Mouth cancer
Dentists and GPs should be able to refer patients straight for testsRelated items from OnMedicaMore healthcare professionals set to face English language proficiency testsGet tough on curbing children’s poor dental health, government urgedNew guide to emergency dental careNICE guidance cuts antibiotic use by three quartersRise in medical radiation incidents (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - December 8, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: blogs
A Trek through Nepal
By Chris Stodard, MD, and Steve Tanner, MD
April 5: Today is the first day of camp and clinic. We started the day off with a lecture for the local health care workers, and then set our sights on taking care of patients. They were already lining up two hours before we opened our doors. The villagers have not had access to this type of health care for more than a year. The most rewarding experience we had today was with a patient who had a febrile seizure. The patient’s mother was panicking but felt much better and thanked us after we were done. Multiple patients had musculoskeletal complaints and upper respiratory symp...
Source: Going Global - October 2, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
A Trek through Nepal
By Chris Stodard, MD, and Steve Tanner, MD
April 5: Today is the first day of camp and clinic. We started the day off with a lecture for the local health care workers, and then set our sights on taking care of patients. They were already lining up two hours before we opened our doors. The villagers have not had access to this type of health care for more than a year. The most rewarding experience we had today was with a patient who had a febrile seizure. The patient’s mother was panicking but felt much better and thanked us after we were done. Multiple patients had musculoskeletal complaints and upper respiratory sy...
Source: Going Global - October 2, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
With Announcement on Giving Up "Dip," Washington Nationals' Stephen Strasburg's Pitches Hit Home
After major league Hall of Famer Tony Gwynne of the San Diego Padres was diagnosed with parotid cancer, or cancer of the salivary gland, Washington Nationals’ pitcher Stephen Strasburg announced his decision to give up smokeless tobacco, or “dip.” Gwynne was Strasburg’s hero growing up—and he made a conscious decision to copy his hero’s every move as an aspiring professional baseball player, even the “dip” habit.
Just like cigarettes, smokeless tobacco contains nicotine, a highly addictive substance. Whether you smoke or chew it, tobacco has been proven to cause cancer.
Use of dip can lead to mouth cancer a...
Source: NIDA Drugs and Health Blog - June 14, 2011 Category: Addiction Authors: Sara Bellum Source Type: blogs
