113 possibilities.
But if you want to play the numbers, it’s going to be one of four things. And if you want to play “stump your partner” you can narrow it down quite a bit based on your patients age and disposition.
There are four things that tend to cause a person to vomit blood. Before you click on the little ...
Source: The EMT Spot - November 14, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Steve Whitehead Tags: EMT Source Type: blogs
Which chemotherapeutic agent is well known to cause coronary vasospasm?
5-fluorouracil is well known to cause coronary vasospasm. 5-fluorouracil and its orally active prodrug capecitabine are fluoropyrimidines, belonging to the class of antimetabolites used for treatment of malignancies of breast, head and neck tumours and gastrointestinal tumours.
Mechanisms for coronary vasospasm
Endothelial cell damage with cytolysis and denudation
Increased endothelin-1 bioactivity leading to vasoconstriction
When high dose infusions are given, coronary vasospasm with angina, arrhythmia or even sudden death can occur in up to 5% of patients. Vascular toxicity occurs generally within 72 hours of the...
Source: Cardiophile MD - November 13, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Basic Functions of Abdominal Organs
Most EMT level providers are square on the primary function of the stomach. We can name several things our liver is doing for us and we get the whole kidney concept as well. But when we start drifting beyond the basics, the conversation can turn fuzzy.
OK … It’s been a little while since I studied this. What was the spleen doing again? Something about the immune system right? Oh, the Pancreas that produces Insulin doesn’t it? Or was that the gallbladder?
Fear not. I put together a handy reference for you. Here’s a list of all those abdominal organs for your review. Now you can sort your large...
Source: The EMT Spot - November 7, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Steve Whitehead Tags: EMT Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, November 7th 2022
In conclusion, the national prevalence of dementia and MCI in 2016 found in this cross-sectional study was similar to that of other US-based studies.
Clearing Microglia Reverses Age-Related Disruption of Sleeping Patterns in Mice
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2022/11/clearing-microglia-reverses-age-related-disruption-of-sleeping-patterns-in-mice/
Microglia are innate immune cells of the central nervous system. They are analogous to macrophages in the rest of the body, but undertake additional duties relating to the function of neurons and in brain tissue. Microglia become overly active and inflamm...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 6, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
What is the cause of central cyanosis in Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome?
Central cyanosis in Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome is due to pulmonary arteriovenous fistula. Those with Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome or hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia have multiple capillary hemangiomas on skin, lips, mucosa of nose, upper and lower respiratory tract and gastrointestinal tract. Central cyanosis can occur when there are multiple pulmonary arteriovenous fistulae with significant right to left shunt allowing desaturated blood to reach the systemic circulation. (Source: Cardiophile MD)
Source: Cardiophile MD - November 5, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
What Has Omics Data Taught Us About Dementia?
An enormous amount of biological data can now be obtained from any given study population, and at reasonable cost. The resulting databases have grown to become very large. The epigenome, transcriptome, proteome, metabolome, microbiome, and much more, are at the fingertips of every epidemiological researcher, at multiple time points, before and after interventions, and at different ages. It is easy enough to find differences in the data between more healthy subjects and patients suffering from one or more age-related conditions. It is a harder task to build upon that data in order to find useful therapies. Aging causes swee...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 4, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Stomach flu
A couple of weeks ago I came down with a nasty case of viral gastroenteritis, more commonly known as the stomach flu. No idea how I got it…but…I got it. Well, at least Covid wasn’t involved in my case; my family doctor told me that a (small) percentage of his patients with my symptoms had turned up positive for Covid. That would have been a most unwelcome double whammy!
Petunia, October 2022
Anyway, I was quite sick for about a week, sleeping most of the time, eating nothing but bananas and toast, and watching heaps of TV series and documentaries…The cats were very helpful nurses, always by my side,...
Source: Margaret's Corner - October 31, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll stomach flu Source Type: blogs
I am stupid
Conclusion: Isaac Asimov is stupid(Sorry, no post yesterday because I was doing some heavy cerebral processing.)He ' d have been the first to admit it. All of us are susceptible to cognitive errors and biases. I ' d like to think that Asimov was less susceptible than most, but he must have had his own foibles. It ' s a constant struggle to be mindful and think straight. For my own part, I once had a romanticized view of the Chinese revolution, I was an anthropogenic climate change skeptic, and I entertained the likelihood that medical intervention, on balance, did more harm than good. (Viz Illich, Medical Nemesis.)&nb...
Source: Stayin' Alive - October 28, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, October 10th 2022
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Longevity Industry Consulting Services
Reason, the founder of Fight Aging! and Repair Biotechnologies, offers strategic consulting services to investors, entrepreneurs, and others interested in the longevity industry and its complexities. To find out m...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 9, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
How the mind-gut connection affects total health
As a colorectal surgeon, I address complex intestinal issues with state-of-the-art interventions. Fortunately for most people, the key to a healthy digestive system isn’t that complicated. A proper diet, regular exercise, and stress reduction all help create a healthier and happier gut. The “mind-gut connection” influences how you think and feel. Imagine a marathon runner
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How the mind-gut connection affects total health originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 7, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian Tags: Conditions Gastroenterology Source Type: blogs
About That Cancer Moonshot
BY KIM BELLARD
Joe Biden hates cancer. He led the Cancer Moonshot in the Obama Administration, and, as President, he reignited it, vowing to cut death rates in half over the next 25 years. Last month, on the 60th anniversary of President Kennedy’s historic call for an actual moonshot, he vowed “to end cancer as we know it. And even cure cancers once and for all.”
But, as several recent studies show, cancer is still surprising us.
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Our body has its own defenses against cancer, such as T-cells, and great strides have been made in cancer therapies, including ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Research Cancer Cancer Progression Fungi John F. Kennedy Moonshot Source Type: blogs
About that Cancer Moonshot
By KIM BELLARD
Joe Biden hates cancer. He led the Cancer Moonshot in the Obama Administration, and, as President, he reignited it, vowing to cut death rates in half over the next 25 years. Last month, on the 60th anniversary of President Kennedy’s historic call for an actual moonshot, he vowed “to end cancer as we know it. And even cure cancers once and for all.”
But, as several recent studies show, cancer is still surprising us.
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Our body has its own defenses against cancer, such as T-cells, and great strides have been made in cancer therapies, includi...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Public Health Biden Cancer Cancer Moonshot Source Type: blogs
Here Is How Digital Health Devices Helped Me Recover From A Serious Infection
This article – like all our articles and technology reviews – was not sponsored by the company. However, having all these devices available allowed me to track a good amount of data on a single platform – which was comfortable, but by no means necessary, you could do the same with devices from a number of manufacturers)
Here is what I learned as the disease progressed
The sleep sensor showed my average heart rate (HR) was above 80 even during my sleep during the acute phase of the infection, while it is around 55 during my resting hours normally. I was able to track when the acute phase ended ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 6, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF E-Patients Health Sensors & Trackers digital health digital health sensors recovery Source Type: blogs
Little Stories on a Medical Librarian ’ s Impact
I want to thank the many people who have shared some of their impact stories. I thought I would post these as little vignettes to serve as a sort of “Chicken Soup for the Librarian’s Soul.” While these stories may short, the impact of the medical librarian is not.
All stories are told in the first person. They are not my stories, they are the stories from the emails librarians have sent me.
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I bumped into a nurse who I was doing research for the other day. She thanked me for all of the work I did on INR (international normalize ratio) levels and Coumadin in patients with Cov...
Source: The Krafty Librarian - October 5, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: KraftyLibrarian Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
