On being Asian American: “Where are you really from?”
As a child, I was no stranger to the medical field. In kindergarten, while my classmates brought a pet frog, a family heirloom, or their favorite toy for show-and-tell, I brought a kidney stone the size of a plum. My family unites Eastern and Western medicine; my mother is a licensed acupuncturist, and my father […]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 - February 1, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/leonard-wang" rel="tag" > Leonard Wang < /a > < /span > Tags: Education Medical school Source Type: blogs
Two Surgeons —a Veteran and a Newcomer—Talk Fighting COVID Burnout
By MICHAEL E. LIPKIN and RUSSELL S. TERRY, JR.
Burnout has always been a concern in medicine, and that concern has been amplified by the added stress of COVID-19. Many months into an unpredictable and distressing situation, we have both hung on to our mental health and professional passion by seeking out strategies that work for us. We offer them in two perspectives: veteran and relative newcomer.
Dr. Lipkin: A Veteran’s Perspective
When lockdown began in March, we slowed down my practice for about 6 to 8 weeks, and then returned to full pre-COVID levels. It feels like the uncertainty has affected...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 18, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Medical Practice Physicians Michael Lipkin Source Type: blogs
Freezing a Moment in Time: Snapshots of Cryo-EM Research
To get a look at cell components that are too small to see with a normal light microscope, scientists often use cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). As the prefix cryo- means “cold” or “freezing,” cryo-EM involves rapidly freezing a cell, virus, molecular complex, or other structure to prevent water molecules from forming crystals. This preserves the sample in its natural state and keeps it still so that it can be imaged with an electron microscope, which uses beams of electrons instead of light. Some electrons are scattered by the sample, while others pass through it and through magnetic lenses to land on a detecto...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - November 4, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Molecular Structures Tools and Techniques Cellular Imaging Cellular Processes Cool Tools/Techniques Cryo-Electron Microscopy Research Roundup Source Type: blogs
A sober emergency physician returns to work, just in time to face the COVID-19 pandemic
An excerpt from Ballad of a Sober Man: An ER Doctor’s Journey of Recovery. As if I needed more reminders of my imperfections, I had Maggie and the Kidney Stone Lady, forever. Little Maggie, the cute five-year-old from early in my career who came in with her croupy cough and low-grade fever. She responded so […]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 - August 31, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/j-d-remy" rel="tag" > J. D. Remy, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician COVID-19 coronavirus Emergency Medicine Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
Large-renal-calculus
A large left renal calculus in the renal pelvis. Significant obstruction looking to the severe hydronephrosis. see more:https://www.ultrasound-images.com/renal-calculi/ (Source: cochinblogs)
Source: cochinblogs - August 21, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: blogs
Why losing weight can be dangerous to your health
So many people are embarking on weight loss programs that hold potential for health hazards. Here’s a video from my YouTube channel about how choosing the wrong weight loss program can lead you down the path of health disasters, as well as not provide the weight loss benefits you desire.
Losing weight per se is not dangerous—it’s the method you choose to lose weight that can introduce genuine risks to your health. Choose the wrong method and you can end up with gallstones and gallbladder surgery, osteopenia/osteoporosis, kidney stones, even heart attack. Here is some additional discussion about common we...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 13, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Open grain-free low-carb Weight Loss wheat belly Source Type: blogs
More Women Are Pursuing Majority-Male Specialties and Changing Patients ’ Perceptions
By AMY E. KRAMBECK, MD
With the exceptions of pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology, women make up fewer than half of all medical specialists. Representation is lowest in orthopedics (8%), followed by my own specialty, urology (12%). I can testify that the numbers are changing in urology – women are up from just 8% in 2015, and the breakdown in our residency program here at Indiana University is now about 20% of the 5-year program.
One reason for the increase is likely the growth of women in medicine – 60% of doctors under 35 are women, as are more than half of medical school enrollees. I also credit a generat...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 5, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Medical Practice Physicians Amy Krambeck female physicians majority male specialties Patients Source Type: blogs
Oxalate kidney stones: A bowel flora situation
The post Oxalate kidney stones: A bowel flora situation appeared first on Dr. William Davis. (Source: Wheat Belly Blog)
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - May 30, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle dysbiosis kidney stones nephrolithiasis oxalate probiotic sibo Source Type: blogs
Quick Urine Test for Metabolic Precursors of Kidney Stones
Researchers from Penn State and Stanford University have developed a 30-minute urine test to measure levels of substances that can contribute to kidney stone formation. The test could help patients to find out if they are prone to developing kidney stones or to monitor their progress in avoiding kidney stone formation through treatment or dietary changes.
Kidney stones are accumulations of crystallized substances such as minerals and salts, and the stones can cause pain and blockages in the urinary system. Certain people are prone to developing the stones, and assessing urinary levels of these substances is key in m...
Source: Medgadget - May 27, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Diagnostics Medicine Urology Source Type: blogs
We ’re All in This Together: Facing the Coronavirus Crisis
I am writing this article from bed, listening to the sweet sounds of Sleepy Hollow on University of Pennsylvania station, WXPN, which includes easing into the day music that is a regular part of my Saturday morning. I plan to remain at home, not interacting physically with other human beings, but certainly available via phone or cyberspace. Thankfully, I am showing no symptoms of COVID-19, but I am monitoring closely, since I was in the hospital three times in the past month for cardiac and kidney stone related issues which puts me in a high-risk group, along with being part of the over-60 crowd.
Except for going to work ...
Source: World of Psychology - March 14, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW Tags: Health-related Personal anxiety community coronavirus social distancing Source Type: blogs
Slowing Down: When You Need Time to Focus on Your Own Health
When most people think about E coli, the first thing that comes to mind likely is eating tainted food or as a result of improper handwashing. What came as a surprise to me was that it can also show up as a UTI (Urinary Tract Infection) caused by kidney stones that back up in the urethra, which prohibits the flow of urine. It is more than an academic exercise that had me researching this all too common condition in men and women. As I am writing, I am less than 24 hours post-surgery to remove these pesky critters that have been backing up the works since 2014. It was my fourth go around that culminated in a cystoscopy, whi...
Source: World of Psychology - March 8, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW Tags: Health-related Personal caregiving Source Type: blogs
A Deeper Dive: How Vulnerable Can a Therapist Be?
For as long as I can remember, “Peeling off the layers to reveal the real” has been my credo. In a dream, the words “Bare Boldly,” echoed through my sleeping but ever so active brain.” When messages come through that insistently, they can’t be ignored. My inner and outer work as a hybrid therapist-journalist prepare me to take this on every day. When that happens, I question if I am too self-revealing.
Last year, I penned an article for Psych Central called When A Therapist and Journalist Comes Clean About Her Self Doubt. It takes a confessional tone as I admit that the way I present isn’t always an accurate ...
Source: World of Psychology - January 17, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW Tags: Aging Personal Authenticity Shame Vulnerability Source Type: blogs
FOMO or JOMO? Turn the Fear of Missing Out into the Joy of Missing Out
The struggle is real.
A bit more than a year ago, I wrote an article for Psych Central called Do You Have FOMO? In a study called “Motivational, emotional, and behavioral correlates of fear of missing out,” it is defined as: “a pervasive apprehension that others might be having rewarding experiences from which one is absent, FOMO is characterized by the desire to stay continually connected with what others are doing.”
The manner in which it arrived in my life had little to do with being envious with what I saw on social media, and all the way-cool things others were doing, like traveling to exotic locat...
Source: World of Psychology - November 3, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW Tags: Habits Happiness Personal Technology fear of missing out social media Source Type: blogs
Kidney stones: What are your treatment options?
If you’ve been diagnosed with kidney stones (urolithiasis), you may have several options for treatment. These include medical therapy, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL), percutaneous nephrolithotripsy (PCNL), and ureteroscopy.
A brief anatomy of the urinary tract
The urinary tract includes
kidneys (two organs that filter waste and extra water from the blood)
ureters (two tubes bringing urine from each kidney to the bladder)
bladder (organ that collects urine)
urethra (a single tube through which urine in the bladder passes out of the body).
The evaluation for kidney stones
If your symptoms suggest kidney sto...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - July 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kevin R. Loughlin, MD, MBA Tags: Kidney and urinary tract Men's Health Women's Health Source Type: blogs
What ’s the biggest lesson of intern year?
Even during medical school, there was always the running joke about getting kidney stones. With the frenetic pace of many rotations, it was always difficult to squeeze in bathroom time, and I suspect many of us adopted the same solution – drink less water. That is certainly how I survived my month on vascular surgery. […]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 - July 6, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/sara-walker" rel="tag" > Sara Walker, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Nephrology Urology Source Type: blogs
