Madura Foot: MRI
Case Report - A 45 year non-diabetic male pt. presents with pain& swelling in right foot of about 2-3 months duration for MRI foot with clinical suspicion of actinomycetoma.Radiological Findings1. 4THMetatarsal shows cortical thickening and sclerosis in shaft& mild expansile lytic lesions in the base with ill defined T2 hypointense soft tissue around the base. Multiple lytic lesions also seen in talus (neck and anterior body), anterior calcaneum, inferior cuboid, intermediate& lateral cuneiforms.2. Ill defined T2 hypointense soft tissue seen in the subcutan...
Source: Sumer's Radiology Site - January 12, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Sumer Sethi Source Type: blogs
New Fluorescent Skin Dye to Replace Permanent Tattoos for Skin Cancer Treatment
Skin cancers, excluding melanoma, are often tracked by placing small tattoos near lesions that have been selected for further treatment. While they do their job as intended, the tattoos remain on the skin long after they’re needed and sometimes the inks can cause inflammation. Moreover, these tattoos can be confused as being lesions themselves at a later time.
A team headed by researchers at University of California, Los Angeles has come up with a new ink that can be used to temporarily mark the spot, and that is only visible when a light of specific wavelength (465 nanometers) is shined over it. Additionally, the ...
Source: Medgadget - December 29, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: Dermatology Oncology Source Type: blogs
Nanotechnology in Healthcare: Getting Smaller and Smarter
We are living at the dawn of the nanomedicine age. I believe that nanoparticles and nanodevices will soon operate as precise drug delivery systems, cancer treatment tools or tiny surgeons. Let me introduce you the brave, new world of nanotechnology in healthcare.
Nanorobots having nanobreakfast with your red and white blood cells
When I was a kid, one of my favorite TV series was a French animation, Il était un fois… la vie (1986). I found it fascinating how the creators imagined the human body as a construction where tiny cars floated through the human veins, grab-cranes worked on teeth and bacteria as tiny monsters tr...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 3, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Nanotechnology in Medicine cancer treatment drug delivery system future GC1 Healthcare Innovation nanodevices nanoparticles robotics wearables Source Type: blogs
Why do patients accept chemotherapy, but not flu shots?
Fall brings school buses, a freshening breeze and an avalanche of meetings. There are seasonal sales, myriad projects and the splendor of colored leaves. The season is also announced, again and again, by a particular peculiar and perilous decision, which, no matter how much I try, I do not fully understand. Frankly, I just don’t get it.
“Jane, it is time to start chemotherapy.”
“What are the side effects?”
“Well, this is powerful chemotherapy. It is necessary to cure your cancer. It will cause hair loss. It will cause a drop in your blood counts. It might cause severe diarrhea. There might be numbne...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 1, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/james-c-salwitz" rel="tag" > James C. Salwitz, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Medications Source Type: blogs
Dealing with the Looming Cloud of the Possibility of Early Death
Five years ago, I had breast cancer. To rid myself of it, I had chemotherapy, radiation and a double mastectomy.
Flash forward five years. One day, I noticed a strange, bright red splotch on my breast, the breast where the cancer had been. The doctor did a biopsy of it, and the results came back malignant. It was an angiosarcoma, and the suspected cause was the radiation treatment I’d had five years before. This was a very rare form of cancer that, again, results sometimes from the radiation itself. That which was meant to heal me, made me ill.
On June 10, 2016, I had surgery to remove the cancer.
Fine and dandy. They go...
Source: World of Psychology - October 31, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Laura Yeager Tags: General Grief and Loss Inspiration & Hope Mental Health and Wellness Personal angiosarcoma Breast Cancer Cancer Diagnosis Chemotherapy Illness Oncology Radiation therapy Source Type: blogs
Why don ’t more doctors apologize for their mistakes?
“The unintended consequences of these seemingly well-intentioned laws are doctors who can’t apologize for harming their patients even if they want to …”
A recent JAMA article about disclosing medical error described a hypothetical situation involving a dermatologist who, after completing skin biopsies on two patients, discovered that the instruments had not been sterilized. He wondered if he should tell the patients and what he should say.
The authors of the piece said patients should be told what happened, and the doctor should apologize. All concerned parties should review the error, and quality assurance, risk m...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 8, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/skeptical-scalpel" rel="tag" > Skeptical Scalpel, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Malpractice Source Type: blogs
This oncologist says the USPSTF gets it wrong on skin cancer screening
In July 2016, the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) published updated skin cancer screening guidelines in JAMA, concluding “current evidence is insufficient” to screen for skin cancer in adults. The guidelines were formulated on a literature review of studies conducted in asymptomatic patients 15 years and older at general risk for skin cancer from 1995-2015; after identifying nearly 13,000 articles spanning two decades of work worldwide, the authors selected 13 studies to answer specified “key questions,” such as whether direct evidence exists that skin cancer screening reduces morbidity and mortality...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 9, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/morganna-freeman" rel="tag" > Morganna Freeman, DO < /a > Tags: Physician Cancer Dermatology Source Type: blogs
Embracing Optimism Even When Life Seems Unfair
About a year ago, I entered trauma therapy. For the first time I was honest with myself about the sexual abuse I experienced as a child. It opened a floodgate and shame, disgust, resentment, and depression rushed in. I’m happy to say that today those feelings are lessened or absent completely.
I started working out a lot and traded a lot of fat for muscle. Every inch of me is now shaped differently. I’m the fittest and strongest I’ve ever been in my life. And yet I’m also sick. The stress of the past year did a number on my body. I was recently diagnosed with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN II)...
Source: World of Psychology - August 6, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sarah Newman, MA Tags: Health-related Mental Health and Wellness Personal PTSD Sexuality Stress Trauma Cancer Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia Child molestation Child Sexual Abuse CIN II Depersonalization Dissociation dysplasia Exercise HPV vac Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 1st 2016
Fight Aging! provides a weekly digest of news and commentary for thousands of subscribers interested in the latest longevity science: progress towards the medical control of aging in order to prevent age-related frailty, suffering, and disease, as well as improvements in the present understanding of what works and what doesn't work when it comes to extending healthy life. Expect to see summaries of recent advances in medical research, news from the scientific community, advocacy and fundraising initiatives to help speed work on the repair and reversal of aging, links to online resources, and much more.
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Source: Fight Aging! - July 31, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Medtech Innovator 2016 Semi-Finalists Announced
MedTech Innovator, the medtech industry’s annual start-up competition and virtual accelerator, has just announced their 20 semi-finalists. 430 companies from around the globe applied for these coveted spots, and were reviewed by 90 reviewers from 50 different companies. These ground-breaking semi-finalists will undergo a four month virtual accelerator before attending AdvaMed 2016. There, four finalists will be selected to present and compete for $250,000 in cash prizes, with the winner being selected by audience vote. In addition, throughout the year there will be additional awards given in three areas: Value, Ex...
Source: Medgadget - July 6, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Justin Barad Tags: Exclusive News Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, June 6th 2016
This study teaches us that poor wound healing and wrinkling and sagging that occur in aging skin share similar mechanisms."
Reduced cell cohesiveness of outgrowths from eccrine sweat glands delays wound closure in elderly skin
Human skin heals more slowly in aged vs. young adults, but the mechanism for this delay is unclear. In humans, eccrine sweat glands (ESGs) and hair follicles underlying wounds generate cohesive keratinocyte outgrowths that expand to form the new epidermis. Our results confirm that the outgrowth of cells from ESGs is a major feature of repair in young skin. Strikingly, in aged skin, ...
Source: Fight Aging! - June 5, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, May 23rd 2016
FIGHT AGING! NEWSLETTER
May 23rd 2016
Fight Aging! provides a weekly digest of news and commentary for thousands of subscribers interested in the latest longevity science: progress towards the medical control of aging in order to prevent age-related frailty, suffering, and disease, as well as improvements in the present understanding of what works and what doesn't work when it comes to extending healthy life. Expect to see summaries of recent advances in medical research, news from the scientific community, advocacy and fundraising initiatives to help speed work on the repair and reversal of aging, links to o...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 22, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Recent Studies of Advanced Glycation End-Products in Aging and Age-Related Disease
Today I'll link to a few unrelated studies of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) and their role in aging and the pathology of specific age-related diseases. AGEs are both generated in the body as a side-effect of metabolic operation, but can also be found in the diet. There are numerous different classes of AGE, some more common than others. As a general rule the common AGEs are easily broken down and removed in healthy individuals, while the rare ones are persistent and in some cases cannot be broken down at all by our evolved molecular toolkit. The common AGEs play more of a role in metabolic disease: the dysregulate...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 20, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Will silicone ruin a coconut oil hair treatment? Episode 133
Is the “Remedy” hair treatment by Rita Hazan really magic?
Lizzy asks…Does the Rita Hazan Remedy have any magic in it? My hair feels soft and shiny after I use it, but it didn’t do anything for my sister.
I must say I’ve never seen a product quite like this before. It’s a two part system involves something like 60 different ingredients. (See below.) Just having a lot of ingredients doesn’t mean it’s a better product (a lot of the ingredients are just botanical extracts that are primarily there for show) but the product is packed with a LOT of different conditioning agents. Some of these are very s...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - May 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Randy Schueller Tags: Conditioners and treatments Hair coloring products Makeup and Perfume Podcast Shampoo Styling Source Type: blogs
MKSAP: 53-year-old woman with a skin lesion
Test your medicine knowledge with the MKSAP challenge, in partnership with the American College of Physicians.
A 53-year-old woman is evaluated for a slowly enlarging, telangiectatic, pearly, ulcerated 1-cm plaque on the left temple. It bleeds periodically when traumatized. Medical history is significant for atrial fibrillation. She takes warfarin daily. She is otherwise in good health.
On physical examination, vital signs are normal. Cardiac examination shows an irregular heart rate but is otherwise normal. The remainder of the examination is unremarkable.
Biopsy of the lesion reveals a basal cell carcinoma with microno...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 5, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: mksap Tags: Conditions Dermatology Source Type: blogs
