‘Rats! I’m High’
A 24-year-old man presented with uncontrollable epistaxis. He said he had been bleeding "a ton" from his nose continuously for four hours. He denied recent trauma, and explained that this epistaxis was sudden onset. He had no past medical history, and denied previous episodes of excessive bleeding. An examination demonstrated no signs of trauma and was unremarkable aside from the epistaxis. His nostrils revealed no obvious bleeding vessels for cauterization. His social history was remarkable for occasional drinking, marijuana use, and recent use of synthetic marijuana.His vital signs were a heart rate of 85 bp...
Source: The Tox Cave - July 2, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Food items we should avoid “ like the plague ” …
I just read a very interesting interview with/article about a food poisoning lawyer (imagine that…!!!) who shares his knowledge about food, potentially contaminated food. And some of it isn’t so obvious.
That is why I’m posting the link to the article, as a warning/reminder to those of us who have weakened immune systems: goo.gl/NG3oty
I never buy prepackaged (washed? Hah!) salad, e.g., or anything that has been cut and washed by others. I never go near salad bars, no matter how clean the restaurant looks. Bacteria bacteria bacteria! Better be safe than sorry…
After my SMM diagnosis, I began growin...
Source: Margaret's Corner - June 24, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll food poisoning sprouts Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 242
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Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 242.
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Question 1
Is stuttering more common in boys or girls?
Reveal Answer
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Boys.
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Source: Life in the Fast Lane - June 22, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Mark Corden Tags: Frivolous Friday Five ASS Austin flint austin flint murmur botulism botulus breath sounds broncho-vesicular King George VI sausage stuttering TLA TOF tonsil guillotine Source Type: blogs
Dr. Evil
Occasionally, medical professionals turn out to be serial killers. There have been a few cases of nurses who have had a hobby of murdering patients here in the U.S. Offhand I can think of a single physician who not only murdered several patients but who tried to feed his colleagues poison doughnuts, among other unpleasant acts. (Sorry, I can ' t remember his name and I don ' t feel like searching for it. I wrote about it here at the time, several years back.)In the UK,Harold Shipman was a small town GP who murdered as many as 250 patients. He killed himself in prison without ever explaining why he did it. They were mostly ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - June 21, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Button Battery Update
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Button battery ingestion is one of the leading causes of death in paediatric poisoning and this has sharply risen from 2016 despite manufacturing warnings and the addition of tape to cover the negative side (not very useful once you’ve removed that to place it in your device). See Poison.org for more statistics. What makes button battery ingestion more frightening is the fact that the ingestion may go unwitnessed, the child may have vague symptoms like ‘off...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - June 20, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Toxicology and Toxinology button battery tox library toxicology library Source Type: blogs
Could Baby Teeth Hold the Key to Autism?
A study published in June 2017 found that baby teeth taken from children with autism contain more toxic lead and less of the essential nutrients zinc and manganese compared to teeth from children without autism. Scientists studied twins to control genetic influences and focus on possible environmental contributors to the disease.
The findings suggest that differences in early-life exposure to metals, or more importantly how a child’s body processes them, may affect the risk of autism. These differences were most evident during the months just before and after birth.
This timeline was determined by using lasers to map t...
Source: World of Psychology - June 12, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Janet Singer Tags: Aspergers Autism Children and Teens Research Students Technology Asperger Syndrome Autism Spectrum Disorder autistic Child Development heavy metal exposure lead poisoning manganese Source Type: blogs
A Tale of 2 FDAs
By ANISH KOKA
Frances Oldham Kelsey by all accounts was not mean to have a consequential life. She was born in Canada in 1914, at a time women were meant to be seen and not heard. Nonetheless, an affinity for science eventually lead to a masters in pharmacology from the prestigious McGill University. Her first real break came after she was accepted for PhD level work in the pharmacology lab of a professor at the University of Chicago. An esteemed professor was starting a pharmacology lab and needed assistants, and the man from Canada seemed to have a perfect resume to fit. That’s right, I said man. France...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 4, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: anish_koka Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Why? 3 Ways Asking Questions Transformed My Life
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Why Me?
Why am I here?
For many months, I set aside a few minutes every day to ask myself this question, Determined to discover the source of my soul, I entered further into my inner awareness, cutting through confusion and uncertainty with the sharp blade of concentration.
First, I was a writer. Then, I was a teacher, and then I was an entrepreneur. I was a creative artist, a self-sacrificing builder, and a ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - May 30, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: breisch Tags: featured motivation self confidence self improvement inspiration self growth why Source Type: blogs
LITFL Review 333
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Welcome to the 333rd LITFL Review! Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the blogosphere’s best and brightest and deliver a bite-sized chunk of FOAM.
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The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the Week
This is an abso...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - May 27, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Marjorie Lazoff, MD Tags: LITFL review LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs
Origin Story: Paul M Black, CEO of Allscripts – Deep Roots and Optimism in Healthcare
This is first in a new series of articles. Over the coming weeks and months I will be publishing the origin stories of interesting, inspiring people in healthcare. These men and women come from all walks of life. Some are titans in the industry, others are leading grass-roots efforts. All are making an impact on healthcare.
As a self-professed comic-book geek, I am fascinated by origin stories – the account or back-story that reveals how someone became who they are today. Origin stories add to the overall narrative and give reasons for a person’s intentions. Knowing someone’s origin stories can give clues to their fu...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 24, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: HealthCare IT Healthcare IT Interviews Allscripts Allscripts CEO Cerner Eclipsys McKesson misys Paul Black Source Type: blogs
5 Reasons Why Artificial Intelligence Won ’t Replace Physicians
Hype and fears surround artificial intelligence taking jobs in healthcare. Will it render physicians obsolete? Will it replace the majority of medical professionals? The Medical Futurist decided to set things straight. Here are five fundamental reasons why A.I. won’t replace doctors and never will.
The medical community should not fall for the fearmongering around A.I.
At the dawn of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, automation and digitization are turning the job market upside down. Many fear that robots, A.I., and automation, in general, will take their jobs without alternatives. The same anxieties emerged in healthcar...
Source: The Medical Futurist - May 24, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Future of Medicine AI digital health insurance doctor Healthcare job job market physician technology Source Type: blogs
Helen Lawson and black salve: Cutting, burning, and poisoning “ naturally ”
Cancer quacks frequently characterize conventional treatments for cancer as "cutting, poisoning, and burning." Yet, in Australia a woman with ovarian cancer chose black salve, in essence, "cutting, poisoning, and burning" (but mostly burning and without the cutting) to treat her disease. She died a horrible death. How can black salve still be a thing.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - May 24, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking alternative cancer cure testimonial Belinda Davies black salve bloodroot Cansema Dennis Wayne Jensen escharotic featured Karen Lawson ovarian cancer Stanisla Source Type: blogs
The Ethics of Keeping Alfie Alive
By SAURABH JHA
Of my time arguing with doctors, 30 % is spent convincing British doctors that their American counterparts aren’t idiots, 30 % convincing American doctors that British doctors aren’t idiots, and 40 % convincing both that I’m not an idiot.
A British doctor once earnestly asked whether American physicians carry credit card reading machines inside their white coats. Myths about the NHS can be equally comical. British doctors don’t prostate every morning in deference to the NHS, like the citizens of Oceania sang to Big Brother in Orwell’s dystopia. Nor, in their daily rounds, do they calculate opportun...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: at RogueRad Tags: OP-ED Uncategorized AlfieEvans Source Type: blogs
A Relationship Between Rehabilitation and Resentment
I’ve tried again and again to overcome feelings of isolation, self-loathing and disconnection from the world around me. I try to form friendships, and be a part of, with limited success and sometimes disastrous results.
It took several years of clean time in a 12-step program for me to fully appreciate how much resentment I had accumulated and why I continued my relationship with resentment. I remember the first time I heard the phrase “resentments are like drinking a cup of poison and expecting the other person to die.”
I was stunned by the truth of the statement. I started to realize that justified or not, the peo...
Source: World of Psychology - May 20, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Staff Tags: Addiction Publishers Recovery The Fix Disconnection Isolation rehabilitation Resentment Self Loathing Source Type: blogs
73 Inspirational Quotes on Fear [Updated for 2018]
Fear.
Sometimes it’s a very helpful thing that keeps us from harm.
But many times it’s an inner voice and barrier that keeps us stuck.
That keeps us from getting what we want and becoming who we honestly deep down want to be.
Learning to handle fear and overcome it – even if that’s sometimes just for 10 or 30 seconds so you can take an important action – is critical to living your life fully.
So in this article I’d like to share timeless and time-tested wisdom from the people that walked this earth long before us (and from a few that are still here with us).
Here are 73 inspirational, thought-provoking and pr...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - May 17, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Inspirational Quotes Personal Development Source Type: blogs
